Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Alder House, Alder Court
St Asaph
LL170JL
UK
Contact person: Emma Burns
Telephone: +44 1745366812
E-mail: emma.burns@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
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
Supply Of Ambulance Simulation Software To Welsh Ambulance Service Trust
Reference number: STW.5114 & 5131
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Modelling of 999 emergency medical services ambulance response performance and patient safety by an emdedded analyst, using
previously procured (capital) modelling software.
Also includes tuning of the software, maintenance of the software and training of an in-house analyst.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 425 200.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48100000
48000000
48180000
72212180
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Modelling of 999 emergency medical services ambulance response performance and patient safety by an embedded analyst, using
previously procured (capital) modelling software.
Also includes tuning of the software, maintenance of the software and training of an in-house analyst.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation
WAST made a capital purchase of CSAM Optima’s ambulance simulation software in 2015. CSAM Optima own the intellectual property
rights to the Optima software and are the only company that can maintain this specific software. Further, WAST has the option of training
to support in-house analysts to use the software or embedded analysts. Again, because CSAM Optima own the intellectual property rights
to the software, they are the only company that can provide this training or the embedded analysts.
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 000-002020
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: STW.5114 & 5131
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22/11/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CSAM Optima UK Ltd
CSAM@work.life, The White Building, 33 Kings Road
Reading
RG13AR
UK
Telephone: +44 7753215056
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 425 200.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:131570)
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
15/05/2023