Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, 8th Floor Brecknock House, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XW
UK
Telephone: +44 02920746368
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
Substance Misuse Open Access and Engagement (Including Entry to Drug and Alcohol services)
Reference number: STA 2018/2019 [209]
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90743200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The service is intended for the development and provision of a new Tier 2 Open Access and Engagement (OAE) low threshold integrated substance misuse service for adults over the age of 18. The service will complement and work collaboratively as part of a wider consortium to support the single assessment Entry to Drug and Alcohol Service (EDAS). Partnerships will be built with the Integrated Family Support Service (IFSS), The Throughcare, Aftercare and Recovery Support (TARS) service, and other third sector organizations inclusive of, but not limited to, Domestic Abuse agencies, sex worker programmes, Housing Support, Benefits advice agencies, employment services, and criminal justice support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
676 703.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service will provide interventions for adults over the age of 18 who do not meet the criteria for tier 3 support or are reticent to change, and deemed to be at the pre contemplative stage of the cycle of change. The service will also provide short term interim support for individuals waiting to access tier 3 treatment.
The service provider will provide a range of specialist substance misuse interventions based on an assessment of need and (for structured and semi-structured provisions) contained within a care plan agreed with the service user.
At the less complex end of the Tier 2 spectrum of need, the service provider will offer interventions aimed at minimising harm and reducing the level of risk to individuals, as well as proactively engaging with those reticent to change - working towards engaging them in structured or semi structured support. Alongside this the service will work proactively to engage with those deemed difficult to reach, including BME communities, sex workers, substance users identifying as LGBT, and homeless and roofless substance users.
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:
Cardiff and Vale substance misuse commissioning was produced in 2013 and outlined the direction of travel for next five years for all partner agencies across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Many of the contracts which were informed by the Commissioning Strategy are due to be re-tendered with a view to new contracts and services being in place by April 2020.
A project outline for the re-commissioning of substance misuse services was agreed by the APB in May 2018. The project outlined ambitious timescales, and built on the design process for re-commissioning agreed the APB in December 2017. Both documents outline whole system, co-produced service re-design and prioritization, to ensure that the citizen of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan are provided with modern, flexible and integrated services which offer value for money, and deliver the outcomes people want. The APB considered a commissioning position paper which outlined that the project was over timescale, with the substance misuse population needs assessment still in final draft, and the market position statement scheduled for production on the 17th December. To allow for potential tupe, contracts needed to be issued to providers by the first week in December 2019 to allow new services to be operational by 1st April 2019. This meant that there was limited time available to complete the necessary requirements and it was clear that this timetable of activities were not achievable within the available timescale. The APB considered a number of options, and made a decision to defer the recommissioning by 12 months to allow the necessary commissioning activities to be completed to ensure that any subsequent retendering was meaningful, co-produced, based on population needs, and design was based around the whole system.
It was agreed that current contracts would be re-issued through a single tender action so as not to de-stabilise the market while the re-commissioning activities are undertaken.
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: STA 2018/2019 [209]
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
18/01/2019
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
Change, grow, live
Change, grow, live, 3RD FLOOR, TOWER POINT 44 NORTH ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 1YR
UK
Telephone: +44 1273645074
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:
676 703.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:90814)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Procurement Services
Cardiff
CF14 4XW
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.procurement.wales.nhs.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
20/03/2019