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 Senior Procurement Manager
Telephone: +44 1138250000
E-mail: england.commercialenquiries@nhs.net
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.improvement.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
Voluntary Assisted Discharge and Patient Transport Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60130000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Assisted discharge and patient transport services offered by the AgeUK can significantly help with ensuring patients be discharged to their place of residence in a timely manner, in turn reducing delayed transfers of care during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
250 995.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34114122
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
It has been identified that the services offered by the British Red AgeUK can significantly help with ensuring patients be discharged to their place of residence in a timely manner, in turn reducing delayed transfers of care.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
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:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
In view of the extreme urgency, NHS England did not have time to conduct a procurement procedure for the provision of external recruitment support to source business critical specialist developer roles to support the response to Covid-19 in accordance with the timescales set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) 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: 1
Title: Assisted Patient Discharge and Transport Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/09/2020
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
AGE UK
Tavis House, Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9NA
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:
: 250 995.00
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
25/09/2020