Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

Tender description

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 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.