Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP
27a Harley Place
LONDON
W1G8LZ
UK
E-mail: procurement@hqip.org.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.hqip.org.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
Statistical Analysis, Support and Associated Services National Joint Registry
Reference number: HQIP NCA-2111
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85148000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
HQIP is seeking to procure the following services for the National Joint Registry (NJR) for
England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the States of Guernsey.
The Statistical Analysis contract provides an intelligence function applying sound statistical
skills, academic rigour and clinical experience to provide intelligent analysis of the data to a
wide variety of stakeholders.
Key areas of work include but are not limited to:
Analysis of standard datasets including implant, hospital and surgeon outcome measures
for the NJR Annual Report and on-going stakeholder information services;
Development of a robust statistical methodology for outlier identification and review of
data validation;
Preparation of an annual research-ready dataset and ongoing research-ready datasets;
targeted auditing of data quality;
Analysis of ad-hoc datasets under instruction from NJR sub-committees
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
1 080 155.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
1 744 865.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HQIP is seeking to procure the following services for the National Joint Registry (NJR) for
England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the States of Guernsey.
HQIP invites expressions of interest from suitable providers who are able to develop and
provide Statistical Analysis and Associated Services for the NJR.
The NJR currently comprises two core service areas, one of which is the Contract stated
above. The other contract is for NJR Data management, solutions and associated services
The Statistical Analysis contract provides an intelligence function applying sound statistical
skills, academic rigour and clinical experience to provide intelligent analysis of the data to a
wide variety of stakeholders.
The Statistical analysis, support and associated services Contractor is required to work and
liaise closely with the NJR management team at HQIP and NJR Steering committee and NJR
Sub-committees as well as the Data management, solutions and associated services
contractor.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Extension of up to 2 years. The authority may offer the potential to vary the contract to
include other geographic locations e.g. Jersey, Scotland and Republic of Ireland and/or to
include supporting NHS England's strategic plans to adopt and implement findings from the
Cumberlege Report, the Medical Device Safety Programme. There is no commitment by the
Authority at this stage to do so.
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
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-016648
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: N/A
Contract No: HQIP NCA-2111
Title: Statistical Analysis, Support and Associated Services National Joint Registry
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/11/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The University of Bristol.
Beacon House, Queens Road,
Bristol
BS8 1QU
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
1 080 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
1 080 002.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP)
27A Harley Place
London
W1G8LZ
UK
E-mail: procurement@hqip.org.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/04/2022