Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 5DD
UK
Contact person: Sara Costello
Telephone: +44 1204498335
E-mail: sara.costello@nwas.nhs.uk
NUTS: UKD
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nwas.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/39
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
Provision of HR Testing and Assessments
Reference number: NWAS-TR-21-18
II.1.2) Main CPV code
33156000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking to award a contract to design, provide and host a fully managed online system providing situational judgement tests (SJT’s) and scenario based assessments to be used as part of NWAS’s recruitment process.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
146 250.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79414000
79600000
79635000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
Main site or place of performance:
Bolton.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking to award a contract to design, provide and host a fully managed online system providing situational judgement tests (SJT’s) and scenario based assessments to be used as part of NWAS’s recruitment process.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical evaluation
/ Weighting: 60 %
Price
/ 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
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:
2019/S 111-272266
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Provision of HR Testing and Assessments
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/10/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
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: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Podium UK
08123840
193 Ashmore Rd
London
W9 3BD
UK
E-mail: carl.francis@podium365.com
NUTS: UKD
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 146 250.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Any United Kingdom Ambulance Trusts or successor organisations to the below list may at their own discretion choose to purchase through this contract during the agreement duration:
— North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
— North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
— Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
— East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
— West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
— South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
— East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
— London Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
— South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
— South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,
— Scottish Ambulance Service,
— Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
— Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust.
https://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/NHSTrustListing.aspx
None of the Trusts listed have committed to use this contract at this time.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
BL1 5DD
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
BL1 5DD
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Bolton
BL1 5DD
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/10/2019