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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-029649/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Mixed global and partial bid

Contract notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Procurement and Logistics Service
Postal address: 77 Boucher Crescent
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT12 6HU
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: A Floor, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT9 7AB
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: Northern Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: Bretten Hall, Bush Road
Town: Antrim
Postal code: BT41 2RL
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: Ulster Hospital, Upper Newtownards Rd
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT16 1RH
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: Craigavon Area Hospital, 68 Lurgan Road
Town: Portadown
Postal code: BT63 5QQ
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: Western Health and Social Care Trust
Postal address: Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Glenshane Road
Town: Londonderry
Postal code: BT47 6SB
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:
Official name: NI Blood Transfusion Service
Postal address: Lisburn Road
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT9 7TS
Country: United Kingdom
Email: boucher.sourcing@hscni.net
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.2) Joint Procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
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: Agency Workers – Nursing and Health Care Support [3063890]

Reference number: 3063890
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 79000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: Agency Workers – Nursing and Health Care Support Workers
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 735000000.00 Currency: GBPII.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots:2
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title: Lot 1 – Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors

Lot No:1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79600000, 79620000, 79624000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Agency Workers – Nursing and Health Care Support Workers
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 530000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Options for further extension periods; a) period or periods together totalling no more than
24 months as described in clause 2.2 of the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for
Services and, or b) up to three further periods, each of 6 months in the circumstances described in clause 2.3 of the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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
II.2.14) Additional information: The value in II.2.6 is the upper limit in the range £350,000,000 – £530,000,000 and accounts for the potential spend on Lot 1 over the initial 2 year period plus a potential 2 year extension to the Framework.. Should the option for an additional 18 months extension be used, as per clause 2.3 in the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services Contracts, the range will be a potential spend of £480,000,000 – £725,000,000.. None of the figures above represent a guarantee of uptake or minimum demand.

II.2.1) Title: Lot 2 – Healthcare Support Workers

Lot No:2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79600000, 79620000, 79624000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Agency Workers – Nursing and Health Care Support Workers
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 205000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:Options for further extension periods; a) period or periods together totalling no more than
24 months as described in clause 2.2 of the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for
Services and, or b) up to three further periods, each of 6 months in the circumstances described in clause 2.3 of the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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
II.2.14) Additional information: The value in II.2.6 is the upper limit in the range £140,000,000 – £205,000,000 and accounts for the potential spend on Lot 2 over the initial 2 year period plus a potential 2 year extension to the Framework.. Should the option for an additional 18 months extension be used, as per clause 2.3 in the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services Contracts, the range will be a potential spend of £190,000,000 – £280,000,000.. None of the figures above represent a guarantee of uptake or minimum demand.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:45IV.1.8) Information about the 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:2021/S 000-025183
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2022-11-21 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Duration in months:6(from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2022-11-21 Local time: 15:30

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
This Procurement exercise is being conducted within the context of the Department of Health for Northern Ireland Minister’s statement from October 2022, as per the following link – . . In section 1.2, it is stated that this procurement is a joint procedure and contract award is by a Central Purchasing Body. This contract is not a joint contract, it is a Central Purchasing Body Contract operated by BSO PaLS on behalf of the participants listed in section 1.1.. . The value in II.1.5 is the upper limit in the range £490,000,000 – £735,000,000 and accounts for the potential spend across both Lots over the initial 2 year period plus a potential 2 year extension to the Framework.. Should the option for an additional 18 months extension be used, as per clause 2.3 in the SS17ac Commercial Conditions of Contract for Services Contracts, the range will be a potential spend of £670,000,000 – £1,005,000,000.. None of the figures above represent a guarantee of uptake or minimum demand.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Procurement and Logistics Services
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-10-20