Official UK procurement notice
Provision of an independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service
Authority: NHS Highland (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGuardian service for NHS Highland staff
CPV: Staff development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Highland have a critical and urgent need to establish a Guardian / Speak up…Awarded
NHS Highland have a critical and urgent need to establish a Guardian / Speak up service by July 2020, as recommended in the Sturrock review, to provide an independent channel for colleague concerns to be raised where other channels have not worked or cannot be used. This is also aligned to how we wil implement the revised National Whistleblowing standards in Highland in July 2020.
NHS Highland do not have the capacity, time or skills to set up an internal speak up service, and the culture issues experienced mean that an externally hosted service is critical at this time to built trust of the service. We have reviewed the market and the only established provider of this service that we have identified with appropriate and relevant NHS specific experience is The Guardian Service. The Guardian Service have extensive experience in setting up and running this service across many years and we have testimony from other NHS trusts in England and Wales who already work with them. Their approach of working in partnership with the organisation and key stakeholders is essential to the service working effectively and learning from the issues which are raised.
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
- 10 May 2021, 11:15 BST
- Last source update
- 10 May 2021, 11:15 BST
- Authority reference
HH083-20- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-010089- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02aedaFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This procurement is unique in that the provider is offering a technical solution, based on it's specific positioning and experience, the likes of which is not available elsewhere in exactly the form that we desire to employ.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:651286)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian Service LtdSME | £351,400 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010089-2021-HH083-20-1 · The Guardian Service LtdSME
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2020
- Value
- £351,400
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish Courts and TribunalsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Guardian Service Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.