Published date: 5 December 2016

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Database software package - 48611000

  • Database-management system - 48612000

  • Electronic data management (EDM) - 48613000

    • Data-acquisition system - 48614000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

Project_3218 (2619)

Published date

5 December 2016

Closing date

19 December 2016

Contract start date

1 January 2017

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Public Health England (PHE) requires software development and support of the DORIS and DOL database systems for its Health and Safety Executive Approved for a period of 4 years for a fixed total price not exceeding £80,000 excluding VAT (£20,000per year x 4)

Personal Dosimetry Service (PDS).
The development is to update and enhance and maintain business critical software which coordinates the PDS.
We expect the development to include a combination of attendance of a developer on-site at PHE if any critical "bugs" are found in the software and non-urgent development units (days) to be scheduled at mutually convenient times.
The anticipated "units" for the development is as follows:
DORIS 20 days
DOL 10 days
Infrastructure Review days 2
Emergency Support days 2
It is anticipated that the balance between DOL and DORIS development days may vary from that given above. We hope that the work on DORIS and DOL software can be done remotely with new deployments being generally carried out at lunchtime to minimise impact on DORIS users. .
Service Availability - The development only needs to be done during normal office hours unless an emergency requires out of hours work to be done. If this situation occurs the price will be based on the contracted company's rate card and will be agreed in writing/email at the time.

The budget for the combined development contract for DORIS & DOL is up to £20,000 (Ex-VAT) per year fixed over the four years

More information

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Additional text

PHE Personal Dosimetry Service

PHE provides to employers a service that measures and records the radiation doses received by their workers. Doses are measured by means of personal dosemeters (also known as "radiation badges") which are sent to the employer, worn by the worker for 1-3 months, and returned for processing. A report is then issued to the employer. PHE PDS is the largest UK-based service, serving over 7,000 employers and over 70,000 individuals.
DORIS
DORIS (DOsimetry and Records Information System), which has been running since late 2008, is a database system for dosemeter issues, dose records and dose reporting. It is only used by PHE staff.
DOL
DOL (Dosimetry online), released in 2011, provides customers with remote access to the data held in the PHE DORIS database, although it is separate from DORIS. DOL has the following user communities:
• the PHE,
• the PHE's clients,
• Radiation Protection Advisors.
DOL is effectively an advert for the PHE's Dosimetry Service, so it is essential that it provides a reliable high availability service.

The DOL service is dependent on the availability of DORIS and so support for one cannot be provided independently of the other. They use similar technologies and have several interfaces for exchanging data. It therefore makes sense to use the same team to support both the systems.

About the buyer

Address

61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
England

Email

alan.holden@PHE.gov.uk