Awarded contract

Provision of Urgent Office Fit Out Works

  • Scottish Ambulance Service

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-027498

Published 3 November 2021, 8:54am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Scottish Ambulance Service

National Headquarters, Gyle Square, South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

Contact

Sam Torrance

Email

sam.torrance@nhs.scot

Telephone

+44 1313140118

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM75 - Edinburgh, City of

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.scottishambulance.com

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00393

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Urgent Office Fit Out Works

Reference number

NHS24/2021/561

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 45453100 - Refurbishment work

two.1.3) Type of contract

Works

two.1.4) Short description

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. It is a refreshed version of the VEAT Notice ID: AUG425853, to account for an unforeseen increase in M&E costs of 335,000 GBP during the Project Preliminaries. This has resulted in the total Contract Value increasing from 650,000 GBP to 985,000 GBP.

This notice is to indicate that NHS24 intends to contract with Insite Group for the provision of urgent office fit out works.

NHS24 is required to undertake urgent fit out works at its new office space within Caledonian House - Dundee. these works are required to be fully completed by early November to ensure delivery of critical NHS24 health services are not impacted over the festive and winter period.

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: £985,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 45453100 - Refurbishment work

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM71 - Angus and Dundee City
Main site or place of performance

NHS24,

Caledonian House,

Greenmarket,

Dundee,

DD1 4QB

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. This notice is to indicate that NHS24 intends to contract with Insite Group for the provision of urgent office fit out works. NHS24 is required to undertake urgent fit out works at its new office space within Caledonian House - Dundee. These works are required to be completed in early November to ensure delivery of critical NHS24 health services are not impacted over the festive and winter period.

NHS24's landlord is currently undertaking Category A fit out works with its contracted provider, Insite Group, for the whole site. To ensure the office space is operational by early November, NHS24 intends to contract directly with Insite group to take control of the Cat A work for its two suites while concurrently undertaking the Category B fit out works. This is to try and ensure NHS 24 has additional capacity due to anticipated winter pressures on the Health Service and NHS 24 expanded role

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50

Price - Weighting: 50

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

  • Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority

Explanation:

NHS24 has been given funding from the Scottish Government to urgently increase capacity to deliver critical health services. To ensure these services are operational by early November there is no scope to conduct a competitive procurement procedure.

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-024919


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

NHS24/2021/561

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 August 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Insite Contracts Ltd

64 Coltness Street, Queenslie Industrial Estate

Glasgow

G33 4JD

Telephone

+44 1419565050

Fax

+44 1419565024

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKM8 - West Central Scotland
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £985,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The contractor identified in section V.2.3 is the Landlord's contracted provider that will deliver the Project.

This notice has been published prior to NHS24 entering a commissioning contract in respect of the Project.

NHS24 will observe a minimum period of 10 days from the date of publication of this notice before entering into a commissioning contract in respect of the Project.

Contract Value: The operating sum is 985,000GBP

(SC Ref:672226)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Edinburgh UK

Country

United Kingdom