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Published 26 Oct 2021, 10:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Reopening October 2021 [3833460]

Official notice

Authority: Procurement and Logistics Service·Consortium: 3 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published value£5,559,642published on the single lot · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 25 Nov 2021awarded 7 Feb 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - Reopening October 2021. *PROVIDERS CURRENTLY AWARDED TO DFA 3078797 AND/OR DFA 3178204 SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT IS FOR NEW ENTRANTS/PROVIDERS ONLY.*

CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services · Social services · Social work and related services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

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
  • “Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care…” 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
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
26 Oct 2021, 10:45 BST
Last source update
22 Feb 2022, 16:45 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005000
Classification (CPV)
Counselling servicesGuidance and counselling servicesHealth and social work servicesOther community, social and personal servicesSocial servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02efe9 Find a Tender

Publisher note: In section I.2), it is stated that this procurement is a joint procurement. This is not a joint procurement it is operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. Social care services such as the provision of Primary Care Talking Therapies are classified under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as social and other specific services and fall within those services listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This tender is therefore subject to the provisions of Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 otherwise known as the ‘Light Touch Regime’. As such, new entrants will be allowed to apply to join the Dynamic Framework Agreement (DFA). The DFA will be opened on the frequency outlined in the Tender documents. Providers/applicants seeking admission as a new entrant to the DFA will be required to complete the same process as the original competition to ensure equal treatment and transparency. A new contract notice will be issued inviting interested providers to submit a response should they wish to participate in the DFA. This is the third opening (3833460) of the DFA (Previous opening reference numbers are 3078797 and 3178204). The DFA value in V.2.4) above includes: an initial contract period of 2 years, plus an option to extend the DFA for 36 x 1 month periods (3 years). The value also includes a potential increase in services of 20%. The Official Name of the Contractor named in V.2.3 is uHub Therapy Centre, Registration Number NI640022.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Appointment period ends
25 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Nov 2021 → 22 Feb 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    25 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    22 Feb 2022, 16:45 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Feb 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Feb 2022, 16:45 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    22 Feb 2022, 16:45 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Feb 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Primary Care Talking Therapies for Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

    Signed
    7 Feb 2022
    Value
    £5,559,642
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Pinewood Villa, Longstone Hospital, Loughgall Road, Armagh, UK, BT61 7PRContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Procurement and Logistics ServicesReview body Armagh
  • The Procurement and Logistics ServiceReview body Armagh

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FIND HELP NIFramework contractorNI640022 UHub Therapy Centre 36 Hamilton Road, BANGOR, UK, BT20 4LEContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.