---
title: "Instrument Manager"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045736"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST"
published: "2024-05-03"
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# Instrument Manager

Buyer: TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045736

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## Summary

The TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST initiated a completed tender process for an Instrument Manager to facilitate laboratory instrument interfacing within the NHS system. The procurement method was a limited award procedure without prior publication, aimed at aligning IT systems across the trust's footprint with wider strategic aims. The award was given to PGP UK LTD, with a contract signed on April 30, 2024, amounting to £172,545.12.

This procurement opportunity for an Instrument Manager system at TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST provides business growth prospects for IT software providers specialising in healthcare solutions. The awarded contract offers an opportunity for SMEs in the software industry to supply and maintain bespoke systems, aligning with the NHS trust's strategic integration initiatives.

## Notice

This purchase relates to a new Instrument Management system that acts as a middleware interface into our new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Beaker and it facilitates the interfacing of all of our laboratory instruments eliminating the need to develop bespoke interfaces or procuring individually from each instrument provider.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Following the decision by TSDFT to implement Epic Beaker as our new LIMS platform we require an Instrument Management interface to integrate all of our laboratory instruments. This purchase consists of the acquisition of the sofware itself and perpetual licensing, it's implementation, training and an ongoing annual fee for the maintenance package.

Options: The software licenses are perpetual and the maintenance package is renewed annually.

### Procurement Information

As part of the integration of IT systems across the One Devon footprint (using EPIC Beaker) and in line with our wider strategic aims and to support the rapid implementation of a single Patient Access System across the ICB that Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT) will be aligning itself with Royal Devon University Hospital (RDUH) existing systems and structures. It is imperative that TSDFT align its pathology pathways with RDUH to facilitate a fully integrated and shared Devon wide system in support of the One Devon Epic initiative to improve the delivery of patient care. Instrument Manager is also an Epic endorsed system used by the vast majority of Epic Beaker customers to interface laboratory instruments and already in place and therefore the decision was made to adopt this approach to enable a rapid deployment across the South of the One Devon footprint.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014347-2024 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Apr 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 | £172,545 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | TORQUAY |
| Post town | Torquay |
| Postcode | TQ2 7AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK42 Torbay |
| Local authority | Torbay |
| Electoral ward | Shiphay |
| Westminster constituency | Torbay |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PGP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48517000 - IT software package
- 72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software

## Release History

- 3 May 2024 at 12:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014347-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk/visiting-us/torbay-hospital/

## Provenance

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