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Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Record

BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

26 Mar 2021 at 12:06

Award

10 Feb 2021 at 16:31

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves the HSC Business Services Organisation, which is located in Belfast, UK, and is seeking to enter into an agreement with First Data Bank UK for the provision of a Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Records. This tender, classified under CPV code 72250000 for system and support services, has reached the Award stage, with a contract value of £5,644,000 signed on 26 March 2021. This procurement was conducted through a limited method, specifically an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, due to the unique technical specifications provided by First Data Bank UK.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in software development, clinical decision support, and health IT services. Companies that provide integrated health solutions, especially those experienced with NHS standards and compliance, would be well-positioned to compete in future tenders of a similar nature. The inclusion of advanced functionalities like clinical decision support and compliance with the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices makes this an attractive opportunity for suppliers looking to enhance their offerings within the healthcare sector.

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Notice Title

Drug Knowledge Base for Electronic Health and Care Record

Notice Description

HSC Business Services Organisation intends to enter into an agreement with First Data Bank (FDB) UK for the provision of FDB Multilex. Multilex is FDB UK's proprietary software which provides medicines optimisation and clinical decision support for medicines management for the purposes of embedding within the encompass Programme Epic electronic health and care record.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Epic product that has been procured to deliver the encompass Programme across HSCNI requires the purchase and configuration and embedding of a drug knowledge base which meets the following standards: * a NICE accredited clinical decision support module * a drug dictionary that is compliant with the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d) standard (SCCI0052) * includes GS1 barcodes to enable compliance with the Falsified Medicines Directive (Directive 2011/62/EU). (Note: Northern Ireland is still expected to comply with this Directive under the Northern Ireland Protocol following EU Exit). Key functionality required by encompass and delivered by the embedding of a drug knowledge base includes: o A drug dictionary that is compliant with the dm+d standard (SCCI0052). o NHS Indicative Pricing o EAN/GS1 Barcodes o British National Formulary Warnings (Mandatory Instructions) o Drug - drug interactions o Sensitivity checking o Duplicate therapy checking o Patient condition checking (Contraindications and Precautions) o Warnings o Dose range check (DRC)

Procurement Information

First Data Bank (FDB) UK is the provider of Multilex. The FDB Multilex drug knowledge base embeds with existing Epic workflows to enable bar coded medicines administration, clinical decision support and inventory management. FDB Multilex drug knowledge base is used in all UK Epic installations and is the only drug knowledge base product available with the core functionality required by encompass. The Authority is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) as the contract can only be supplied by FBD UK as competition is absent for technical reasons.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-029222
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006202-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48422000 - Software package suites

48517000 - IT software package

48800000 - Information systems and servers

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72250000 - System and support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£5,644,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Mar 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Jan 20215 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION
Additional Buyers

ENCOMPASS

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
encompass.contracts@hscni.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT1 3BG
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

FIRST DATA BANK

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