Notice Information
Notice Title
AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Notice Description
The ability of LHBs in Wales to manage the demand for specialist and non-specialist mental health in-patient beds became compromised by the pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic. Staff shortages and the need to be able to isolate patients, within suitable in-patient settings, seriously compromised LHBs ability to manage within their existing mental health bed capacity. A high demand for bed spaces in England plus the complications of transporting patients outside of Wales emphasised the criticality of raising NHS Wales's ability to place patients closer to home within Wales. Consequently, as part of their mental health co-ordination planning the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) identified a need to procure additional mental health in-patient capacity from the independent and the third sector in Wales. A scope to purchase 125 beds, was mapped as follows: Medium Secure beds x 10 Low Secure beds x 20 Locked Rehabilitation beds x 62 Open Rehabilitation beds x 33 Securing capacity enabled the supply of additional mental health accommodation nationally across Wales. Given these unprecedented and uncertain times, there was a requirement for support on an interim basis with an option to extend the agreement on a rolling monthly basis.
Lot Information
Lot 1
In order to maintain the provision of these services, the Contracting Authority made a direct award under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations. Due to events that were unforeseeable by the Contracting Authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedure with negotiation, cannot be complied with. In awarding this agreement, the Contracting Authority met all requirements under the PCR due to the immediate risk that COVID-19 posed to all NHS and social care. In these exceptional circumstances, there was no time to run an accelerated procedure in line with the PCR as immediate and continued delivery of service was urgently required. Additional information: Market research was undertaken, through the National Collaborative Commissioning Unit (NCCU) who manage a quality metrics of the current national framework agreement for mental health and learning disability non NHS Wales hospital provision. The research determined the availability of private and third sector beds within Wales.
Procurement Information
The Contracting Authority made a direct award under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02e89f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024882-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85111500 - Psychiatric hospital services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,960,558 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Oct 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Apr 20206 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Postcode Area
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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