Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Supply Chain Coordination Limited
Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8UG
UK
Contact person: Allan Wilton
E-mail: allan.wilton@supplychain.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Fit Testing Team for NHS FFP3 Masks
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79994000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
A National fit testing team to support the NHS test staff to FFP3 masks
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
15 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI32
Main site or place of performance:
Across NHS Trust locations in England
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
To help support the NHS, DHSC put in place a National Fit Testing Team for England to support NHS
Trusts access fit testing, so their staff can be fit tested to the wide range of masks now available. The
team currently consists of a part time Project Director, 5 Area Managers, 3 Admin Assistants to manage
contacts with the Trusts and up to 175 Fit Testers.
The initial contract was put in place at the height of the pandemic under regulation 32 and ran until 30th
September 2021. The contract was then reprocured under open tender, novated from DHSC to The
Authority (Supply Chain Coordination Limited) 31/03/2022 and subsequently was extended to
31/03/2023.
SCCL now wishes to put in place a contract for a National Fit Testing Service to run from 1st April 2023
onwards. The Authority is running this open 30-day procurement process to select a vendor to provide
this.
The contract period is expected to be from 1st April 2023–31 December 2023 with a possible extension
of up to 6 months. The successful organisation will therefore be required to have mobilised their solution
by 1st April 2023. The option to extend for up to a further 6 months will be in multiples of 3-month
increments.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2023
End:
30/06/2024
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 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:
23/01/2023
Local time: 09:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
23/04/2023
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
23/01/2023
Local time: 09:05
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Accessing the tender:
This procurement exercise will be conducted on the NHS Supply Chain eProcurement portal at
https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/
Applicants wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest against
ITT_742 and provide additional procurement-specific information (if required) through the NHS Supply
Chain eProcurement portal as follows:
Registration:
1) use URL https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/ to access the NHS Supply Chain
Procurement portal;
2) if not yet registered:
— click on the ‘Register Here’ link to access the registration page,
— complete the registration pages.
Portal access:
If registration has been completed:
— login with URL https://nhssupplychain.app.jaggaer.com/
— Applicants should download the Supplier User Guide located within the eProcurement portal.
— Select “My ITT’s”,
— Select the three ”…” to the top right hand side of the screen.
— Select “Help for Suppliers”. This will then open a new screen with a library of guidance document and a
video which will guide you through how to submit a compliant bid.
Support:
Should Applicants require any system support or help to locate and submit a bid for the opportunity they
should contact the Jaggaer Helpdesk on;
Tel: 0800 069 8630
Email: help_uk@jaggaer.com
ITT references relevant to this procurement:
ITT_742 - National Fit Testing Service For England
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/12/2022