Official UK procurement notice
Provision of an Independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service
Authority: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description2gether Support Solutions is looking to award a three year contract on behalf of the Contracting Authority for the provision of a tailored, including direct contact with staff, Independent and Confidential Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service.<br/><br/>It is 2gether Support Solutions consideration that The Guardian Service Ltd. is the most suitable, and sole, provider of these services within the United Kingdom.
CPV: Human resources management consultancy services · Staff development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Dec 2024, 09:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2024, 09:54 GMT
- Authority reference
C326841- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-040902- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c96bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
It is 2gether Support Solutions consideration that The Guardian Service Ltd. is the most suitable, and sole, provider of these services within the United Kingdom.
Publisher note: 2gether Support Solutions is issuing this F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice in accordance with Regulation 99 of The Public Contract Regulations 2015 to inform the market of the Contracting Authority's intention to enter into a contract with The Guardian Service Ltd. for the provision of these services. <br/><br/>This notice will be published for at least 10 days. <br/><br/>If you think that your organisation is competent, suitably experienced and appropriately qualified to deliver such a service, then you may approach 2gether Support Solutions and express your interest in being considered. To register on the Health Family Single eCommercial System e-tendering portal:<br/><br/>If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to click Register from the landing page and complete the required form.<br/><br/>1) Register on the portal webpage https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Please note that registration and use of the website is free of charge.<br/>2) Once registered, to search for tendering opportunities that have been published, click 'Find Opportunities'; and<br/>3) From the Find Opportunities page, click on the title of an opportunity. If the tendering project is at the stage where it is open for suppliers to express interest, you will be able to click 'Register Interest'.<br/><br/>For technical support in submitting your Expression of Interest or registering on the ‘Atamis Electronic Sourcing system please contact the Atamis helpdesk via email: support@atamis.co.uk.<br/><br/>All communications from providers should come through the Atamis portal. Strictly no other forms of communication to 2gether Support Solutions or the Trust will be accepted (including telephone calls, postal queries/submissions, faxes or email communications) during this period.<br/><br/>2gether Support Solutions are aware of our transparency obligations under The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please note for those expressing an interest for these services, doing so does not guarantee that you will not be required to register for any future procurement activities and you should not rely on your response to this notice as confirmation that 2gether Support Solutions will proceed further with either this, or other such, activities.<br/><br/>2gether Support Solutions reserves the right not to proceed with the award of the contract.<br/><br/>Neither 2gether Support Solutions nor the Trust shall be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any provider in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this intended approach notice or in completion, or submission, of any response, irrespective of the outcome of the process if the process is cancelled or postponed for whatever reason.<br/><br/>All dates, timescales and values specified in this intended approach notice are provisional and 2gether Support Solutions reserves the right to change these.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian Service LtdSME | £617,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 040902-2024-1 · The Guardian Service LtdSME
- Signed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Value
- £617,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- 2Gether Support Solutions LimitedMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
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.