Provision of Lateral Flow Testing Assistants

Official notice

Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL18)

Awarded value£748,440published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 1 Aug 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Working on Wellbeing Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The requirement is for 4 Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) assistants to begin work on 19 August 2021 to 20 July 2022. The work is for 48 weeks split into 8 x 6 week sections with the option to continue or cease taken 2 weeks before the end of the session in use.

CPV: Services provided by nurses

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The requirement is for 4 Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) assistants (reduced from 6) to…Awarded

The requirement is for 4 Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) assistants (reduced from 6) to begin work on 19 August 2021 to 20 July 2022. The work is for 48 weeks split into 8 x 6 week sections with the option to continue or cease taken 2 weeks before the end of the session in use.

Delivery: Wales

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

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: 1 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update: 1 Feb 2022, 22:45 GMT
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-002914
Classification (CPV): Services provided by nurses
Delivery area: Wales (UKL18)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0311fc Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Published justification: No alternative supplier available due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Nurses were scarce and companies approached, could not provide in sufficient timescales to allow essential DVLA operations to continue.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £748,4401 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Working on Wellbeing LtdSubcontracting: declared	£748,440 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 002914-2022-1 · Working on Wellbeing Ltd
Signed
1 Aug 2021
Value
£748,440
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Transport

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services Swansea, Wales, SA6 7JLContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

DVLAReview body Swansea

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Working on Wellbeing Ltd.Awarded supplier Taunton, Wales

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.