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Published 3 Aug 2022, 16:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Psychological Support for Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Trainees within NHS Wales

Official notice

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£2,796,000≈ £932k / year
Submissions closed 1 Sept 2022
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is a Special Health Authority within Wales which sits alongside Health Boards and Trusts. HEIW have a Professional Support Unit (PSU) who's role is to promote and support positive psychology and wellbeing at work for medical, dental and pharmacist trainees across Wales. Some trainees will require short term support by an appropriately qualified and experienced specialist that is outside the scope of internal PSU service expertise. Therefore HEIW have a requirement for a specialist psychological service provider to provide support to trainees across Wales for physical health, mental health, special learning and educational needs and personal and professional skills.

  • Recurrence: The services may be retendered prior to the expiry of the contract.

CPV: Psychiatrist or psychologist services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1HEIW wish to procure a specialist psychological service provider to provide short term…Renewal 3 yrs

HEIW wish to procure a specialist psychological service provider to provide short term psychological support to trainees across Wales for physical health, mental health, special learning and educational needs and personal and professional skills for referred to the PSU. The aim is to enable a significant improvement in well-being and performance such that trainees achieve a successful outcome. The successful Bidder shall be required to manage referrals for accessing short term support by an appropriately qualified and experienced specialists. Further information on the requirements is available in the tender documentation.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Wales
Extensions: This contract will be subject to renewal at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority may exercise its option to extend for a further two years in two 12 month intervals.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · The services may be retendered prior to the expiry of the contract.
First published
3 Aug 2022, 16:21 BST
Last source update
3 Aug 2022, 16:21 BST
Award evaluation window
1 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
HEIW-FTS-50684
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021324
Classification (CPV)
Psychiatrist or psychologist services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0358b0 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As set out in the Procurement documentation. Bidders should note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the procurement documentation and that save for matters of clarification or consistency the Contracting Authority will not negotiate terms.

Publisher note: The Services to which this Notice relates fall within Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations). Although HEIW may voluntarily adopt certain provisions in the Regulations neither the employment of any terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to services falling within Regulations 74 to 76. Bidders to note that they will be required to enter terms and conditions of contract as set out in the tender documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, HEIW will not negotiate the terms. As this is a procurement that falls under the Light Touch Regime, HEIW proposes to use a procurement procedure which is akin to the open procedure. All tender costs and any liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. HEIW reserves the right to award the Contracts in whole or in part. HEIW reserves the right to pause, halt, abandon and/or annul the tendering process and not to award any or all the Contracts. Delivery of the services are to commence upon the anticipated Services Commencement Date (that is, on or around 03/10/2022). To complete your formal proposal, please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender documentation. 1. Register your company https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/ and click the link to register. 2. Express an Interest in the tender: - Click "ITT open to all suppliers" - Click ITT _96806 and express interest - This will move the ITT into your "my ITTs" page - You can access any attachments by clicking "buyer attachments" in the "ITT details" box 3. Responding to the tender - Click "my response" under "ITT details", you can choose to "create response" or to "decline to respond" - You can now use the "messages" function to communicate - NOTE: Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Social Value/ Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic, environmental and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate to social, economic and environmental considerations. The Social Value/Community Benefits included in this contract are: Detailed in the tender documentation NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=123668 (WA Ref:123668)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
1 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bids opened
1 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Aug 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    3 Aug 2022, 16:21 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    1 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    1 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation 4-5 Charnwood Court, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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