Notice Information
Notice Title
STARLIMS Annual Maintenance and Support Contract
Notice Description
STARLIMS Annual Maintenance and Support Contract
Procurement Information
No other reasonable alternative exists for this procurement, this system is critical to service delivery in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust laboratories. Competition is absent for technical reasons as Abbott Informatics have exclusive rights over the software, licences and updates for this system. A tender process that encompasses the functionality of this software has been awarded. This contract is required in the interim to cover the transitional period and a replacement in the short-term is not a reasonable alternative as it would require extensive ICT infrastructure, validation and integration work that would result in significant disruption and lead to disproportionate technical difficulties that would impact on the Trusts ability to provide a Laboratory Service and thus have a major and critical impact on the Trust's ability to deliver patient care. The wider market was consulted as part of the tender process. The absence of competition is not a result of the artificial narrowing of the parameters of the procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02eb88
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030511-2021
- 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
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Dec 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Oct 20214 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
- Contact Name
- Norma Moore
- Contact Email
- norma.moore@belfasttrust.hscni.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT9 7AB
- 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
- Blackstaff
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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