Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Public Health England (c/o ESPO)
Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby
Leicester
LE19 1ES
UK
Contact person: Food, Communities and Technology Procurement Team
Telephone: +44 1162944141
E-mail: tenders@espo.org
NUTS: UKF21
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england
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
3173_19A HIV Self-Sampling Service (Public Health England)
Reference number: 3173_19A
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85145000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Public Health England (PHE) is seeking to establish a national framework agreement with a single provider to provide an online HIV self-sampling service and results management for the most at risk populations. The framework will be primarily for use by PHE and all English local authorities with Public Health responsibilities(170 in England). Its use will not be mandatory.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71900000
75122000
85000000
85100000
85323000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Public Health England (PHE) is seeking to establish a national framework agreement with a single provider to provide an online HIV self-sampling and results management service for most at risk populations. The aim of this service is to provide a cost effective and clinically robust remote HIV Self-Sampling Service for sexually active individuals aged 16 years and over. Emphasis will be placed on increasing testing for HIV amongst most at risk groups including MSM and black African populations. The service will be paid for by the customer and will be free to the service user. The framework will be primarily for use by PHE and all English local authorities with Public Health responsibilities (170 in England). Its use will not be mandatory.
The framework is primarily intended to be accessed by Public Health England and English local authorities; however it will be open for use by any public body/contracting authority being either:
(a) Public Health England;
(c) any local authority in England; or
(b) the NHS Commissioning Board;
(d) any clinical commissioning group, NHS Trust or NHS Foundation Trust in England.
The provider will design, host, manage and maintain a secure and accessible user-friendly interface that provides access to free remote sampling services, the supply of self-sampling kits for capillary or finger-tip blood sampling, testing of samples, appropriate results management and onward referral for treatment and care following diagnosis.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
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
The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 18 months, taking the total to a maximum of 4 years. The total estimated value stated in Section II.1.5) includes the option period.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 084-202221
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: 3173_19
Title: 3173_19A HIV Self-Sampling Service (Public Health England)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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
SH:24 CIC
35a Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7JB
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Court of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/08/2019