Modification notice
Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Section I: Contracting
authority/entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Road
Chester
UK
E-mail: marion.haddley@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.coch-cps.co.uk
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
National Framework Agreement for the Provision of Workforce Transformation Solutions
Reference number: F/065/WTS/20/MH
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79414000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48450000
79211110
79600000
79610000
79620000
79625000
79631000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The solutions available to clients through this framework will include as a minimum:
• providing actionable data, trends and analytics,
• national, regional and local benchmarking,
• enabling collaborative working e.g. regional collaborative working on data and/or resources,
• deployment of whole workforce analytics to improve intelligence and decision making,
• root cause analysis tools to identify workforce demand and risks,
• facilitate the deployment of people programmes to tackle identified causes of workforce demand and risks in the areas of retention, wellbeing, recruitment and absence management,
• technology review and upgrades to streamline processes and provide real time intelligence,
• the development and utilisation of a collaborative workforce,
• bespoke training programmes, project management resource and managed service support (onsite and remote) during implementation and ongoing.
The tools and solutions provided by the supplier under this framework will enable clients to achieve:
• a workforce resourced through the most cost effective route, leading to more patient care hours and/or reduced costs,
• an ability to manage a large workforce with intelligent measures and trends,
• best practice processes leading to improved workforce control and governance,
• improved visibility of requirements for workforce planning and risk,
• adherence to the NHS People Plan,
• an exemplar of workforce management in the NHS.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 48
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.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 055-140253
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: 1
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
15/03/2021
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/concessionaire
Liaison Financial Services Ltd
Estate House, Evesham Street
Redditch
B97 4HP
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
/concession: 60 000 000.00
GBP
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust operated a standstill period at the point information on the award of the framework agreement was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the framework agreement was entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/12/2024
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
VII.1.1) Main CPV code
79414000
VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48450000
79211110
79600000
79610000
79620000
79625000
79631000
VII.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
VII.1.4) Description of the procurement
The solutions available to clients through this framework will include as a minimum:
• providing actionable data, trends and analytics,
• national, regional and local benchmarking,
• enabling collaborative working e.g. regional collaborative working on data and/or resources,
• deployment of whole workforce analytics to improve intelligence and decision making,
• root cause analysis tools to identify workforce demand and risks,
• facilitate the deployment of people programmes to tackle identified causes of workforce demand and risks in the areas of retention, wellbeing, recruitment and absence management,
• technology review and upgrades to streamline processes and provide real time intelligence,
• the development and utilisation of a collaborative workforce,
• bespoke training programmes, project management resource and managed service support (onsite and remote) during implementation and ongoing.
The tools and solutions provided by the supplier under this framework will enable clients to achieve:
• a workforce resourced through the most cost effective route, leading to more patient care hours and/or reduced costs,
• an ability to manage a large workforce with intelligent measures and trends,
• best practice processes leading to improved workforce control and governance,
• improved visibility of requirements for workforce planning and risk,
• adherence to the NHS People Plan,
• an exemplar of workforce management in the NHS.
VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 60
VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: 60 000 000.00 GBP
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Liaison Financial Services Ltd
Estate House, Evesham Street
Redditch
B97 4HP
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
No
VII.2) Information about modifications
VII.2.1) Description of the modifications
This notice is being published to extend the duration of the framework agreement only. All
other aspects of the Contract Award Notice (reference 2021/S 055-140253) published in
March 2021 remain the same.
This framework agreement will be extended for an initial period of 12 months, with the option
to extend for a further 12 months. This will give a total possible extension of 24 months.
A further notice will be published if the optional further 12 month extension is taken.
VII.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee
Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:
This extension in duration is required to allow users of the framework to conclude a
procurement as otherwise they would suffer significant inconvenience.
VII.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications and price adaptions and, in the case of Directive 2014/23/EU, average inflation in the Member State concerned)
Value excluding VAT: 60 000 000.00 Currency: GBP
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: 60 000 000.00 Currency: GBP