Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department Of Health
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
UK
Contact person: Paul Eagleton
E-mail: supplier.helpdesk@dh.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health/about/procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Executive Search and Selection — Appointments.
Reference number: 60207
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Department of Health's Appointments Team manages the recruitment and selection process for Public Appointments that are made by the Secretary of State for Health. Ministers decide on whether or not to use executive search for these appointments and decisions are made on a case by case basis, dependent on the profile of the appointment and challenges to recruitment of a particular post. The need for search will be addressed on a case-by-case basis and each use of search will be subject to Ministerial clearance. The key deliverables are to identify, discuss with and encourage/support candidates to apply for key senior appointments.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 110 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79610000
79621000
79631000
79634000
79414000
79611000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
England.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The DH Appointments Team manages the recruitment and selection process for Public Appointments made by the Secretary of State for Health. Ministers decide on whether or not to use executive search for these appointments and decisions are made on a case by case basis, dependent on the profile of the appointment and challenges to recruitment of the post. Our appointments include high profile Chair and Non-Executive Director appointments to DH's Arms-Length Bodies, including for example, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission. To ensure open competitions attract the very best candidates and a diverse field of applicants and for some campaigns target specialist groups, there is sometimes a need to use executive search to support a campaign. This Contract is for Executive Search Services for a period of up to 12 months commencing on the 1.9.2016 until the 31.8.2017, with an optional extension of 2 periods of up-to a further 12 months for each additional period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: All quality criteria are stated in the procurement documents
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Optional 24 month Contract extension period subject to confirmation of funding and the necessary approvals, being 2 optional (up-to 12 month each) extension 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
II.2.14) Additional information
Value at II.1.7) includes extension options.
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:
2016/S 102-181474
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Executive Search and Selection — Appointments
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/09/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 7
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 7
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
IRG Advisors LLP trading as Odgers Berndtson
20 Cannon Street
London
EC4M 6XD
UK
NUTS: UK
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:
: 1 110 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Authority incorporated a standstill period at the point information about the actual award of the contract was communicated to Potential Bidders. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful Bidders to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/09/2016