Official UK procurement notice
Communications and Engagement Support Services
Authority: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, working with NHS England as part of the Trust's response to a recent CQC inspection and improvement plan, requires external support to deliver a programme of communications and engagement support services.
CPV: Development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Trust requires support and development services with four clear elements of support:
The Trust requires support and development services with four clear elements of support:
crisis communications,
strategic communications,
tactical communications, and
advice on re-shaping and developing the internal communications function.
The work will provide the Trust with fixed-term, strategic communications and engagement expertise in order to rapidly improve the management of reactive and proactive communications with the complex mapping of external stakeholders and staff working across the Trust's 50 sites, to help engage with a greater mass of clinical and corporate staff.
The timescales for this work preclude the ability to undertake a competitive procurement process, due to the urgent need for works to commence, and are for a very specific project agreed with, and supported by, NHS England as part of a response package to a recent CQC inspection.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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 Sept 2022, 15:45 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Sept 2022, 15:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024983- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036646Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
As per section 32 (2c) of the Public Contract Regulations, the Trust is awarding works where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with.
The timescales for this work preclude the ability to undertake a competitive procurement process, due to the urgent need for works to commence, and are for a very specific project agreed with NHS England as the result of a recent CQC inspection.
The request to contract with the identified partner is supported by NHS England, and has been approved via the Consultancy Expenditure Business Case approval process as part of the Trust's immediate improvement action plan.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOD & WOOLF LIMITED | £161,280 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024983-2022-1 · HOOD & WOOLF LIMITED
- Signed
- 6 Sept 2022
- Value
- £161,280
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hood & Woolf LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.