Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Department of Health and Social Care
39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
procurement.operations@dhsc.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Surge and Rapid Response Team (SRRT)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Surge and Rapid Response Team (SRRT) to help with Covid-19 outbreak management.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-010075
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
The Annex D1 section should read as follows:
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
1. The COVID-19 outbreak is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as declared by the World Health Organisation on 30 January 2020. The WHO Director General characterised COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020.
2. This is a Direct Award under Regulation 32 of PCR 2015 by commissioning the setup of a SRRT from RE:SILIENT.
3. DHSC is satisfied the tests permitting use of the Negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)) are met:
a) Following an early market engagement exercise, it was determined that no private sector organisation had the in house capability to deliver this services on the ground, and would only end up outsourcing provision to one of the three organisations in the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP) Network.
b) Only three organisations within this network have the infrastructure and capacity to fulfil the contract. Of the three, two refused to take up the contract, leaving RE:SILIENT (the trading subsidiary of RE:ACT) as the only interested VCSE.
c) RE:SILIENT are the only organisation outside central government and LGA that has an interface with almost all local authorities in England. They are the only community organisation that has experience of operating a professional rapid response team. They are therefore uniquely placed and are, properly considered, as the only economic operator capable of providing these services.