Official UK procurement notice
AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ability of LHBs in Wales to manage the demand for specialist and non-specialist mental health in-patient beds became compromised by the pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic. Staff shortages and the need to be able to isolate patients, within suitable in-patient settings, seriously compromised LHBs ability to manage within their existing mental health bed capacity. A high demand for bed spaces in England plus the complications of transporting patients outside of Wales emphasised the criticality of raising NHS Wales’s ability to place patients closer to home within Wales.
Consequently, as part of their mental health co-ordination planning the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) identified a need to procure additional mental health in-patient capacity from the independent and the third sector in Wales. A scope to purchase 125 beds, was mapped as follows:
Medium Secure beds x 10
Low Secure beds x 20
Locked Rehabilitation beds x 62
Open Rehabilitation beds x 33
Securing capacity enabled the supply of additional mental health accommodation nationally across Wales. Given these unprecedented and uncertain times, there was a requirement for support on an interim basis with an option to extend the agreement on a rolling monthly basis.
CPV: Psychiatric hospital services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In order to maintain the provision of these services, the Contracting Authority made a…Awarded
In order to maintain the provision of these services, the Contracting Authority made a direct award under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations. Due to events that were unforeseeable by the Contracting Authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedure with negotiation, cannot be complied with.
In awarding this agreement, the Contracting Authority met all requirements under the PCR due to the immediate risk that COVID-19 posed to all NHS and social care. In these exceptional circumstances, there was no time to run an accelerated procedure in line with the PCR as immediate and continued delivery of service was urgently required. Additional information: Market research was undertaken, through the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) who manage a quality metrics of the current national framework agreement for mental health and learning disability non NHS Wales hospital provision. The research determined the availability of private and third sector beds within Wales.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Oct 2021, 11:45 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2021, 11:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024882- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e89fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The Contracting Authority made a direct award under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015
Publisher note: (WA Ref:114369)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coed Du Hall Ltd, Cygnet Health Care Ltd, Cygnet Mids & Wales, Elysium Healthcare Limited, Hafal, Ludlow Street Healthcare Group +4 morejoint award | £1,960,558 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024882-2021-1 · Coed Du Hall Ltd, Cygnet Health Care Ltd, Cygnet Mids & Wales, Elysium Healthcare Limited, Hafal, Ludlow Street Healthcare Group +4 more
- Signed
- 3 Apr 2020
- Value
- £1,960,558
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
10 commercial parties on the notice- Coed Du Hall LtdAwarded supplier
- Cygnet Health Care LimitedAwarded supplier
- Cygnet Mids & WalesAwarded supplier
- Elysium Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Elysium Healthcare No2 LtdAwarded supplier
- HafalAwarded supplier
- Ludlow Street Healthcare GroupAwarded supplier
- Partnerships in Care 1 LimitedAwarded supplier
- Regis Healthcare LimitedAwarded supplier
- Rushcliffe HospitalsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.