Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
05280446
Turnpike House
Eccles New Road
M50 1SY
UK
Contact person: Alexandra Diamond
Telephone: +44 1612068183
E-mail: alexandra.diamond@srft.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.srft.nhs.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
Communications and Marketing Support
Reference number: AD/SRFT/541/17-18
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79342000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The NHS Transformation Unit (TU) is an innovative and fundamentally different organisation to many others within the NHS: Specialising in large scale clinical service transformation, we are an internal NHS consultancy with a strong track record of achievement. Wholly owned by the NHS (hosted by Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and with an independent board, the TU has the expertise, integrity and innovation to drive health and care transformation forward at pace with the aim of reducing variation in care and transforming patient outcomes. The NHS Transformation Unit would like to appoint a full service agency as a strategic partner in communications and marketing. The scope of the contract will be primarily to support the growth of the TU as an organisation. The contract will likely encompass creative support, digital marketing, PR and Communications and Event support.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
450 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79415200
79416000
79822500
79933000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Salford, M50 1SY.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The NHS Transformation Unit (TU) is an innovative and fundamentally different organisation to many others within the NHS: Specialising in large scale clinical service transformation, we are an internal NHS consultancy with a strong track record of achievement. Wholly owned by the NHS (hosted by Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and with an independent board, the TU has the expertise, integrity and innovation to drive health and care transformation forward at pace with the aim of reducing variation in care and transforming patient outcomes. The NHS Transformation Unit would like to appoint a full service agency as a strategic partner in communications and marketing. The scope of the contract will be primarily to support the growth of the TU as an organisation. The contract will likely encompass creative support, digital marketing, PR and Communications and Event support.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Fianance
/ Weighting: 40
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 NHS Transformation Unit is currently based at: 4th Floor, 11 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JB.
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 023-048725
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Communications and Marketing Support
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 15
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Freshwater UK PLC
4059741
Raglan House
Cardiff
CF23 8BA
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.freshwater-uk.com/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
: 450 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
NHS Transformation Unit
11 Ducie Street
Manchester
M1 2JB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/05/2018