The Next Step in the Journey to a Full Electronic Quality Management System (EQMS) in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service

In 2024 we completed a case study outlining the development of a bespoke User Requirement Specification (URS) for a full Electronic Quality Management System (EQMS) in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) as part of our 2021-2025 Strategy. This abstract outlines the next stage in the project where we evaluated a number of tender responses to the URS and chose a vendor based on a number of criteria using a coring methodology. We also discuss the planning of the next project stages to prepare for pre installation testing, phase planning and outlining validation requirements. Methods 1. How to review the tender response? We created scoring for Functional, Non Functional and Costings responses 2. How did we evaluate the responses and score the responses? 3. Completed summary comments and final ranking which were reviewed and discussed by the project steering committee Results 1. Award contract and develop SLA 2. Project planning for the next stages 3. Preparation of data for moving databases.