Official UK procurement notice
Indpendent Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNo description was published on the notice. See the official documents.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This Notice is a Modification to a Contract in accordance with Article of Directive…
This Notice is a Modification to a Contract in accordance with Article of Directive 2014/24/EU Art 72 for independent investigations. This is a 24 month extension to the existing contract awarded for independent investigation services as identified within the original advert.
Contract Award of Independent Investigation Services Framework for the NHS with scope to cover various service types which have been divided into five lots - Individual Expert Investigations, Partnership Investigations, Local Care
System Investigations, Health & Social Care & 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 have the opportunity to apply to join the Framework Agreement on an annual basis. Bidders who are already on the Framework Agreement have the opportunity to apply for further lots if they so wish on an annual basis.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025640- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Various Providers as per the F03 NoticeSME | £20,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025640-2021-2019/S 214-526090-1 · Various Providers as per the F03 NoticeSME
- Signed
- 16 May 2019
- Value
- £20,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Oct 2027
- Status
- active
- Change Extension of the original 48 month framework contract for a further period of 24 months, so that the contract will end on the 31.10.2027., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: As a result of the NHS dealing with the covid pandemic for over 18 months normal contracting activity for independent investigations was suspended. There is now a back log of activity which needs to be commissioned as seconded staff from the regional teams responsible for commissioning these services return to BAU.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS EnglandReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Various Providers as per the F03 NoticeAwarded supplier
- Various Providers as per the F03 NoticeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.