Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NORTHERN IRELAND BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
Belfast City Hospital,Lisburn Road
BELFAST
BT97ER
Contact
Matt Gillespie
matt.gillespie@nibts.hscni.net
Telephone
+44 2890531414
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKN06 - Belfast
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Development of Blood Mangement System to Allow Use of Historic Red Cell Phenotyping Results
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Development of Buisness critical NIBTS blood managment system, Pulse, to facilitate use of
Historic Red Cell Phenotyping results to reduce the need for repeat donor testing.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £41,150
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Development of Buisness critical NIBTS blood managment system, Pulse, to facilitate use of
Historic Red Cell Phenotyping results to reduce the need for repeat donor testing.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
The overall architecture of the system is based on ltanium-based servers running the
OpenVMS operating environment. A Mimer database system provides the core data
management environment, with an n-tier approach of a Windows business layer server and
Windows client applications providing access to the system to end users. The nature of the
relationship with NHSBT, access to source code for the ongoing development of the system,
and the capability to support the overall system in an end-to-end manner results in all
support an development work on the NIBTS Pulse system being exclusively delivered by
Savant.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-030369
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
9 October 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Savant Ltd
Carnforth
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
02077844
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £41,150
Total value of the contract/lot: £41,150
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Royal Courts of Justice
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom