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Published 20 Oct 2021, 15:04 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Commercial Advisor · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Digital Health & Care Wales (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£750,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 5 Nov 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement process is being undertaken to establish a framework agreement that enables the

Authority to call off Commercial Advice work packages for various national procurements. Digital Health

and Care Wales is seeking to procure a Commercial Advisor at a senior executive level. The Senior

Commercial Advisor is required to support a number of strategic procurement projects for NHS Wales via a

variety of procurement processes, in particular the competitive dialogue process for complex digital or

clinical/digital procurement activity. There will also be a requirement to provide additional commercial

advice on an ad-hoc basis. The work packages that will be called off under this agreement are likely to

follow a Competitive Dialogue PCR15 process.

  • Recurrence: December 2027

CPV: Procurement consultancy services · Services of commercial workers

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This procurement has been issued by Digital Health and Care Wales , in connection with…AwardedRenewalPublished value£750,000

This procurement has been issued by Digital Health and Care Wales , in connection with the Open Procedure, as set out in Regulation 27 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15), for the procurement of a Commercial Advisor at a senior executive level. The Senior Commercial Advisor is required to support a number of strategic procurement projects for NHS Wales via a variety of procurement processes, in particular the competitive dialogue process for complex digital or

clinical/digital procurement activity. There will also be a requirement to provide additional commercial advice on an ad-hoc basis. The Awarding Authority is acting on behalf of itself as indicated in the PCR15 Contract Notice and will itself be the Contracting Party in any resulting contract awarded.

Delivery: Wales · Digital Health & Care Wales
Extensions: The anticipated initial agreement period will be three (3) years with the capacity (at the Awarding Authority’s sole discretion) to extend for a period of a further twelve (12) months in increments of not fewer than six (6) months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • as per procurement documents: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • as per procurement documents: 100
  • Price: 0
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • “Commercial Advisor” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · December 2027
First published
20 Oct 2021, 15:04 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2024, 11:37 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
P948
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-032207
Classification (CPV)
Procurement consultancy servicesServices of commercial workers
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ee0b Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: All proposed resources must meet the criteria outlined in the Single Procurement Document (SPD) The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering process and not award any contract. The Contracting Authority will not accept SPD questionnaires and completed tender documents after the stated closing date. All documents to be priced in sterling and all payments made in sterling. The tendering process will be undertaken via electronic means using the Bravo e-tendering system https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Instructions on how to participate in this tender opportunity: To complete your response, please access the tender documents via the Bravo ETenderWales portal reference:P948 Instructions: Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once). Browse to the eSourcing portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click "continue" — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click "save" when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Log in to the portal with the username/password — Click the "PQQs/ITTs open to all" suppliers" link.(these are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier)—Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content— Click the "express interest" button at the top of the page — This will move the PQQ/ITT in to your "my PQQs/myITTs" page.(this is a secure area reserved for your projects only)—You can now access any attachments by clicking "buyer attachments "in the "PQQ/ITT details" box 3. Responding to the tender —Click "my response "under "PQQ/ITT details", you can choose to "create response "or to "decline to respond"(please give a reason if declining)—You can now use the "messages" function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT—There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform(there is detailed online help available)You must then submit your reply using the "submit response" button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help or contact the eTendering helpdesk. (WA Ref:145085)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Appointment period ends
5 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
1080 days from the deadline
Bids opened
5 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Oct 2024 → 5 Nov 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    8 Oct 2024, 11:37 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    5 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    5 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Feb 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Feb 2022, 11:35 GMT
  2. Published value updated to £500,000
    7 Oct 2024, 16:06 BST
    was £625,000
  3. Status changed to active
    7 Oct 2024, 16:06 BST
  4. Deadline moved to 5 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
    7 Oct 2024, 16:06 BST
    +1082 days · was 19 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  5. Published value updated to £750,000
    8 Oct 2024, 08:49 BST
    was £500,000
  6. Status changed to unsuccessful
    8 Oct 2024, 11:37 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2022-02: 1 release · 15 Feb 2022
  • 2021-10: 1 release · 20 Oct 2021

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Feb 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 004261-2022-P691-1

    Signed
    15 Feb 2022
    Value
    £625,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW")

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Ty Glan Yr Afon, 21 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, UK, CF11 9ADContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria