Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1443848585
E-mail: bethan.dyke@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.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
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
External Evaluation of Improvement Cymru's Performance & Effectiveness
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79313000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Improvement Cymru, Public Health Wales is looking to commission an experienced evaluation partner between September 2022 and June 2024. They will undertake a mixed-methods evaluation of the coaching and support that Improvement Cymru provides to Health Boards and trusts to identify patient safety and harm reduction priorities, including activities toward improving patient safety capability and delivery, and support to spread and scale these activities.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
200 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79313000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Improvement Cymru, Public Health Wales is looking to commission an experienced evaluation partner between September 2022 and June 2024. They will undertake a mixed-methods evaluation of the coaching and support that Improvement Cymru provides to Health Boards and trusts to identify patient safety and harm reduction priorities, including activities toward improving patient safety capability and delivery, and support to spread and scale these activities.
Evaluation activities can include care of patients and staff wellbeing. It will also mean contact with senior managers and executive-level support, as well as contact with staff who will receive training/coaching, and secondary contact with other stakeholders e.g. wider staff such as champions, administrative support/ancillary staff, wider networks in the same/different disciplines. Consideration should be given to models such as the Kirkpatrick Model for training evaluation. It should be noted that the requirement for completing any necessary DBS checks will be the responsibility of the successful tender bidder.
The evaluation needs to consider which factors contribute to the likely implementation, sustainability, spread and scale of patient safety and harm reduction improvements in practice. The evaluation will comprise of formative and summative elements. We will be looking for the provider to evaluate the:
Support provided to health boards and trusts to identify and improve patient safety and harm reduction priorities.
Support provided to organisations’ senior leaders, managers and frontline staff, to achieve a mature and sustainable approach to building their improvement capability and applying it to their local quality and safety priorities.
Impact of intensive support from regional teams working locally within organisations to ‘swarm’ over problems and identify context-specific solutions.
Impact of improvement enablers, tools, change packages, networks, capability-building programmes, approaches or similar to improving patient safety and harm reduction.
Impact of change management processes aimed at improving patient safety and reduce harms.
Support provided to effectively spread and scale local improvements to become nationally embedded and sustained despite unique technical, social and cultural elements.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Programme Outline
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Experience
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Delivery Team
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Work Required
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Training Material and Learning Resources
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Carbon Footprint
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
13/07/2022
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
CY
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
18/07/2022
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Please note additional information on this procurement:
1. The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any
contract.
2. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the Procurement documents and
that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.
3. The Contracting Authority will not accept completed responses after the stated closing date.
4. All documents to be priced (where applicable) in sterling and all payments made in sterling.
5. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.
6. Prospective suppliers should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of the Public Health Wales NHS Trust.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=121885
(WA Ref:121885)
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.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership on behalf of Public Health Wales NHS Trust will allow a minimum 10 calendar
day standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract.
Unsuccessful tenderers and applicants are entitled to receive reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages
of the winning bid and the reasons why the tenderer/applicant was unsuccessful. Should additional information be required it should be
requested of the addressee in section I.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
06/06/2022