Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Contact person: Jannine Crees
Telephone: +44 2920903881
E-mail: jannine.crees@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.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
AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85111500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The ability of LHBs in Wales to manage the demand for specialist and non-specialist mental health in-patient beds became compromised by the pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic. Staff shortages and the need to be able to isolate patients, within suitable in-patient settings, seriously compromised LHBs ability to manage within their existing mental health bed capacity. A high demand for bed spaces in England plus the complications of transporting patients outside of Wales emphasised the criticality of raising NHS Wales’s ability to place patients closer to home within Wales.
Consequently, as part of their mental health co-ordination planning the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) identified a need to procure additional mental health in-patient capacity from the independent and the third sector in Wales. A scope to purchase 125 beds, was mapped as follows:
Medium Secure beds x 10
Low Secure beds x 20
Locked Rehabilitation beds x 62
Open Rehabilitation beds x 33
Securing capacity enabled the supply of additional mental health accommodation nationally across Wales. Given these unprecedented and uncertain times, there was a requirement for support on an interim basis with an option to extend the agreement on a rolling monthly basis.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 960 558.31
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85111500
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
In order to maintain the provision of these services, the Contracting Authority made a direct award under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations. Due to events that were unforeseeable by the Contracting Authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedure with negotiation, cannot be complied with.
In awarding this agreement, the Contracting Authority met all requirements under the PCR due to the immediate risk that COVID-19 posed to all NHS and social care. In these exceptional circumstances, there was no time to run an accelerated procedure in line with the PCR as immediate and continued delivery of service was urgently required.
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Market research was undertaken, through the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) who manage a quality metrics of the current national framework agreement for mental health and learning disability non NHS Wales hospital provision. The research determined the availability of private and third sector beds within Wales.
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 Contracting Authority made a direct award under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
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: 12
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 12
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Coed Du Hall Ltd
6/8 old hall road, Gatley, Cheadle
Cheshire
SK84BE
UK
Telephone: +44 1614289616
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cygnet Health Care Limited
c/o Cygnet Hospital Godden Green, Godden Green
Sevenoaks
TN130JR
UK
Telephone: +44 173263491
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cygnet Mids & Wales
c/o Cygnet Health Care, Nepicar House, London Road
Wrotham Heath, Sevenoaks
TN157RS
UK
Telephone: +44 1732446017
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Elysium Healthcare Limited
Elysium Healthcare, Unit 2, Imperial Place, Maxwell Road
Borehamwood
WD61JN
UK
Telephone: +44 7703886100
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Elysium Healthcare No2 Ltd
2 Imperial Place, Maxwell Road
Borehamwood
WD61JN
UK
Telephone: +44 2083271800
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hafal
Unit B3, Lakeside Technology Park, Swansea Enterprise Park
Swansea
SA79FF
UK
Telephone: +44 7970436159
NUTS: UKL
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ludlow Street Healthcare Group
Harlech Court, Bute Terrace
Cardiff
CF102FE
UK
NUTS: UKL
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Regis Healthcare Limited
Hillside
Ebbw Vale
NP235YA
UK
Telephone: +44 1495350349
NUTS: UKL16
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Rushcliffe Hospitals
Epinal Way Care Centre, Hospital Way
Loughborough
LE113GD
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Partnerships in Care 1 Limited
Fifth Floor, 80 Hammersmith Road
London
W148UD
UK
Telephone: +44 2076050910
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:
: 1 960 558.31
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:114369)
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
06/10/2021