Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation I T S
James House 2-4 Cromac Avenue
BELFAST
BT7 2JD
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
NHAIS Development
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
National Health Application and Infrastructure Service (NHAIS) is a system that has been developed by the NHS for the sole use of the NHS to help manage primary care patient registrations, practitioner payments, population screening and other services. NHAIS comprises the following modules that are used in N.I., primarily by Family Practitioner Services in the BSO:
• Registration of GP patients, including electronic registration links to GP systems;
• Breast Screening call/recall, including data transfer to the NBSS system in Belfast Trust;
• Cervical Screening call/recall, including data transfer to the Belfast Trust Laboratories and storage of screening history.
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: £300,000
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
National Health Application and Infrastructure Service (NHAIS) is a system that has been developed by the NHS for the sole use of the NHS to help manage primary care patient registrations, practitioner payments, population screening and other services. NHAIS comprises the following modules that are used in N.I., primarily by Family Practitioner Services in the BSO:
• Registration of GP patients, including electronic registration links to GP systems;
• Breast Screening call/recall, including data transfer to the NBSS system in Belfast Trust;
• Cervical Screening call/recall, including data transfer to the Belfast Trust Laboratories and storage of screening history.
The NHAIS system is currently supported by Dedalus but further funding is now required as detailed below:
• There is a need for an interface to be set up between the current NHAIS system and the new NIDIS solution to facilitate updates from NIDIS. This will be required for as long as NHAIS is utilized for Cervical Screening and Dedalus will need to carry out the required work on the NHAIS side for this.
• There is also a potential requirement for development in order that NHAIS is able to facilitate the inclusion of HPV testing.
• We also need to factor in costs for data migration and data synchronisation as required for the NIDIS solution
• Extraction of historic Breast Screening data from NHAIS to populate the new Breast Screening solution being developed for Northern Ireland
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:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
National Health Application and Infrastructure Service (NHAIS) is a system that has been developed by the NHS for the sole use of the NHS to help manage primary care patient registrations, practitioner payments, population screening and other services. NHAIS comprises the following modules that are used in N.I., primarily by Family Practitioner Services in the BSO:
• Registration of GP patients, including electronic registration links to GP systems;
• Breast Screening call/recall, including data transfer to the NBSS system in Belfast Trust;
• Cervical Screening call/recall, including data transfer to the Belfast Trust Laboratories and storage of screening history.
The NHAIS system is currently supported by Dedalus but further funding is now required as detailed below:
• There is a need for an interface to be set up between the current NHAIS system and the new NIDIS solution to facilitate updates from NIDIS. This will be required for as long as NHAIS is utilized for Cervical Screening and Dedalus will need to carry out the required work on the NHAIS side for this.
• There is also a potential requirement for development in order that NHAIS is able to facilitate the inclusion of HPV testing.
• We also need to factor in costs for data migration and data synchronisation as required for the NIDIS solution
• Extraction of historic Breast Screening data from NHAIS to populate the new Breast Screening solution being developed for Northern Ireland
• Any professional services required from Dedalus resulting from any of these requirements.
DXC took over support of NHAIS in Northern Ireland in 2018. Dedalus then took over support in 2020 and are now the only supplier with the relevant skills and knowledge required to make the required development changes to the NHAIS system.
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
Title
NHAIS Development
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22 December 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
DH OPCO UK LTD
Leeds
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE42 - Leeds
Companies House
12888223
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: £300,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Business Services Organisation
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom