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Published 19 Aug 2021, 15:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

21 100 Residential Children's Care

Official notice

Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableAccelerated
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD62)
Published estimate£4,700,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 6 Sept 2021awarded 11 Oct 2021
Awarded to Safe Places for Children UK

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Cheshire East Borough Council Children and Families Department has an exciting

opportunity for Providers of residential children’s care to support the Council with its

continuing journey to improving outcomes for our cared for children and young people.

The Council is seeking Suppliers, for the care and support of our cared for children and young

people within residential homes. This service will provide care to two separate homes within

the Borough of Cheshire East. The service is separated into two lots, Lot 1 is for a Cheshire

East Council owned property located in Crewe that will be leased to the successful supplier

and Lot 2 will be a new property located within the borough of Cheshire East that the

successful supplier will need to source and manage.

CPV: Social work services with accommodation · Welfare services for children and young people

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£4,700,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #12 bed existing CEC owned property (Registered for EBD)AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,300,000

Lot 1 is for a Cheshire East Council owned property located in Crewe and is registered for

EBD

The Council is seeking Suppliers for the care and support to our cared for children and young

people within residential homes. This service will provide care to two separate homes within

the boundaries of Cheshire East. There are currently two commissioned homes in Cheshire

East (one in Crewe and one in Macclesfield) and this commission will therefore increase the

number of commissioned homes to four.

The care and support across our two new homes via this tender will operate in partnership

with our existing Children’s Home provider and the Local Authority ie Cheshire East (CE)

Social Care, CE therapeutic services, Fostering – CE Foster Carers and external fostering

agencies and other health partner agencies to provide intensive support to our child and

young people.

Delivery: North West · This home is located in Crewe
Extensions: The duration of this contract is 3 years (36 months). There will be an option to extend this contract after 3 years (36 months) in 2025 for a further 2 years to 2027. Total 5 year contract. Any options to extend will be exercised at the discretion of the Council. · The duration of this contract is 3 years (36 months). There will be an option to extend this contract after 3 years (36 months) in 2025 for a further 2 years to 2027. Total 5 year contract. Any options to extend will be exercised at the discretion of the Council.Variant bids: not allowed
85311300 Welfare services for children and young people
Lot #22 Bed Property in Cheshire East Borough to be sourced by Provider (Registered for EBD)CancelledRenewalPublished value£2,400,000

Lot 2 is for a 2 bed property, to be sourced by the successful provider. It must be located in

the Borough of Cheshire East and registered for EBD

The Council is seeking Suppliers for the care and support to our cared for children and young

people within residential homes. This service will provide care to two separate homes within

the boundaries of Cheshire East. There are currently two commissioned homes in Cheshire

East (one in Crewe and one in Macclesfield) and this commission will therefore increase the

number of commissioned homes to four.

The care and support across our two new homes via this tender will operate in partnership

with our existing Children’s Home provider and the Local Authority ie Cheshire East (CE)

Social Care, CE therapeutic services, Fostering – CE Foster Carers and external fostering

agencies and other health partner agencies to provide intensive support to our child and

young people.

Delivery: North West · This lot is to be sourced by the successful provider within the Borough of Cheshire East.
Extensions: The duration of this contract is 3 years (36 months). There will be an option to extend this contract after 3 years (36 months) in 2025 for a further 2 years to 2027. Total 5 year contract. Any options to extend will be exercised at the discretion of the Council. · The duration of this contract is 3 years (36 months). There will be an option to extend this contract after 3 years (36 months) in 2025 for a further 2 years to 2027. Total 5 year contract. Any options to extend will be exercised at the discretion of the Council.Variant bids: not allowed
85311000 Social work services with accommodation

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
19 Aug 2021, 15:11 BST
Last source update
16 Nov 2021, 11:34 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN561678
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028567
Accelerated

Cheshire East Council have an urgent requirement for 2 children's homes within the Borough of Cheshire East. Not providing this service would have a severe impact on the health and safeguarding of some of our most vulnerable cared for children.

Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodationWelfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
North West (UKD62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d6e9 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to scrutinise the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI No 102) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: No submissions received for Lo2 therefore Lot 2 not awarded

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
6 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

6 Sept 2021 → 16 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    6 Sept 2021, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    16 Nov 2021, 11:34 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Nov 2021, 11:34 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,446,5641 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · 2 bed existing CEC owned property (Registered for EBD)1 award
Safe Places for Children UKSME£2,446,564 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · 2 bed existing CEC owned property (Registered for EBD)3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cheshire East Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, North West, CW11 1HZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.