West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust: Specialist Casualty Actors

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Notice Summary
Title: Specialist Casualty Actors
Notice type: Contract Notice
Authority: West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Nature of contract: Services
Procedure: Open
Short Description: To ensure realism in the training of Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) staff, NARU requires specialist actors with the ability to simulate realistic and severe trauma, including amputations. In addition to the specialist actors NARU requires make-up artists capable of replicating realistic wounds. It is the responsibility of the make-up artists to supply make-up and other ancillary equipment. The make-up artists will support and work with NARU staff who provide realistic casualty moulage. The casualty actors must be capable of replicating a range of injuries from minor cuts to leg and arm amputations. The actors must be capable of aiding the realism of differing training scenarios and to enhance the "shock factor" of the training exercises Male, female amputees and able-bodied actors are required to participate in scenario-based role play, enabling the realism of training exercises to be maintained. The scenarios are mainly conducted outside and occur in all weathers.
Published: 05/08/2021 14:19
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UK-Brierley Hill: Specialist training services.
Section I: Contracting Authority
      I.1) Name and addresses
             West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
             Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, Dudley Road, Brierley Hill, DY5 1LZ, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 1384246601, Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
             Main Address: www.wmas.nhs.uk
             NUTS Code: UK
      I.2) Joint procurement
      The contract involves joint procurement: Yes.
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided       
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes.
      I.3) Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Brierley-Hill:-Specialist-training-services./R44RWX446J
      Additional information can be obtained from: the abovementioned address
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically via https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/R44RWX446J to the abovementioned address       
      Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: Not provided
      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: Specialist Casualty Actors       
      Reference Number: 0399-21-N
      II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
      80510000 - Specialist training services.

      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
      II.1.4) Short description: To ensure realism in the training of Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) staff, NARU requires specialist actors with the ability to simulate realistic and severe trauma, including amputations. In addition to the specialist actors NARU requires make-up artists capable of replicating realistic wounds. It is the responsibility of the make-up artists to supply make-up and other ancillary equipment. The make-up artists will support and work with NARU staff who provide realistic casualty moulage.

The casualty actors must be capable of replicating a range of injuries from minor cuts to leg and arm amputations. The actors must be capable of aiding the realism of differing training scenarios and to enhance the "shock factor" of the training exercises

Male, female amputees and able-bodied actors are required to participate in scenario-based role play, enabling the realism of training exercises to be maintained. The scenarios are mainly conducted outside and occur in all weathers.       
      II.1.5) Estimated total value:
      Value excluding VAT: 250,000       
      Currency: GBP
      II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No       
   
II.2) Description
      
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not Provided       
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: To ensure realism in the training of Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) staff, NARU requires specialist actors with the ability to simulate realistic and severe trauma, including amputations. In addition to the specialist actors NARU requires make-up artists capable of replicating realistic wounds. It is the responsibility of the make-up artists to supply make-up and other ancillary equipment. The make-up artists will support and work with NARU staff who provide realistic casualty moulage.
The casualty actors must be capable of replicating a range of injuries from minor cuts to leg and arm amputations. The actors must be capable of aiding the realism of differing training scenarios and to enhance the "shock factor" of the training exercises
Male, female amputees and able-bodied actors are required to participate in scenario-based role play, enabling the realism of training exercises to be maintained. The scenarios are mainly conducted outside and occur in all weathers
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Criteria below
            Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 60
                        
            Cost criterion - Name: Bid price / Weighting: 40
                              
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: 250,000       
      Currency: GBP       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Start: 18/10/2021 / End: 17/10/2025       
      This contract is subject to renewal: Yes       
      Description of renewals: Ongoing service provision for the Training faculty
      
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       No             
      Description of options: Not provided
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: 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       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: Not provided       


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1) Conditions for participation
      III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
      Not Provided       
      III.1.2) Economic and financial standing          
      Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :       
      Not Provided    
      III.1.3) Technical and professional ability    
      Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
      Not Provided   
      III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)   
      The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No       
      The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No    
      
   III.2) Conditions related to the contract
      III.2.1) Information about a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
      Not Provided    
      III.2.2) Contract performance conditions          
      Not Provided          
      III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No

Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Description OPEN
      IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open   
   
   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: 2           
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided    
   
   
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
      An electronic auction will be used: No
      Additional information about electronic auction: Not provided
   IV.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: Not provided       
      IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
       Date: 06/09/2021 Time: 12:00
            
      IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,       
      IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
         Duration in month(s): 3
      
      IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders:
         Date: 06/09/2021
         Time: 12:00
      

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1) Information about recurrence
   This is a recurrent procurement: No    
   Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
   VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
   Electronic ordering will be used Yes       
   Electronic invoicing will be accepted Yes       
   Electronic payment will be used Yes       
   VI.3) Additional Information: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Brierley-Hill:-Specialist-training-services./R44RWX446J

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
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   VI.4) Procedures for review
   VI.4.1) Review body:
             West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
       Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, Dudley Road, Brierley hill, DY5 1LZ, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Internet address: www.wmas.nhs.uk
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
             West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
          Trust HQ Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, DT5 1LX, United Kingdom
          Internet address: www.wmas.nhs.uk
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
   Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:    
    Not Provided    
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Not provided
   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 05/08/2021

Annex A



   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      1: Contracting Authority
       North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
       Bernice House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 8NY, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.neas.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKC

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      2: Contracting Authority
       North West Ambulance Service
       Ladybridge Hall HQ, Chorley New Road, Bolton, BL1 5DD, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.nwas.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKD

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      3: Contracting Authority
       Yorkshire Ambulance Serivce
       Trust HQ, Brindley Way, Wakefield 41 Business Park, Wakefield, WF2 0XQ, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.yas.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKE

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      4: Contracting Authority
       West Midlands Ambulance Service University Foundation Trust
       Trust HQ Millennium Point, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, DT5 1LX, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.wmas.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKG

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      5: Contracting Authority
       East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
       Trust Headquarters, 1 Horizon Place, Mellors Way Nottingham Business Park, Nottingham, NG8 6PY, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.emas.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: IE06

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      6: Contracting Authority
       East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
       Whiting Way, Melbourn, SG8 6EN, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.eastamb.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKH1

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      7: Contracting Authority
       South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
       Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Exeter, EX2 7HY, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.swast.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKK

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      8: Contracting Authority
       South Central Ambulance Service
       Unit 7 & 8 Talisman Business Centre, Talisman Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6HR, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.scas.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: IE05

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      9: Contracting Authority
       South East coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
       Nexus House, 4 Gatwick Road, Gatwick, RH10 9BG, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.secamb.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: IE052

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      10: Contracting Authority
       London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
       Trust HQ Waterloo, 220 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 1SD, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.lond-amb.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKI

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      11: Contracting Authority
       Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust
       Trust HQ, Ty Elwy, Unit 7 Fford Richard Davies, St Asaph Business Park, St Asaph Denbighshire, LL17 0LJ, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.ambulance.wales.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKL

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      12: Contracting Authority
       Scottish Ambulance Service
       Gyle Sqaure, 1S Gyle Cresent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.scottishambulance.com
       NUTS Code: UKM

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
      13: Contracting Authority
       Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
       Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 8SG, United Kingdom
       Email: contracts@wmas.nhs.uk
       Main Address: www.niamb.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UKN

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