CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Major Trauma Centre (MTC) Advice Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, hosted by Velindre NHS Trust are acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board who are seeking to award a contract for the free of charge provision of a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) Advice Service.

The MTC at UHW plays a significant role within the South Wales Major Trauma Network (SWTN) providing highly specialised services for seriously injured patients from South Wales, West Wales and South Powys. The Major Trauma Service (MTS) in the MTC delivers care in line with the NHS England national service specification for major trauma to both improve the chance of survival and reduce the risk of long-term disability from major trauma for both adults and children.

Services are available 24/7, for individuals who have suffered major trauma in the following Health Board areas: Aneurin Bevan UHB (ABUHB), Swansea Bay UHB (SBUHB), Cardiff & Vale (CVUHB), Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB (CTMUHB), Hywel Dda UHB (HDUHB) and Powys Teaching HB (PTHB). As the single MTC for the region, co-ordination and collaboration with pre-hospital services including Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST), the Emergency Medical Retrieval & Transfer Service (EMRTS) and Wales & West Acute Transfers for Children (WATCh), and Trauma Units (TUs) across the region, is required to ensure that the service model developed meets the service standards.

The provision of practical, legal and financial advice for patients and their families/ carers following life changing trauma is now increasingly well-established within MTCs in regional trauma networks across the UK.

CVUHB, which is responsible for the MTC at UHW, and serves the SWTN, invites suitably qualified and experienced organisations to submit a proposal for the provision of a major trauma advice service and to explain how it would work in practice. Requirements for the service are detailed in the tender pack which can be accessed via the Bravo Solutions portal.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=137051

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Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The contract term will be from award for a two year period with an option to extend for up to a further twenty four months at the sole discretion of the Health Board. Any extension would be dependent on the evaluation of the pilot primary two year contract.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

As per tender documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CAV-ITT-55085

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

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 ITT 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 ITT's after the stated closing date.

4. All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. The contracting authority reserves the right to award the Contract in whole or in part. The contracting authority reserves the right to pause, halt and/or annul the tendering process and not to award the Contract.

5. Bidders wishing to participate should visit the Bravo e-tenderwales portal and access the ITT under itt_107470.

6. Bidders should note that NHS Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services is acting on behalf of Cardiff and Vale ULHB

7. Bidders should note that this Procurement is under the Light Touch Regime

Accessing Tender Documentation

To complete your formal proposal, please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender Wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender documentation.

1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)

- Browse the eSourcing portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click the link to register

- Accept the Ts and Cs and click 'continue'

- Enter your correct business/user details

2. Express and interest in the tender

- Log into the portal with the username/password

- Click the 'ITT Open to all suppliers' link

- Click on ITT_106550

- Click the 'express interest' button at the top of the page

- This will move the ITT into your 'my ITT's page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only)

- You can now access any attachments by clicking 'buyer attachments' in the 'ITT details' box

3. Responding to the tender

- Click 'my response' under 'ITT details' and you can choose to 'create response' or to 'decline to respond' (please give a reason if declining)

- You can now use the 'messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification

- Note the deadline for completion and then follow the on screen instructions to complete the tender response.

(WA Ref:137051)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice