Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Commissioning Board (operating under the name of NHS England)
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS1 7UE
UK
Contact person: The Senior Procurement Manager
Telephone: +44 1138250000
E-mail: england.commercialqueries@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.england.nhs.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.nhsengland.bravosolution.co.uk
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
3000000.00
Reference number: Support to Covid-19 Pandemic
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of ambulance services, emergency department support and staffing of the NHS Nightingale Hospital, Excel, London.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
85112000
85141000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UK, UKI, UKG3, UKE2, UKD3, UKD, UKC, UKK, UKK4, UKK1.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Ambulance support for patient discharge. Supporting Emergency Departments with volunteer staff covering blood pressure monitoring and general patient wellbeing. Staffing services at NHS Nightingale Hospital (Excel) London.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality criterion — name: ability to set up and deliver services within extremely urgent timescale
/ Weighting: 100
Quality criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 0
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
The Nightingale Hospitals are temporary hospitals set up to provide care to ensure that the NHS would have sufficient capacity to meet the potential demand of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In view of the extreme urgency, NHS England did not have time to conduct a procurement procedure for the staff to support the London Nightingale Hospital in accordance with the timescales set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In addition, to ensure ambulance capacity was maximized, NHS England secured additional capacity via this contract award.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: St John Ambulance support
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/04/2020
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
St John Ambulance
St John's Gate, Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4DA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Payments under each contract will be made in accordance with the NHS England Financial Governance Guidance.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/06/2020