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DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, CORPORATION ARMONK, N.Y. 10504 AND SMS SYSTEMS Malvern, P.A. 19355
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CONTRACTS BETWEEN
THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
AND
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, CORPORATION
ARMONK, N.Y. 10504
AND
SMS SYSTEMS
Malvern, P.A. 19355

BACKGROUND

In August 1981 the University of Virginia issued a Request for Proposal for a Hospital Information System to improve operating efficiency and the availability of management information. University Management, in cooperation with the State's Office of Management Analysis and Systems Development (MASD) reviewed proposals received in October 1981 from six major healthcare system vendors. The selection committee determined that no one vendor offered an acceptable comprehensive system. Two firms were selected in October 1982 to meet the system needs of the Hospital: SMS Systems for the financial systems and Technicon Data Systems for the healthcare systems. The State Health Commission approved a Certificate of Need for the procurement of a Hospital Information System.

A contract with SMS Systems was negotiated by the University and approved by the Board of Visitors in March 1983. The projected value of the SMS contract was $4.5 million.

A contract with Technicon Data systems was negotiated by the University and approved by the Board of Visitors in August 1984. The projected value of the Technicon contract was $5.4 million.

A contract with IBM for hardware and software to support the Technicon software was approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Visitors in November 1984 and ratified by the January 1985 Board of Visitors Meeting. The total amount of the IBM contract was $1,114,000.


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IBM Corporation Agreement

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March 27, 1985