Contract

Provision of Lateral Flow Testing Assistants

  • Department for Transport

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-002914

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0311fc

Published 1 February 2022, 10:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department for Transport

Swansea

SA6 7JL

Email

jonathan.young@dvla.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKL18 - Swansea

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.gov.uk/dvla

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

National or federal Agency/Office

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Lateral Flow Testing Assistants

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85141200 - Services provided by nurses

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The requirement is for 4 Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) assistants to begin work on 19 August 2021 to 20 July 2022. The work is for 48 weeks split into 8 x 6 week sections with the option to continue or cease taken 2 weeks before the end of the session in use.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £748,440

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL18 - Swansea

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The requirement is for 4 Lateral Flow Testing (LFT) assistants (reduced from 6) to begin work on 19 August 2021 to 20 July 2022. The work is for 48 weeks split into 8 x 6 week sections with the option to continue or cease taken 2 weeks before the end of the session in use.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure

Explanation:

No alternative supplier available due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nurses were scarce and companies approached, could not provide in sufficient timescales to allow essential DVLA operations to continue.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 August 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Working on Wellbeing Ltd.

Taunton

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKL18 - Swansea
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £748,440

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

DVLA

Swansea

Country

United Kingdom