Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Council of the City of Wakefield
Town Hall, Wood Street
Wakefield
WF1 2HQ
UK
Contact person: Karen Towers
Telephone: +44 1924306780
E-mail: ktowers@wakefield.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/?home=true
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.yortender.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Covid-19 Outreach Testing Service
Reference number: DN486158
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Delivery of a Covid-19 outreach testing service within the Wakefield District for 18 months with a service commencement date of 10 July 2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
764 033.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE45
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The scope of work is to supply and operate a Covid-19 testing service with the capacity of up to 150 tests per day.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Can deliver requirements
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
Wakefield Council has directly awarded a contract to Conexus Healthcare Ltd (which commenced on the 10 July 2020) to deliver a Covid-19 Outreach Testing Service in Wakefield in accordance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCRs) 2015 (use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication.
Earlier this year the European Commission accepted that Covid-19 was an unforeseeable global pandemic. Satellite testing services were set up via multi-agency provision of which the Council had no control. A decision was made to close the Satellite Testing Service at Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield on 5 July 2020 despite a continuing need for a Covid-19 testing service in Wakefield for those unable to use the national testing service commissioned by the DHSC. This left the Council in urgent need to procure a replacement service as to not to have this testing in place would create a serious and imminent threat to public health.
Given the urgency, that was impossible to comply with the usual timescales in the PCRs – even with reduced time limits (i.e. 15 days for receipt of tenders when using the open procedure), as it would not have been possible to work towards the required service commencement date of 10 July 2020. Also there were no framework agreements or dynamic purchasing systems available to use.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Covid-19 Outreach Testing Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/07/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Conexus Healthcare Ltd
10772469
Wakefield
UK
NUTS: UKE45
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 764 033.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Council of the City of Wakefield
Corporate Procurement Unit
Wakefield
WF1 2EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1924306781
E-mail: procurement@wakefield.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The Council of the City of Wakefield
Corporate Procurement Unit
Wakefield
WF1 2EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1924306781
E-mail: procurement@wakefield.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Council of the City of Wakefield
Corporate Procurement Team Wakefield One Burton Street Wakefield
Wakefield
WF1 2EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1924306781
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/07/2020