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title: "Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-134807"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP"
published: "2024-03-20"
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# Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

Buyer: NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-134807

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## Summary

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, acting as the buyer, released a tender for the procurement of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. The tender is in the procurement stage of award. The procurement process involves a selective procurement method with a competitive procedure and negotiation. The deadline for submissions was on 16th October 2023. The buying organisation is based in Cardiff, UK, and the industry category is Health.

This tender for LIMS systems presents an opportunity for businesses in the health technology sector to provide modern IT solutions to improve laboratory services and efficiency. Companies offering off-the-shelf LIMS solutions, particularly those with experience in healthcare IT and data security compliance, would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The procurement is geared towards enhancing quality standards, modernising workflows, and ensuring efficient delivery of laboratory services within the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership.

## Notice

The Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service requires replacement of its existing 'end of life' legacy IT applications / infrastructure to enable the laboratory to modernise its services and improve quality and efficiency. The procurement and implementation of a commercial "off-the-shelf" H&I-specific LIMS solution is the recommended option to enable the laboratory to modernise its workflows, comply with data security requirements and quality standards and deliver the above activities efficiently.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership facilitating a procurement on behalf of the Welsh Blood Service which is a Division of Velindre University NHS Trust. The requirement is for laboratory information management system (LIMS) for use by the Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service (WHAIS), based within the Welsh Blood Service. WHAIS are seeking to replace their current in-house legacy IT system with a modern and commercially supported system. The system must support the migration of existing data from the WTAIL legacy system and interface with downstream systems and analysers. The system must support a range of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics laboratory services including patient and donor sample reception, workflow management, result analysis and reporting. The services provided by WHAIS include HLA typing, patient/donor crossmatching, HLA antibody testing, solid organ and stem cell donor/recipient matching, platelet typing and platelet antibody testing.

Renewal: The agreement can be extended for a further 24 months

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=134807 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 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 | £549,520 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF15 7QZ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend |
| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Electoral ward | Taff's Well |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff North |
| Delivery location | TLL17 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | VH BIO |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 20 Mar 2024 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=134807
- 14 Sep 2023 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=134807

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP450660
  Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - The Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service requires replacement of its existing 'end of life' legacy IT applications / infrastructure to enable the laboratory to modernise its services and improve quality and efficiency. The procurement and implementation of a commercial "off-the-shelf" H&I-specific LIMS solution is the recommended option to enable the laboratory to modernise its workflows, comply with data security requirements and quality standards and deliver the above activities efficiently.
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR471381
  Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - The Welsh Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service requires replacement of its existing 'end of life' legacy IT applications / infrastructure to enable the laboratory to modernise its services and improve quality and efficiency. The procurement and implementation of a commercial "off-the-shelf" H&I-specific LIMS solution is the recommended option to enable the laboratory to modernise its workflows, comply with data security requirements and quality standards and deliver the above activities efficiently.

## Notice URLs

- http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-134807
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

## Provenance

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