Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
Ty Dysgu Cefn Coed, Nantgarw,
Cardiff
CF15 7QQ
UK
Contact person: SAIRAM KUNURI
Telephone: +44 7435577774
E-mail: sairam.kunuri@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://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
Other: Health & Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services
Reference number: HEIW - STA - 534
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract is for the funding for the Delivery of BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services from Bradford College West Yorkshire. Bradford College and is the only accredited BTEC programme in the UK, offering an academically recognised award in pharmacy clinical services for Pharmacy Technicians.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
180 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80430000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract is for the funding for the Delivery of BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services from Bradford College West Yorkshire. Bradford College and is the only accredited BTEC programme in the UK, offering an academically recognised award in pharmacy clinical services for Pharmacy Technicians.
The Services to which this Notice relates fall within Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations).
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 BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Clinical Services is offered at Bradford College and is the only accredited BTEC programme in the UK, providing an academically recognised award in pharmacy clinical services for Pharmacy Technicians.
Earlier this year HEIW pharmacy contacted the universities and colleges that offer pharmacy technician courses, to discover if anyone else had started to offer this and was told no. We have also done a google search of this type of course and whilst we did find one other educational provider offering a Level 4 course for pharmacy technicians, it was an inhouse course developed by the provider, with no external validation on the quality or accreditation by an appropriate accrediting body, unlike Bradford and does not allow the student to gain a BTEC qualification.
HEIW checked this in July 2023 and no other equivalent externally validated accredited course is being offered, so HEIW would like to procure another 15 students per year on this course for the next four years at a cost of 4000.00 GBP per student.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: HEIW-STA-534
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
25/08/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bradford College
Bradford Campus, Great Horton Road
Bradford
BD71AY
UK
Telephone: +44 7780166103
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
180 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=134347.
(WA Ref:134347)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/08/2023