Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
Ty Dysgu Cefn Coed, Nantgarw,
Cardiff
CF15 7QQ
UK
Contact person: Keri Jones
Telephone: +44 2920903851
E-mail: keri.jones3@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://heiw.nhs.wales/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
HEIW Provision of Part Time Distance Learning Nursing Programme
Reference number: PRO-OJEULT-53316
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is reviewing Health Professional Education and Training Services delivered to NHS Wales. Health Education and Improvement Wales have sought to commission and procure a Part Time Distance Learning Nursing Programme.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
12 636 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80300000
80320000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Health Education have sought to procure Part-Time Distance Learning Nursing education and training services for the four fields of Nursing, Adult, Child, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities. The education will be mapped to the new 2022 NMC standards of proficiency and validated by the NMC to enable registration/annotation on the NMC register.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80
Price
/ Weighting:
20
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract Commencement date (Effective Date): 1st January 2024
Implementation period: 1st January 2024 to 31st July 2024.
Progamme Delivery (Services Commencement Date): 1st August 2024 which will continue until expiry on the 31st July 2025 unless extended in accordance with the provisions of the Contract being, the option to extend for 2 years in two 12-month intervals.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-015884
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HEIW Provision of Part Time Distance Learning Nursing Programme
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/12/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
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 Open University
Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes
MK76AA
UK
Telephone: +44 1908659298
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 12 636 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
These are Light Touch services, the procurement procedure followed was a procedure akin to the Open Procedure
(WA Ref:134321)
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
05/02/2024