Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Digital Health and Care Wales
Ty Glan yr Afon, 21 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF11 9AD
UK
Contact person: Laura Panes
E-mail: laura.panes@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://dhcw.nhs.wales/
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
Vaccination Programme Notification Service
Reference number: P642.19B
II.1.2) Main CPV code
64000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has executed an Agreement to continue the use of UK Gov Notify – the government’s messaging platform. The platform has been developed by Central Government for use by all parts of the public sector to deliver urgent messages/texts. It has been a vital platform in in managing the messages for the Covid vaccination from each Health Board in Wales to its patients since December 2020.
Given that the vaccination and booster programmes are still ongoing and likely to continue for as a minimum the next twelve (12) months, it was essential that continued contract coverage was in place.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
64212100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Various sites across NHS Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) has executed an Agreement to continue the use of UK Gov Notify – the government’s messaging platform. The platform has been developed by Central Government for use by all parts of the public sector to deliver urgent messages/texts. It has been a vital platform in in managing the messages for the Covid vaccination from each Health Board in Wales to its patients since December 2020.
Given that the vaccination and booster programmes are still ongoing and likely to continue for as a minimum the next twelve (12) months, it was essential that continued contract coverage was in place.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Conformance to Requirements
/ Weighting: Pass/Fail
Price
/ Weighting:
100
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:
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the Directive
Explanation
Given the criticality to provide continued access to a proven COVID Vaccine IT System, DHCW executed another agreement with UK Gov Notify by October 2022. Since December 2020, the system has enabled transactional communications (letters, emails and text messages) to be sent in large numbers, as required to support the Vaccination programme.
An agreed Appointment Letter template is already established and in use and can continue to be deployed, without any interruption to the service. Finally, it has been further developed in response to the COVID pandemic as the “go to” platform for using in respect of managing the risks of COVID. The platform is being utilised across the UK and has been endorsed for use by the Westminster Government and regional governments e.g., Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: P642.19B
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/09/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Cabinet Office
C/o Government Digital Service
White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street
London
E1 8DX
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:
: 2 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:125205)
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
05/10/2022