---
title: "ECRI-AIMS Licensing & Support"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042eb0"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST"
published: "2024-01-19"
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# ECRI-AIMS Licensing & Support

Buyer: BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042eb0

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## Summary

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has awarded a contract for the provision of ECRI-AIMS Licensing & Support to ECRI Institute for a maximum 3-year period from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026. The contract, with a maximum value of £105,000, involves the provision of ECRI-AIMS Enterprise annual user licences and software support. The procurement method used was an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.

This procurement opportunity can benefit businesses in the software support services industry interested in supplying enterprise licences and software support. Companies capable of providing exclusive services like ECRI-AIMS outside America could find this tender suitable. The Belfast Health & Social Care Trust initiated this tender and selected ECRI Institute as the sole provider based on their long-standing partnership and the absence of competition due to the protection of exclusive rights.

## Notice

Provision of ECRI-AIMS Enterprise annual user licences and software support

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of ECRI-AIMS Enterprise annual user licences and software support

### Procurement Information

The email of 08/11/23, received from ECRI, stated that "ECRI is the sole sales and support provider for AIMS outside of America. This has been a 16 year partnership with the software owners and developers, Phoenix Data Systems who are located within the USA. Due to our not-for-profit status and very strict conflict of interest rules that ECRI are forced to abide by due to the nature of the work we carry out, we are unable to use distributors or resellers for any of our products and services, including AIMS", Given the content of the email, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust is confident that ECRI Institute is sole-provider for provision of the service covered by this notice. Consequently, BHSCT proposes use of Regulation 32 (Use of the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001993-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £105,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BELFAST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT9 7AB |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Blackstaff |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ECRI INSTITUTE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72261000 - Software support services

## Release History

- 19 Jan 2024 at 16:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001993-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.belfasttrust.hscni.net
- http://www.ecri.org

## Provenance

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