Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QZ
UK
Telephone: +44 2921501500
E-mail: Amy.charles3@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
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
Climate Adaption Plan
Reference number: HDD-VEAT-24-03
II.1.2) Main CPV code
90721800
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) has awarded a contract following the successful completion of a VEAT notice.
The provider will establish and embed a whole system approach to climate adaptation and consider how the Health Board will mitigate the risks and impacts of climate change and climate events into population health strategies and broader Health Board service delivery, aligned to and enabling the work already being undertaken on decarbonisation.
External support is required to build upon the learning and insights from the recent Climate Adaptation work and published framework/reporting guidance, to ensure that HDUHB is able to devolve the requirements and responsibilities into day-to-day activity through the development of a clear plan of action for climate change adaptation and resilience, which harmonises with the Health Board’s existing decarbonisation delivery plan.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
47 625.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
90713000
90711100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL14
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Scope
To develop a localised Climate Adaptation Plan for HDUHB which is aligned to the requirements set out in the Local Partnerships Adaptation Framework and toolkit for NHS Wales. Key focus is on the area of climate adaptation which should complement the health boards existing Decarbonisation Delivery Plan (and 46 approved initiatives) and aim to embed climate adaptation into health/clinical service planning and delivery.
The plan should include a clear set of actions/initiatives that enable the health board to manage the unavoidable impacts of climate change specifically on its services/service delivery and on population health. The consequences of doing nothing can be catastrophic, impacting greatest on the most vulnerable, so actions/activity should be fair and equitable.
Not in scope – Climate ‘Mitigation’ activity – Buildings/Estates, Transport/Travel, Procurement, waste, low carbon healthcare projects e.g. eliminating single use plastics.
Provider Experience – The provider must have:
- Demonstrable experience working with Welsh Government in relation to climate adaptation within health services and be able to evidence development of national policy and/or strategy documents at a government or local health board level.
- Significant experience and knowledge of the Climate Change Adaptation agenda across the Welsh landscape and have demonstrable experience and understanding of the risks/impacts of climate change on population health and local health services
- Demonstrate a clear knowledge of climate adaptation planning and action setting for health and an understanding of how to support/enable health boards to meet Welsh Government expectations and reporting requirements.
Key Outputs
- Review of current internal activity and documentation/policies/frameworks, gap analysis, identify internal opportunities for programme alignment with decarbonisation. Setting the local context for HDUHB, stakeholder analysis, data gathering and risk identification with mitigation activities, opportunity mapping - to be delivered via workshop activity (which relates to steps 1-3 of adaptation toolkit, please request if required) and includes a combination of both 1:1 and group sessions, other internal/external stakeholder engagement and align activity/actions to reporting requirements.
- Development of project plan and timelines with defined project objectives/goals/milestones and desired outcomes.
- Determine scope: identify boundaries of work, including inclusions and exclusions
- Assign responsibilities: make recommendations regarding resource allocation for further development of climate adaptation, including all relevant HDUHB staff partners.
- Inform communication plan: in consultation with the climate adaptation group members and wider public health directorate/communications staff establish how and when project updates will be communicated to stakeholders.
- Define success criteria: provide options for how the success of the climate adaptation plan could be measured and evaluated aligned to Welsh Government expectations for adaptation reporting.
- Provide a summary analysis to highlight areas requiring further development or modification.
- Attend regular meetings with the climate adaptation project team and other relevant parties. Present findings and progress updates.
- Report Production: Development of a final draft Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan, with clear, realistic and achievable actions.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The provider is jointly owned by HM Treasury and Welsh Government and they have demonstrable experience of working with other Health Boards and Public Sector Organisations in Wales with this solution.
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:
2025/S 000-004372
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: HDD-VEAT-24-03
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13/03/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Local Partnerships
18 Smith Square
London
SW1P3HZ
UK
Telephone: +44 475756464
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 47 625.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:149903)
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
11/04/2025