Official UK procurement notice
Community Specialist Palliative Care Service - Cardiff North and West and Cardiff South and East Locality
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSpecialist Palliative Care is provided in the home or other residential setting in the community. Services are available at different times over a 7 day period. Care is delivered to patients in the Community through a core specialist multidisciplinary team, led by a Community Nurse Specialist, to provide hollistic care. The Health Board wish to renew the contract with City Hospice to continue their Specialist Palliative Care Service within Cardiff North and West and Cardiff South and East Locality.
CPV: Provision of services to the community
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Specialist Palliative Care Services provided within the communityAwarded
Specialist Palliative Care Services provided within the community. All patients have an agreed care plan and can be referred to other services. Care will include complex symptom control, specialist palliative rehabilitation and coordination of care at the end of life. Palliative care education and advice is provided to other health care professionals. All patients admitted to the specialist community care services are assessed by the medical team/nursing team/ multidisciplinary team. The MDT devise a care plan / goals for the patients care which is agreed by the patient / family. An agreed set of services is put in place. The care given and planned is reviewed on a regular basis by the MDT or appropriate health care professionals through formal review criteria. For patients who require discharge from the service there is formal discharge criteria and agreed pathways for referral to services.
The Contract will be awarded for a 5 year period on a 3 plus 2 year extension option
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
- 22 Mar 2022, 08:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2022, 15:17 BST
- Authority reference
2022 Contract CAV-OJEU-PROJECT_47620- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021293- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032476Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to renew the existing contract with Marie Curie Cancer Care for a 5 Year Period. The Health Board have been in negotiation with Marie Curie to agree the funding level required to support the level of service requirements to meet the demand within the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan. The renewal will provide seamless service continuation.
- Review procedure
The Authority will allow a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period between notifying the award decision and awarding the contract. Should additional information be required from the addressee in section 1.1 Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the procurement rules have the right to take action in the High Court (England and Wales). Any such action is subject to strict time limits in accordance with the Public Contracts (Amendments) Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: The Cardiff and Vale University Health Board wish to renew the existing contract with The City Hospice for the Specialist Palliative Care Service in the Cardiff North and West and Cardiff South and East Locality for a 5 year period (3+2) to commence 1st April 2022. (WA Ref:123719)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Curie | £2,270,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Marie Curie | £2,410,000 † | — | Awarded |
| The City Hospice Trust Ltd | £3,802,260 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021292-2022-2022 Contract CAV-OJEU-PROJECT_47618-1 · Marie Curie
- Signed
- 31 May 2022
- Value
- £2,410,000
- Status
- active
Contract 021293-2022-2022 Contract CAV-OJEU-PROJECT_47618-1 · The City Hospice Trust Ltd
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2022
- Value
- £3,802,260
- Status
- active
Contract 007644-2022-2022 Contract CAV-OJEU-PROJECT_47618-1 · Marie Curie
- Signed
- 22 Feb 2022
- Value
- £2,270,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Marie CurieAwarded supplier
- The City Hospice Trust LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.