Award

BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services

  • Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-025128

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03f71b

Published 25 August 2023, 2:07pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

Ty Dysgu Cefn Coed, Nantgarw,

Cardiff

CF15 7QQ

Contact

SAIRAM KUNURI

Email

sairam.kunuri@wales.nhs.uk

Telephone

+44 7435577774

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Health & Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services

Reference number

HEIW - STA - 534

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This contract is for the funding for the Delivery of BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services from Bradford College West Yorkshire. Bradford College and is the only accredited BTEC programme in the UK, offering an academically recognised award in pharmacy clinical services for Pharmacy Technicians.

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: £180,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 80430000 - Adult-education services at university level

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL - Wales

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This contract is for the funding for the Delivery of BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Clinical Services from Bradford College West Yorkshire. Bradford College and is the only accredited BTEC programme in the UK, offering an academically recognised award in pharmacy clinical services for Pharmacy Technicians.

The Services to which this Notice relates fall within Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations).

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

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Clinical Services is offered at Bradford College and is the only accredited BTEC programme in the UK, providing an academically recognised award in pharmacy clinical services for Pharmacy Technicians.

Earlier this year HEIW pharmacy contacted the universities and colleges that offer pharmacy technician courses, to discover if anyone else had started to offer this and was told no. We have also done a google search of this type of course and whilst we did find one other educational provider offering a Level 4 course for pharmacy technicians, it was an inhouse course developed by the provider, with no external validation on the quality or accreditation by an appropriate accrediting body, unlike Bradford and does not allow the student to gain a BTEC qualification.

HEIW checked this in July 2023 and no other equivalent externally validated accredited course is being offered, so HEIW would like to procure another 15 students per year on this course for the next four years at a cost of 4000.00 GBP per student.

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

HEIW-STA-534

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

25 August 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Bradford College

Bradford Campus, Great Horton Road

Bradford

BD71AY

Telephone

+44 7780166103

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £180,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=134347.

(WA Ref:134347)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom