Modification notice
Modification of a contract/concession during its term
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW")
21 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF11 9AD
UK
Telephone: +44 2920502109
E-mail: laura.panes@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.procurement.wales.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Programme Consultancy for Digital Services for Patients and the Public (DSPP)
Reference number: P665
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Across sites within the Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A key objective of the healthier Wales Strategy is the development of digitalised patient facing services (DPS). The Welsh Government allocated funding within the Digital Priorities fund to expedite the delivery of these services and ensure that they are delivered consistently to all patients wherever they are receiving services across NHS Wales and has asked NWIS, the predecessor of DHCW to lead the programme delivery team. Given the key strategic objectives of the programme and the imperative to move forward at pace, DHCW appointed external consultants to develop a Business Plan and undertake initial set up tasks for this new Programme. The contract is intended to build upon these initial tasks to ensure that activities progress in accordance with the high level Programme Plan and that the key objectives set out in the Plan can be met, in parallel recruitment activities would be undertaken, to establish an in-house team.
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 24
N/A
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:
2020/S 184-445439
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: P665
Title: Programme Consultancy for Digital Services for Patients and the Public (DSPP)
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
07/09/2020
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
Spirit Public Sector Ltd
2 Plassey Square, Penarth
Cardiff
CF64 1HB
UK
E-mail: stephen.frith@spiritpublicsector.com
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: 700 000.00
GBP
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This Contract was awarded via a further competition under the Digital Patient Services Partners Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
(WA Ref:118541)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/02/2022
Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
VII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
VII.1.1) Main CPV code
72000000
VII.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
VII.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Across sites within DHCW
VII.1.4) Description of the procurement
DHCW is seeking to increase the value of the contract to enable external resources to be secured to ensure progress can continue in the planning, development and launch of the NHS Wales app,while a competitive procurement is undertaken.
VII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months: 3
N/A
VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: 290 000.00 GBP
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
VII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Spirit Public Sector Ltd
2 Plassey Square, Penarth
Cardiff
CF64 1HB
UK
E-mail: stephen.frith@spiritpublicsector.com
NUTS: UK
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME:
No
VII.2) Information about modifications
VII.2.1) Description of the modifications
Increase of contract value by 290,000. This provides sufficient contractual coverage up to 31st March 2022.
VII.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
The request to increase the value is made on the basis that it has not been possible to step up the internal resources to take forward the Programme due to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic and the need to reprioritise Programme resources to address short-term requirements. Further specialist technical resources provided under this agreement are therefore required and it would be disproportionately costly and disruptive to an essential programme of work to seek alternative resources in the short-term. During this period the requirement to develop a Covid Booster App has also been added to the scope of the programme. This is an unforeseen development arising as a result of the pandemic and changes in the government guidelines regarding the pandemic management and the vaccine programme. Additional resources have been utilised under the scope of this agreement to ensure that this priority requirement is addressed.
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: 700 000.00 Currency: GBP
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: 990 000.00 Currency: GBP