Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Medical Advisory Services
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Agency·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis DAC is to provide medical fitness to drive assessment 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 and taxi licence applications 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.
CPV: Medical specialist services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The value of this contract and modification is above the UK threshold therefore the…Awarded
The value of this contract and modification is above the UK threshold therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) apply.
The Regulations permit the modification of a contract where the changes proposed meet one or more of the prescribed tests as set out in Regulation 72. Having considered the information provided there would appear to be convincing reasons to modify this contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies that “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. With respect to Regulation 72(1)(b) it should be noted that more than one such change (previous modifications documented) can be made during the life of the contract even if, in total, the value is more than 50% of the original contract value, however, the successive changes must not be made in order to circumvent the regulations.
This short modification period of 6 months is not to circumvent the Regulations but required to ensure that the Department can meet statutory obligations and carry out essential public services whilst a new tender competition is expedited.
An interim contract would not be possible given potential TUPE application and no economic incentive to take on a short term contract and associated liabilities.
The new tender has been delayed for a number of factors which are now approaching resolution and will allow the specification of services to be finalised and issued to open competition.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Feb 2023, 12:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Dec 2024, 09:59 GMT
- Authority reference
ID 4628940- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041495- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a7c1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The provider is an established and experienced medical services provider, and they have confirmed that they can deliver the medical fitness to drive assessments to assist the DVA. The ability to procure these services to support DVA 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.
Publisher note: The value of this contract and modification is above the UK threshold therefore the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) apply.. . The Regulations permit the modification of a contract where the changes proposed meet one or more of the prescribed tests as set out in Regulation 72. Having considered the information provided there would appear to be convincing reasons to modify this contract in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) for additional works, services or supplies that “have become necessary” and were not included in the initial procurement and a change of supplier would not be practicable (for economic, technical or interoperability reasons) and would involve substantial inconvenience/duplication of costs - provided the change does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. With respect to Regulation 72(1)(b) it should be noted that more than one such change (previous modifications documented) can be made during the life of the contract even if, in total, the value is more than 50% of the original contract value, however, the successive changes must not be made in order to circumvent the regulations.. . This short modification period of 6 months is not to circumvent the Regulations but required to ensure that the Department can meet statutory obligations and carry out essential public services whilst a new tender competition is expedited. . . An interim contract would not be possible given potential TUPE application and no economic incentive to take on a short term contract and associated liabilities. .
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated24 Dec 2024, 09:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3fivetwo HealthcareDAC 156/22 - DVA - Provision of Professional Medical Advisory Services relating to DVA Licence Applications | £4,400,000 † | — | Awarded |
| 3fivetwo HealthcareDAC 156/22 - DVA - Provision of Professional Medical Advisory Services relating to DVA Licence Applications | £5,929,703 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
DAC 156/22 - DVA - Provision of Professional Medical Advisory Services relating to DVA Licence Applications · 3fivetwo Healthcare
- Signed
- 23 Dec 2024
- Value
- £5,929,703
- Status
- active
- Change With respect to Regulation 72(1)(b) it should be noted that more than one such change (previous modifications documented) can be made during the life of the contract even if, in total, the value is more than 50% of the original contract value, however, the successive changes must not be made in order to circumvent the regulations. This short modification period of 6 months is not to circumvent the Regulations but required to ensure that the Department can meet statutory obligations and carry out essential public services whilst a new tender competition is expedited., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: With respect to Regulation 72(1)(b) it should be noted that more than one such change (previous modifications documented) can be made during the life of the contract even if, in total, the value is more than 50% of the original contract value, however, the successive changes must not be made in order to circumvent the regulations. This short modification period of 6 months is not to circumvent the Regulations but required to ensure that the Department can meet statutory obligations and carry out essential public services whilst a new tender competition is expedited.
DAC 156/22 - DVA - Provision of Professional Medical Advisory Services relating to DVA Licence Applications · 3fivetwo Healthcare
- Signed
- 3 Feb 2023
- Value
- £4,400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Department for InfrastructureContracting authorityBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK has no such bodiesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- 3fiveTwo HealthcareAwarded supplier
- 3fivetwo HealthcareAwarded supplier
- 3fivetwo HealthcareAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.