Award

Commercial Advisor

DIGITAL HEALTH & CARE WALES

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

25 Mar 2025 at 15:18

Award

19 Aug 2024 at 10:13

Summary of the contracting process

Digital Health & Care Wales has awarded a contract titled "Commercial Advisor" within the Procurement consultancy services category to IN-FORM SOLUTIONS LTD. This procurement process aims to establish a framework agreement for commercial advice work packages required for various national procurements. The awarded contract, valued at £750,000, was signed on 19th March 2025. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the procurement stage is now complete. This initiative will support strategic procurement projects for NHS Wales using competitive dialogue for complex digital or clinical procurement activities across the United Kingdom.

This tender presents significant business opportunities for companies specialising in procurement consultancy services, particularly those with expertise in competitive dialogue processes and digital health solutions. Senior executives with a background in providing strategic commercial advice will find this tender aligns well with their capabilities. The ongoing need for ad-hoc commercial advice underscores a demand for businesses that can offer flexible and highly skilled consultancy support. Firms able to navigate complex procurement landscapes stands to benefit from participating in future work packages under the established framework agreement.

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Notice Title

Commercial Advisor

Notice 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.

Lot Information

Lot 1

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

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0491ac
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011171-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£833,442 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Aug 20241 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DIGITAL HEALTH & CARE WALES
Additional Buyers

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL

Contact Name
Lyndsey Jones, Surrey Inbox
Contact Email
lyndsey.jones2@wales.nhs.uk, tcc.enforcement@surreycc.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2920500500

Buyer Location

Locality
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Postcode
KT1 2DN
Post Town
Kingston upon Thames
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Delivery Location
TLG13 Warwickshire CC

Local Authority
Cardiff
Electoral Ward
Riverside
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

IN-FORM SOLUTIONS

MAGNUM CARS AND CARRIAGES

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