Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-11-06
Buyer: The NHS Commissioning Board
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Contract award of independent investigation services framework for the NHS with scope to cover various service types which have been divided into 5 lots — individual expert investigations, partnership investigations, local care system Investigations, health and social care and partners investigations and systematic independent investigations. Contract award beneath the framework will be placed via mini-competition or direct award.
The services procured under the framework are for health services and are subject to the requirements of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) Chapter 3, particular procurement regimes, section 7 social and other specific services.
Bidders who are already on the framework agreement have the opportunity to apply for further lots if they so wish on an annual basis.
The NHS is required under the NHS serious incident framework/patient safety framework (and/or any iterations) and the Department of Health Article 2 of the European Convention on human rights and the investigation of serious incidents to commission an independent investigation.
The NHS has created a framework for Independent investigation services that meets the technical and geographic requirements for the NHS. This framework agreement provides a flexible and responsive framework to enable the NHS to comply with the NHS serious incident framework.
Bidders will continue to have the opportunity to apply to join the framework agreement on an annual basis.
The services to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). As such, the procurement of the services has been run as a bespoke, open process procedure, involving the completion of a qualification questionnaire to qualify for acceptance onto the framework agreement. Successful bidders will be asked to participate in mini-competitions for contracts for lots in which they have been successful or may be subject to the direct award of a contract.
Attain has conducted this procurement exercise as agent for and on behalf of the contracting authority (the NHS) and in partnership with East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (EoECPH).
The contract will be for an initial 48 months (indicative contract value for 48 months is 10 000 000 GBP), with the option to extend for a further 24 months (indicative contract value for 60 months is 15 000 000 GBP).
The NHS is required under the NHS serious incident framework/patient safety framework (and/or any iterations) and the Department of Health Article 2 of the European Convention on human rights and the investigation of serious incidents to commission an independent investigation.
The NHS has created a framework for independent investigation services that meets the technical and geographic requirements for the NHS. This framework agreement provides a flexible and responsive framework to enable the NHS to comply with the NHS serious incident framework.
Bidders will continue to have the opportunity to apply to join the framework agreement on an annual basis.
The services to which this procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). As such, the procurement of the services has been run as a bespoke, open process procedure, involving the completion of a qualification questionnaire to qualify for acceptance onto the framework agreement. Successful bidders will be asked to participate in mini-competitions for contracts for lots in which they have been successful or may be subject to the direct award of a contract.
Attain has conducted this procurement exercise as agent for and on behalf of the contracting authority (the NHS) and in partnership with East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (EoECPH).
The contract will be for an initial 48 months (indicative contract value for 48 months is 10 000 000 GBP), with the option to extend for a further 24 months (indicative contract value for 60 months is 15 000 000 GBP).


Winner: Anne Richardson Consulting Ltd
Award value: 15000000
Number of bids: 15