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title: "Support and Maintenance contract for the Regional Pharmacy Stock Control System (known as the JAC Pharmacy)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044ea7"
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buyer: "BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION I T S"
published: "2024-03-29"
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# Support and Maintenance contract for the Regional Pharmacy Stock Control System (known as the JAC Pharmacy)

Buyer: BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION I T S  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044ea7

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## Summary

The Business Services Organisation I T S in the United Kingdom has awarded an IT services contract for the Support and Maintenance of the Regional Pharmacy Stock Control System to System C. The contract was awarded through a limited procurement method without prior publication due to exclusive rights. The contract is valued at £350,000 GBP and was signed on March 29, 2024.

This tender presents growth opportunities for businesses specializing in IT services, consulting, software development, and support within the healthcare industry. Companies with expertise in IT systems maintenance and support, particularly those with experience in pharmacy stock control systems, would be well-suited to compete. The contract offers a chance to provide essential technology solutions for pharmacies in acute care hospitals across Northern Ireland, contributing to modernizing services in a financially challenging environment.

## Notice

The Regional Pharmacy Stock Control system (known as JAC Pharmacy) is used across NHSCT, SHSCT and WHSCT trusts in Northern Ireland. and share patient medication information to the NIECR application. It replaced the PILs system that was developed and supported in-house back in 2011

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Regional Pharmacy Stock Control system (known as JAC Pharmacy) is used across NHSCT, SHSCT and WHSCT trusts in Northern Ireland. and share patient medication information to the NIECR application. It replaced the PILs system that was developed and supported in-house back in 2011 The Medicines Management Technology Support (MMTS) project had identified the JAC Pharmacy application as the solution to address the requirement for technology for Pharmacy Service in acute hospitals across Northern Ireland. This is essential to delivering modern services in a financially challenging environment, with the application of modern technology being critical to the further development of the Pharmacy Service. The JAC system is a Medicines Management database that is deployed in Northern, Southern and Western trusts across all of their hospitals for acute care. JAC is an ordering, dispensing, sterile manufacturing and stock management tool for pharmacy and ward staff. If the system is unavailable drug orders, sterile manufacturing of chemotherapy and the ability to dispense to patients is impacted.

### Procurement Information

System C (formerly JAC) has exclusive rights for software maintenance and support including associated interfaces (PAS, Pharmacy Robots, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, TPN/CIVAS) and Cache Licences. System C are the sole providers for the software maintenance and support of the JAC Pharmacy system and the interfaces specified above.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010468-2024 |
| 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 | 29 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £350,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION I T S |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT7 2JD |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SYSTEM C |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 29 Mar 2024 at 09:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010468-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/

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