Official UK procurement notice
Emergency Department Home Safe and Well-being Service
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEmergency Department Well-being and Home Safe Service
CPV: Hospital support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The purpose of the Emergency Department and Well-being home safe service is to:Awarded
The purpose of the Emergency Department and Well-being home safe service is to:
- improve well-being through non-clinical advice and support via clear communication with staff, patients and families
- delivery of trusted and safe resettlement of vulnerable individuals at home
- ensure patients have follow up well-being checks
- provide a seamless link to local community support and a reduction in avoidable hospital admissions
- improve experience whilst waiting in the Emergency Department
- improve patient flow through the emergency department
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
- 4 Oct 2021, 11:54 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Oct 2021, 11:54 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-024576- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e76dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The Contracting Authority made a direct award to the current provider under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in order to maintain the provision of services already in place. Due to events that were unforeseeable by the Contracting Authority (i.e. the covid-19 pandemic), the time limits for the open or restricted procedures with negotiation could not be complied with. British Red Cross was the incumbent provider and therefore familiar with working in the specific Health Boards/Hospitals and the service could continue with very little disruption to an environment which was already pressurised as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Publisher note: Emergency Department and Home Safe Well-being Service delivered for 9 months at the following NHS Wales Health Board sites. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - Royal Gwent Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board - Glan Clwyd, Wrexham Maelor, Ysbyty Gwynedd Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - University Hospital of Wales Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - Prince Charles, Princess of Wales, Royal Glamorgan Hywel Dda University Health Board - Glangwilli and Withbush Hospitals Swansea Bay University Health Board - Morriston Hospital The interim agreement was in place from 1st June 2020 - 31 Mar 2021. (WA Ref:114343)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The British Red Cross | £1,187,250 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024576-2021-1 · The British Red Cross
- Signed
- 15 Jul 2020
- Value
- £1,187,250
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- British Red CrossAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.