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DAC 156/22 - DfI - DVA - Provision of Professional Medical Advisory Services relating to DVA License Applications

Health and social work services
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Infrastructure: "DAC 156/22 - DfI - DVA - Provision of Professional Medical Advisory Services relating to DVA License Applications". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for InfrastructureScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Average Price Reduction
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Infrastructure
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
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Clarification deadlineNot published
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Published21 Dec 2022, 16:43 GMT
Last source update21 Dec 2022, 16:43 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-039378
What is being bought
This DAC is to provide Occupational Health Services to the DVA, acting on behalf of the Department for Infrastructure. As a result of reducing resources and additional work demands, OHS’ specialist medical assessment service provider are currently experiencing difficulties in delivering the medical assessment service for driver assessments which they carry out for the Driver & Vehicle Agency (an Agency of the Department for Infrastructure). These are urgent, critical services. The ability to procure these services to support will safeguard the delivery of fitness to drive medical assessments to the DVA.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Dec 2022, 16:43 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    21 Dec 2022, 16:43 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    21 Dec 2022, 16:43 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    This DAC is to provide Occupational Health Services to the DVA, acting on behalf of the Department for Infrastructure. DVA are required to be satisfied that a driver meets the required medical fitness to drive standards as part of the licensing consideration. This may be done in-house by DVA staff who assess the information available, or by referring the case to the qualified medical officers who may be able to assess the case on the information provided, request further information or determine that a specialist medical assessment is required, in which case the driver is referred to the OHS’ specialist medical assessment service provider. As a result of reducing resources and additional work demands, OHS’ specialist medical assessment service provider are currently experiencing difficulties in delivering the medical assessment service for driver assessments which they carry out for the Driver & Vehicle Agency (an Agency of the Department for Infrastructure). These are urgent, critical services. The ability to procure these services to support will safeguard the delivery of fitness to drive medical assessments to the DVA. There are capacity and capability issues in this sector, with competing demand for resources in both the private and public sector and the Department must act quickly to secure essential support. This DAC provides support for a period of up to 24 months. During this time DVA will continue to consider options and seek to implement a longer term solution to secure the provision of fitness to drive medical assessments. Services must be covered in the interim to cover statutory responsibilities. These are urgent, critical, citizen facing services. There is no option to do nothing and it is in the public interest to expedite the appointment of a contractor.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 Dec 2022, 16:43 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 21 Dec 2022, 00:00 GMT · £4,200,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
3fivetwo Healthcare
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£4,200,000 · signed 21 Dec 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Infrastructure

Contracting authority GB-FTS-61305
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  • Department for Infrastructure
    buyer

    10-18 Adelaide St, BELFAST, UK, BT2 8GB
    SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

  • 3fivetwo Healthcare
    supplier

    21 Old Channel Road, Belfast, UKN, BT3 9DE
    info@3fivetwo.com

  • The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015.
    reviewBody

    Belfast
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleThe provider is an established and experienced occupational health service provider, and they have confirmed that they can deliver a range of occupational health services to assist the DVA. The ability to procure these services to support OHS activities will safeguard the delivery of critical, citizen facing services. Approval is being sought to procure these services through a Direct Award Contract (DAC) as an interim arrangement while longer term solutions are implemented. Under Regulation 32 of PCR 2015 (as amended), there are derogations to award a contract to a single supplier where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier. In this case specifically applying the derogation under Regulation 32(2)(c) whereby it is strictly necessary 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.