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Published 3 Feb 2025, 15:20 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Reopening of Due Diligence Stage February 2025 From 03/02/2025 to 28/02/2025. For New Entrants onto Framework Only. Voluntary Third Sector Framework For Swansea Bay University Health Board.

Official notice

Procurement agent: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services·On behalf of: Swansea University

Framework agreement2 lotsServices
Planned pipeline value£8,000,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

NWSSP Procurement Services is issuing this PIN to notify third sector voluntary organisations of the Reopening of Due Diligence Stage February 2025

From 03/02/2025 to 28/02/2025. For New Entrants onto Framework Only.

Voluntary Third Sector Framework For Swansea Bay University Health Board. Tender Reference: SBU-OJEU-50022-041-JW-21

CPV: Community health services · Provision of services to the community

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Voluntary Third Sector Framework For Swansea Bay University Health Board. Tender Reference: SBU-OJEU-50022-041-JW-21Planned

Swansea Bay University Health Board currently spends approximately 2 million GBP through Service Level Agreements with Third Sector / voluntary / community organisations to deliver a range of services and support for our population across the local authority areas of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Services are delivered across the Health Board footprint in the following areas:

Admission Avoidance & Discharge Support

Adult Mental Health Support Services

Cancer and Palliative Care including Children and Young People

Carers

Children and Young People

Emergency Response

General Information, Advice, Support and Counselling

Learning Disability

Lifestyle Change and Population Health

Older People’s Mental Health Services and Dementia

Participation, Coproduction and Facilitation

Stroke

Substance Misuse

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Services

Green initiative

Transport

The Health Board sees the Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations as a crucial partners in both building community and

individual resilience and in delivering services differently to support people’s well-being and self -care as well as providing services

contributing to the aims of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act

2015 in providing earlier interventions, more preventative services, accessing care closer to home and improving people’s ability to manage

their own well-being and health.

In addition, the Health Board are further looking at how we can shape future services in line with our Clinical Services Plan and Changing

for the Future and to transfer care and services from the statutory to the voluntary sector in areas such as:

Helping patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions

Reducing the length of time patients stay in hospital

Supporting patients waiting for operations

Developing a 7 day a week services

Reshaping adult and older people’s mental health and learning disability services

We also want to ensure that we can explore commissioning in the future and these lots will also be included in the procurement;

Advocacy

Bereavement

Community Resilience

Health Inequalities

Housing

Out of Hospital Care

LGBTQ+

Safeguarding

Sustainability Agenda

In line with its Strategic Framework for the Voluntary Sector 2023-2027 the Health Board is now seeking to commence a procurement

exercise for services provided by Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations. The Framework was co-developed and

co-produced with the sector and outlines an ambitious programme of change.

Our ambition is that the Health Board and the Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations will further develop our existing

strong and effective relationships, leading to more services being delivered jointly across both local authority areas, ensuring that

partnership and funding arrangements are effective and efficient.

We would like to invite Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations who may be interested in providing any services fitting into

the lots above to the first in a series of pre-procurement market engagement events to:

Understand the intentions of the market and identify any challenges or barriers

Enable the Health Board to understand how our current service needs can shaped and delivered by the Sector Inform the Health Board of

the current market position and possible options available Additional information: Reopening of Due Diligence Stage February 2025 From 03/02/2025 to 28/02/2025. For New Entrants onto Framework Only. Voluntary Third Sector Framework For Swansea Bay University Health Board. Tender Reference: SBU-OJEU-50022-041-JW-21

Delivery: Wales
Lot #2Voluntary Third Sector Framework For Swansea Bay University Health Board. Tender Reference: SBU-OJEU-50022-041-JW-21Planned

Swansea Bay University Health Board currently spends approximately 2 million GBP through Service Level Agreements with Third Sector / voluntary / community organisations to deliver a range of services and support for our population across the local authority areas of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. Services are delivered across the Health Board footprint in the following areas:

Admission Avoidance & Discharge Support

Adult Mental Health Support Services

Cancer and Palliative Care including Children and Young People

Carers

Children and Young People

Emergency Response

General Information, Advice, Support and Counselling

Learning Disability

Lifestyle Change and Population Health

Older People’s Mental Health Services and Dementia

Participation, Coproduction and Facilitation

Stroke

Substance Misuse

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence and Sexual Health Services

Green initiative

Transport

The Health Board sees the Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations as a crucial partners in both building community and

individual resilience and in delivering services differently to support people’s well-being and self -care as well as providing services

contributing to the aims of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act

2015 in providing earlier interventions, more preventative services, accessing care closer to home and improving people’s ability to manage

their own well-being and health.

In addition, the Health Board are further looking at how we can shape future services in line with our Clinical Services Plan and Changing

for the Future and to transfer care and services from the statutory to the voluntary sector in areas such as:

Helping patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions

Reducing the length of time patients stay in hospital

Supporting patients waiting for operations

Developing a 7 day a week services

Reshaping adult and older people’s mental health and learning disability services

We also want to ensure that we can explore commissioning in the future and these lots will also be included in the procurement;

Advocacy

Bereavement

Community Resilience

Health Inequalities

Housing

Out of Hospital Care

LGBTQ+

Safeguarding

Sustainability Agenda

In line with its Strategic Framework for the Voluntary Sector 2023-2027 the Health Board is now seeking to commence a procurement

exercise for services provided by Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations. The Framework was co-developed and

co-produced with the sector and outlines an ambitious programme of change.

Our ambition is that the Health Board and the Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations will further develop our existing

strong and effective relationships, leading to more services being delivered jointly across both local authority areas, ensuring that

partnership and funding arrangements are effective and efficient.

We would like to invite Third Sector / voluntary and community organisations who may be interested in providing any services fitting into

the lots above to the first in a series of pre-procurement market engagement events to:

Understand the intentions of the market and identify any challenges or barriers

Enable the Health Board to understand how our current service needs can shaped and delivered by the Sector Inform the Health Board of

the current market position and possible options available Additional information: Reopening of Due Diligence Stage February 2025. From 03/02/2025 to 28/02/2025. For New Entrants onto Framework Only.

Delivery: Wales

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Reopening of Due Diligence Stage February 2025 From 03/02/2025 to…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Feb 2025, 15:20 GMT
Last source update
3 Feb 2025, 15:20 GMT
Authority reference
Tender Reference: SBU-OJEU-50022-041-JW-21
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003491
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesProvision of services to the community
Delivery area
Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04db12 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The intent of this notice is to notify Third Sector Providers of the re-opening of the Framework Due Diligence Stage February 2025. The window will be open on Bravo E Tender Wales From 03/02/2025 to 28/02/2025 (One Month) Project Reference: project_58449 PQQ Reference: ppq_33640 Tender Reference: SBU-OJEU-50022-041-JW-21 (WA Ref:147833)

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

3 Feb 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    3 Feb 2025, 15:20 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services

Procurement agentBody governed by public lawHealth Frontline Procurement, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Block A, Neath Port Talbot Hospital, Baglan Way., Baglan, UK, SA12 7BXContact name, email, phone

Clients of the procurement agent

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

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