CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

NHS Staff Survey Framework.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The NHS Staff survey was implemented in full for the first time in the autumn of 2003 and has been repeated every year since then. Questionnaires are sent to nearly 560 000 staff throughout England each year.

The purpose of the NHS Staff Survey is to collect staff views and experiences of working in their local NHS trust and to provide information for deriving national and local performance indicators. Results from the survey are used by these NHS organisations to identify areas for improvement, registration, periodic review, Quality and Risk Profiles and national studies.

The Framework Suppliers provide the following Services:

— Providing practical support and advice for selecting a sample of staff in accordance with the specification set out by the Advice Centre.

— Printing questionnaires, covering letters, reminders etc.

— Advising trusts on their pre-survey communication strategy

— Distribution of survey materials, and handling receipt of questionnaires.

— Liaising with trusts about non-responses and reminders.

— Providing support and advice to ensure good response rates.

— Data entry, cleaning data and providing data to the Advice Centre by the required deadline in the specified format (the Advice Centre will be responsible for providing basic standard reports of survey findings to NHS trusts).

The Survey Framework is supported by the NHS Staff Survey Advice Centre (Advice Centre). Working with the Contracting Authority and with the independent NHS Staff Survey Improvement Board, this Advice Centre is responsible for designing the surveys, preparing guidance and co-ordinating implementation of the surveys at the local level.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

14_02_14

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

Spend MI collected from the incumbent suppliers estimates the annual contract value awarded through the Framework to be c 800 GBP - 1 500 000 GBP. The average survey price is c 2 000-4 000 GBP and > 250 organisations run a survey by calling off a contract against the framework.

HM Government requires that tender documentation issued by government departments for contracts with a value exceeding 25 000 GBP over the life of the contract be published on-line (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder) for the general public. The resulting contract is also published.

The Contracting Authority reserve the right to cancel the procurement process at any time and/or not to award the contract as a result of this procurement exercise.

The Framework Agreement(s) will be available for use by or on behalf of NHS organisations and other organisations providing NHS services (and their statutory successors and organisations as a result of re-organisation or organisational changes).

All NHS trusts (Foundation Trusts, acute and specialist hospital trusts, ambulance service trusts, mental health and learning disability trusts and primary care trusts) are required to participate in this survey. Strategic Health Authorities and other NHS bodies may choose to undertake the NHS Staff survey on a voluntary basis.

A list of such NHS organisations and trusts can be found at:

1. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

2. http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/PrimaryCareTrustListing.aspx

3. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/MentalHealthTrustListing.aspx

4. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/CareTrustListing.aspx

5. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AmbulanceTrustListing.aspx

6. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/StrategicHealthAuthorityListing.aspx

7. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/SpecialHealthAuthorityListing.aspx

8. http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/ccglisting.aspx

9. http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/OtherListing.aspx

10. NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit

11. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit

12. NHS Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit

13. NHS Staffordshire and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit

14. NHS North Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support Unit

15. NHS West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit

16. NHS Arden Commissioning Support Unit

17. NHS Central Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

18. NHS Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

19. NHS Norfolk and Waveney Commissioning Support Unit

20. NHS Hertfordshire and Essex Commissioning Support Unit

21. NHS North & East London Commissioning Support Unit

22. NHS North West London Commissioning Support Unit

23. NHS South London Commissioning Support Unit

24. NHS South West Commissioning Support Unit

25. NHS Kent and Medway Commissioning Support Unit

26. NHS Surrey & Sussex Commissioning Support Unit

27. NHS South Commissioning Support Unit

28. NHS Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit

29. NHS Business Services Authority.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before a contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the Regulations to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice