Published date: 6 January 2025

This notice was replaced on 8 April 2025

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 8 April 2025)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Physiotherapy services - 85142100

Location of contract

Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_472133/1437118

Published date

6 January 2025

Closing date

6 February 2025

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Veterans Welfare Services (VWS) Northern Ireland (NI) is part of Defence Business Services (Armed Forces & Veterans Services) - with Veterans Services covering the whole of the UK and beyond. VWS NI provides support to tri-Service veterans and their families, service leavers and bereaved families of service personnel on a one-to-one basis, either by the provision of sound information, guidance and support or more commonly via a holistic casework model, to support clients to best effect.

One type of support provided includes MoD funded medical provision in line with the intent of the Armed Forces Covenant and includes physiotherapy services where an injury has been caused or aggravated by military service. MOD therefore require a provider who can:

Provide a regionally delivered, comprehensive physiotherapy service in Northern Ireland for eligible clients that shall include assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of disorders to physical and functional movement.
All documents associated with this procurement can be accessed free of charge on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) https://contracts.mod.uk using Project number 713033451 (https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59183). Details of how to register on the DSP can be found at https://contracts.mod.uk/web/user-guide.html. Suppliers wishing to Tender for this requirement should submit their Tender on the DSP in accordance with the instructions contained within Invitation to Tender documentation (DEFFORM 47).

Suppliers should also complete the Suitability Assessment Questions (SAQ) which is contained in the Qualification Envelope of project 713033451 on the DSP. These questions contain all the mandatory economic and financial grounds for rejection and the minimum levels of capacity and capability that are required to perform the contract. The SAQ is a pass/fail test for suitability and minimum levels of capability and capacity and suppliers who do not meet these minimum capability and capacity criteria will not pass to the Tender evaluation stage. Any tender Clarification Questions should be submitted through the DSP.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Address

G18, Innsworth House, Imjin Bks, Innsworth
Gloucester
GL3 1HW
England

Email

DefComrcl-HOBP4Team@mod.gov.uk

Website

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59183