Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-04-20
Buyer: Velindre NHS Trust as hosts of NHS Wales Shared Services - Procurement Services
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 845000000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Velindre NHS Trust, acting on behalf of the NHS Local Health Boards and Local Authorities listed in section 2.1 of this notice, are refreshing an established all Wales framework consisting of nine (9) Lots for the provision of services to Younger Adults (18+) in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care Home / Care Homes with Nursing. No volume or value of the required services is guaranteed.
Current annual spend on the services is circa 130 000 000,00 GBP; the estimated aggregated value for the 9 Lots is 845 000 000,00 GBP.
NHS Wales Local Health Boards, in collaboration with a number of Welsh Local Authorities (together the commissioners) are undertaking a new procurement exercise to refresh an all Wales framework agreement(Framework) for the provision of services by independent providers to Younger Adults (18+) in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care Home and Care Homes with Nursing (Project).
NHS Wales Local Health Boards, in collaboration with a number of Welsh Local Authorities (together the commissioners) are undertaking a new procurement exercise to refresh an all Wales framework agreement (Framework) for the provision of services by independent providers to Younger Adults (18+) in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care Home and Care Homes with Nursing (Project).
The Services to which this Notice relates fall within the Regulation 74, section 7, chapter 3, part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations). Although the contracting authority may voluntarily adopt certain provisions.
In the Regulations neither the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to services falling within Regulation 74. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the tender documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate the terms.
All tender costs and liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders.
The contracting authority reserves the right to annul the tendering process and not establish the Framework.
To complete your formal proposal, in this notice, please access the PQQ via the Bravo E Tender Wales portal.
Where you will find a full suite of tender documentation, reference — PQQ_32410 — Refresh of Framework for Younger Adults.
— Browse to the eSourcing portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click the link to register,
— This will move the PQQ /ITT into your "my PQQs/ my ITTs" page. (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only).
— Click "my response" under "PQQ/ ITT details", you can choose to "create response" or to "decline to respond" (please give a reason if declining).
— There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).


Winner: Calon Fawr Nursing home Limited trading as Swansea Living Solutions
Award value: 845000000
Number of bids: 3