Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, 2nd Floor Woodland House, Maes Y Coed Road, Heath
Cardiff
CF14 4HH
UK
Telephone: +44 02921834657
E-mail: sarah.yellen@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.procurement.wales.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Community Specialist Palliative Care Service - The Vale of Glamorgan
Reference number: 2022 Contract CAV-OJEU-PROJECT_47620
II.1.2) Main CPV code
75200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Specialist Palliative Care is provided in the home or other residential setting in the community. Services are available at different times over a 7 day period. Care is delivered to patients in the Community through a core specialist multidisciplinary team, led by a Community Nurse Specialist, to provide hollistic care. The Health Board wish to renew the contract with Marie Curie to continue their Specialist Palliative Care Service within the Vale of Glamorgan.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 410 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Specialist Palliative Care Services provided within the community. All patients have an agreed care plan and can be referred to other services. Care will include complex symptom control, specialist palliative rehabilitation and coordination of care at the end of life. Palliative care education and advice is provided to other health care professionals. All patients admitted to the specialist community care services are assessed by the medical team/nursing team/ multidisciplinary team. The MDT devise a care plan / goals for the patients care which is agreed by the patient / family. An agreed set of services is put in place. The care given and planned is reviewed on a regular basis by the MDT or appropriate health care professionals through formal review criteria. For patients who require discharge from the service there is formal discharge criteria and agreed pathways for referral to services.
The Contract will be awarded for a 5 year period on a 3 plus 2 year extension option
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to renew the existing contract with Marie Curie Cancer Care for a 5 Year Period. The Health Board have been in negotiation with Marie Curie to agree the funding level required to support the level of service requirements to meet the demand within the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan. The renewal will provide seamless service continuation.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-007644
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2022 Contract CAV-OJEU-PROJECT_47618
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/05/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Marie Curie
7th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment
London
SE17TP
UK
Telephone: +44 2920426000
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 410 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to renew the existing contract with Marie Curie for the Specialist Palliative Care Service in the Vale of Glamorgan for a 5 year period to commence 1st April 2022.
(WA Ref:123716)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, the strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Authority will allow a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract. Should additional information be required from the addressee in section 1.1 Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits in accordance with the Public Contracts (Amendments) Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/08/2022