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Published 6 Mar 2023, 17:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Life Opportunities Lot 1 Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£95,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 25 Sept 2023awarded 11 Dec 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council has established a framework of providers to delivery day service support for adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism.

CPV: Daycare services · Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 500 suppliers · 39 bids received (0.1 per place) · 44 appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Framework for the provision of day service support for adults with a Learning…AwardedRenewalPublished value£95,000,000

Framework for the provision of day service support for adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism, under which the Life Opportunities pathways will be delivered. Additional information: The initial term is for 5 years with the option to extend by up to 5 years. The value given is an estimate based over the full framework term.

Delivery: East of England · Norfolk
Extensions: We may open this lot 1A for new applications following this initial opening.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • quality: 100
  • 0
What this means for your bid
  • “Adult Life Opportunities Lot 1 Adults with Learning Disabilities…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 500 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
6 Mar 2023, 17:05 GMT
Last source update
11 Dec 2023, 14:41 GMT
Award evaluation window
25 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
NCCT42639.1 OPEN
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036382
Classification (CPV)
Daycare servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ae86 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide 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).Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Publisher note: The value quoted is an estimate for the entire Framework Agreement (including all lots) over the entire life of the framework agreement.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Appointment period ends
25 Sept 2023, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
25 Sept 2023, 11:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

25 Sept 2023 → 11 Dec 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    25 Sept 2023, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    25 Sept 2023, 11:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    11 Dec 2023, 14:41 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 May 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 May 2023, 11:12 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    9 May 2023, 15:42 BST
  3. Deadline moved to 9 May 2028, 08:00 BST
    9 May 2023, 15:42 BST
    +1862 days · was 4 Apr 2023, 11:00 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    9 May 2023, 15:42 BST
  5. Deadline moved to 25 Sept 2023, 11:00 BST
    17 Aug 2023, 08:39 BST
    -1688 days · was 9 May 2028, 08:00 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    18 Oct 2023, 08:48 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextV.2.475000000095000000

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (7)
  • 2023-05: 3 releases · 4 May 2023, 9 May 2023
  • 2023-03: 1 release · 6 Mar 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 44admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 3929 from SMEs
Contracts signed 3latest 11 Dec 2023

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £95,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Adult Life Opportunities Framework Agreement for Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 030688-2023-NCCT42639 lot 1A-1

    Signed
    18 Oct 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Adult Life Opportunities Framework Agreement Lot 1 Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism

    Signed
    4 May 2023
    Value
    £750,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
39bids · 39 electronic29——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public servicesRegional or local authority County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 1DHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

48 commercial parties on the notice
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Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria