Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation I T S
12-14 Great Victoria Street
BELFAST
BT2 7BA
Contact
Catherine Fegan
Telephone
+44 2895362561
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
Unidata Support
Reference number
DAC10848
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
The SOSCARE system provides the ability to record clients and related referrals and assessments, and deploy and manage Social Work resources to provide appropriate services to these clients. These clients come from areas including Childrens Services, Vulnerable Adults, Residential Care, Home Care, and Meals on Wheels, and the services provided include Fostering/Home Care (including payments), and Occupational Therapy (OT) and Hospital Social Work (SW) Referrals. The Childrens Services include areas such as Child Protection, Looked After Children [LAC], Childminders/Playgroups, Adoption and Foster Carers. Departmental Statutory Reporting for key areas is also provided. Business critical areas include Child Protection, Fostering Finance payments and Domiciliary Care (Home Care) Payments
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: £140,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Unidata Software is used by the SOSCARE community system. The SOSCARE system provides the ability to record clients and related referrals and assessments, and deploy and manage Social Work resources to provide appropriate services to clients. These clients come from areas including Childrens Services, Vulnerable Adults, Residential Care, Home Care, and Meals on Wheels, and the services provided include Fostering/Home Care (including payments), and Occupational Therapy (OT) and Hospital Social Work (SW) Referrals. The Childrens Services include areas such as Child Protection, Looked After Children [LAC], Childminders/Playgroups, Adoption and Foster Carers. Departmental Statutory Reporting for key areas is also provided. Business critical areas include Child Protection, Fostering Finance payments and Domiciliary Care (Home Care) Payments
The system has been extended recently using web-enabled functionality, to allow the capture of UNOCINI (Understanding the Needs of Children in Northern Ireland) information. This mirrors the manual forms, and also provides for entering family-related data once, where it can be copied forward from one sibling to another, saving time in the process.
The system is used by 13,000 users with average concurrency of 250. The database is stored on the Consolidated Server, based on twin data centres at BSO Regional Datacentres. The database is UNIDATA, and software used to access it is a combination of green screen application (SOSCARE) and web enabled application (UNOCINI).
Each Trust has its own database, but there is functionality to allow a) cross - Trust searching for Clients and their associated referrals and services and b) cross-Trust searching of a de facto Regional Child Protection Register.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
Unidata Software is used by the SOSCARE community system. The SOSCARE system provides the ability to record clients and related referrals and assessments, and deploy and manage Social Work resources to provide appropriate services to clients. These clients come from areas including Childrens Services, Vulnerable Adults, Residential Care, Home Care, and Meals on Wheels, and the services provided include Fostering/Home Care (including payments), and Occupational Therapy (OT) and Hospital Social Work (SW) Referrals. The Childrens Services include areas such as Child Protection, Looked After Children [LAC], Childminders/Playgroups, Adoption and Foster Carers. Departmental Statutory Reporting for key areas is also provided. Business critical areas include Child Protection, Fostering Finance payments and Domiciliary Care (Home Care) Payments
The system has been extended recently using web-enabled functionality, to allow the capture of UNOCINI (Understanding the Needs of Children in Northern Ireland) information. This mirrors the manual forms, and also provides for entering family-related data once, where it can be copied forward from one sibling to another, saving time in the process.
The system is used by 13,000 users with average concurrency of 250. The database is stored on the Consolidated Server, based on twin data centres at BSO Regional Datacentres. The database is UNIDATA, and software used to access it is a combination of green screen application (SOSCARE) and web enabled application (UNOCINI).
Each Trust has its own database, but there is functionality to allow a) cross - Trust searching for Clients and their associated referrals and services and b) cross-Trust searching of a de facto Regional Child Protection Register.
Rocket Software own this software and have sole technical rights to Unidata software.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
DAC10848
Title
Unidata Support
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
25 November 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Rocket Software
PO BOX 828 3300AV Dordrecht
Country
Netherlands
NUTS code
- NL - Netherlands
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £140,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Business Services Organisation
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom