Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW")
Ty Glan Yr Afon, 21 Cowbridge Road East
Cardiff
CF11 9AD
UK
Contact person: Lyndsey Jones
Telephone: +44 2920500500
E-mail: Lyndsey.jones2@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://dhcw.nhs.wales
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Commercial Advisor
Reference number: P948
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79418000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This procurement process is being undertaken to establish a framework agreement that enables the
Authority to call off Commercial Advice work packages for various national procurements. Digital Health
and Care Wales is seeking to procure a Commercial Advisor at a senior executive level. The Senior
Commercial Advisor is required to support a number of strategic procurement projects for NHS Wales via a
variety of procurement processes, in particular the competitive dialogue process for complex digital or
clinical/digital procurement activity. There will also be a requirement to provide additional commercial
advice on an ad-hoc basis. The work packages that will be called off under this agreement are likely to
follow a Competitive Dialogue PCR15 process.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
98511000
79418000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Digital Health & Care Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement has been issued by Digital Health and Care Wales , in connection with the Open Procedure, as set out in Regulation 27 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15), for the procurement of a Commercial Advisor at a senior executive level. The Senior Commercial Advisor is required to support a number of strategic procurement projects for NHS Wales via a variety of procurement processes, in particular the competitive dialogue process for complex digital or
clinical/digital procurement activity. There will also be a requirement to provide additional commercial advice on an ad-hoc basis. The Awarding Authority is acting on behalf of itself as indicated in the PCR15 Contract Notice and will itself be the Contracting Party in any resulting contract awarded.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: as per procurement documents
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-032120
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: P948
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
All proposed resources must meet the criteria outlined in the Single Procurement Document (SPD)
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract in whole, in part or annul the tendering
process and not award any contract.
The Contracting Authority will not accept SPD questionnaires and completed tender documents after the stated
closing date.
All documents to be priced in sterling and all payments made in sterling.
The tendering process will be undertaken via electronic means using the Bravo e-tendering system
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Instructions on how to participate in this tender opportunity:
To complete your response, please access the tender documents via the Bravo ETenderWales portal
reference:P948
Instructions: Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once). Browse to the
eSourcing portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and
conditions and click "continue" — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you
chose and click "save" when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please
keep this secure).
2. Express an Interest in the tender — Log in to the portal with the username/password — Click the
"PQQs/ITTs open to all" suppliers" link.(these are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open
to any registered supplier)—Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content— Click the "express interest"
button at the top of the page — This will move the PQQ/ITT in to your "my PQQs/myITTs" page.(this is a
secure area reserved for your projects only)—You can now access any attachments by clicking "buyer
attachments "in the "PQQ/ITT details" box
3. Responding to the tender —Click "my response "under "PQQ/ITT details", you can choose to "create
response "or to "decline to respond"(please give a reason if declining)—You can now use the "messages"
function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then
follow the on screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT—There may be a mixture of online & offline actions
for you to perform(there is detailed online help available)You must then submit your reply using the "submit
response" button at the top of the page.
If you require any further assistance please consult the online help or contact the eTendering helpdesk.
(WA Ref:145085)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/10/2024