Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Digital Health and Care Wales
Ty-Glan-yr-Afon 21 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF11 9AD
UK
Contact person: Nathan Beynon
Telephone: +44 2920502108
E-mail: nathan.beynon3@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://dhcw.nhs.wales/
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
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
BMJ e-Learning Platform
Reference number: P690
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80420000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is seeking to procure BMJ Learning which is an online e-learning platform applicable to a range of professions including Hospital Doctors, General Practitioners, Trainee and Foundation Programme Doctors, Practice Managers, Community and Hospital Pharmacists, and Hospital and Practice-based Nurse Practitioners.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
151 989.52
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Digital Health and Care Wales
Tŷ Glan-yr-Afon,
21 Cowbridge Road East,
Cardiff,
CF11 9AD
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Digital Health and Care Wales is seeking to procure BMJ e-Learning Platform.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 100
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:
BMJ Learning has been recommended by the NHS Wales e-Learning team for procurement in line with the expansion of the e-Library
Business Case submitted to and approved by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Welsh Government. The resource is applicable
to a range of professions and fits well into the remit of the NHS Wales e-Library which is accessible to all NHS Wales employees. BMJ
Learning is only tool able to fulfil the following criteria:-
*Applicable to all Health Care professions in the UK.
*Applicable to a range of care settings; primary, secondary and tertiary.
*Accessible via IP and OpenAthens.
*Allows users to track CME/CPD activity accredited by British institutions and/or societies.
*Allows users to create personal profiles to track this activity and build a portfolio to support revalidation.
*Evidence-based and peer-reviewed.
BMJ is the sole supplier of this online e-Learning platform
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: P690
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
29/11/2021
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
BMJ
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London
WC1H9JR
UK
NUTS: UKL
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: 151 989.52 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
151 989.52
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:116253)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Royal Courts Of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/12/2021