Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS England
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS1 7UE
UK
Contact person: The Procurement Manager
E-mail: russell.greenwood@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.england.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
National Ambulance Resilience Unit
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The National Ambulance Resilience Unit’s (NARU) main aim is to support the emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) objectives of NHS England. NARU works on behalf of NHS England to provide a coordinated approach to EPRR and specialist capabilities across NHS ambulance services in England.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
48 463 705.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71356300
80531200
80561000
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The National Ambulance Resilience Unit’s (NARU) main aim is to support the emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) objectives of NHS England. NARU works on behalf of NHS England to provide a coordinated approach to EPRR and specialist capabilities across NHS ambulance services in England. The Unit works with NHS ambulance services to support the development of appropriately trained, equipped and prepared ambulance responders to deal with hazardous or difficult situations, particularly mass casualty incidents that represent a significant risk to health.
The following are the key components of the NARU function:
— capabilities: the development, procurement, maintenance and assurance of national ambulance resilience capabilities. Part of the remit is the management of pass-through funding to NHS ambulance services for interoperable capabilities,
— education: the development and delivery of training and education for NHS staff to maintain national resilience capabilities, including pass-through funding for NHS ambulance services to train staff, including acute hospital staff,
— clinical advice: includes specialist clinical advice in relation to pre-hospital environments and clinical input to and assurance of national resilience capabilities,
— management and operations: management of the NARU service and core operations. Provision of 24/7 on call for incidents to support NHS England.
NARU is part of the delivery of EPRR policy and the NHS ambulance service in England contribution to contest, the United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism, and Civil Resilience strategies and the Department of Health and Social Care’s commitments under the UK National Security Strategy and the National Security Council.
The host of the NARU service will provide the support functions such as procurement, human resources and payroll, finance, information communications and technology, information governance and fleet and logistics.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken and the specialist knowledge required it is only possible for this to be undertaken by an English NHS ambulance service.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There will be an option to extend the contract for a further two 1 year periods.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 179-436470
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: National Ambulance Resilience Unit
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way
Brierley Hill
DY5 1LX
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:
: 48 463 705.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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
05/10/2020