Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 19 Dec 2024, 09:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of an Independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service

Official notice

Authority: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£617,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 18 Dec 2024no call for competition
Awarded to The Guardian Service Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

2gether Support Solutions is looking to award a three year contract on behalf of the Contracting Authority for the provision of a tailored, including direct contact with staff, Independent and Confidential Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service.<br/><br/>It is 2gether Support Solutions consideration that The Guardian Service Ltd. is the most suitable, and sole, provider of these services within the United Kingdom.

CPV: Human resources management consultancy services · Staff development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: South East · Contracting Authority's hospital sites across East Kent.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Dec 2024, 09:54 GMT
Last source update
19 Dec 2024, 09:54 GMT
Authority reference
C326841
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040902
Classification (CPV)
Human resources management consultancy servicesStaff development services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c96b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

It is 2gether Support Solutions consideration that The Guardian Service Ltd. is the most suitable, and sole, provider of these services within the United Kingdom.

Publisher note: 2gether Support Solutions is issuing this F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice in accordance with Regulation 99 of The Public Contract Regulations 2015 to inform the market of the Contracting Authority's intention to enter into a contract with The Guardian Service Ltd. for the provision of these services. <br/><br/>This notice will be published for at least 10 days. <br/><br/>If you think that your organisation is competent, suitably experienced and appropriately qualified to deliver such a service, then you may approach 2gether Support Solutions and express your interest in being considered. To register on the Health Family Single eCommercial System e-tendering portal:<br/><br/>If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to click Register from the landing page and complete the required form.<br/><br/>1) Register on the portal webpage https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Please note that registration and use of the website is free of charge.<br/>2) Once registered, to search for tendering opportunities that have been published, click 'Find Opportunities'; and<br/>3) From the Find Opportunities page, click on the title of an opportunity. If the tendering project is at the stage where it is open for suppliers to express interest, you will be able to click 'Register Interest'.<br/><br/>For technical support in submitting your Expression of Interest or registering on the ‘Atamis Electronic Sourcing system please contact the Atamis helpdesk via email: [email protected].<br/><br/>All communications from providers should come through the Atamis portal. Strictly no other forms of communication to 2gether Support Solutions or the Trust will be accepted (including telephone calls, postal queries/submissions, faxes or email communications) during this period.<br/><br/>2gether Support Solutions are aware of our transparency obligations under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please note for those expressing an interest for these services, doing so does not guarantee that you will not be required to register for any future procurement activities and you should not rely on your response to this notice as confirmation that 2gether Support Solutions will proceed further with either this, or other such, activities.<br/><br/>2gether Support Solutions reserves the right not to proceed with the award of the contract.<br/><br/>Neither 2gether Support Solutions nor the Trust shall be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any provider in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this intended approach notice or in completion, or submission, of any response, irrespective of the outcome of the process if the process is cancelled or postponed for whatever reason.<br/><br/>All dates, timescales and values specified in this intended approach notice are provisional and 2gether Support Solutions reserves the right to change these.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £617,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Dec 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Guardian Service LtdSME£617,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Trust Headquarters, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, South East, CT1 3NGContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.