Official UK procurement notice
Age UK Older People’s Preventative Services Contract
Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Integrated Commissioning Department of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster have awarded a contract to Age UK Kensington & Chelsea for the provision of an RBKC Older People's Preventative Service.
CPV: Physical well-being services · Residential health facilities services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The overall aim of the Older People’s Preventative Service is to enable older…Awarded
The overall aim of the Older People’s Preventative Service is to enable older residents of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) particularly those who are isolated, excluded and vulnerable to access services that enable them to live independently with improved health and wellbeing. The service will aim to ensure service users enjoy a good quality of life in their local community by having access to a range of services which aim to reduce the risk of social isolation and support the delivery of services which target the modifiable risk factors for dementia (depression, social isolation, lack of physical activity).
The service shall help meet key public health outcomes including health related quality of life for older people (e.g. combating anxiety and depression), reducing excess deaths in winter through supporting food and fuel poverty initiatives and reducing hip fractures through exercise and mobility fracture prevention.
The programme shall be delivered in four ways:
- Older People’s Main Preventative service (‘Main service’) will incorporate the following elements:
- Exercise Provision – Community exercise sessions & exercise for the mind sessions
- Health Promotion Activity
- Travel Mentoring/Escorting
- Intergenerational event & activities
- Shopping Support
- Small DIY Support
- Befriending
- Information and Advice (‘I&A’) service
- Dementia 1:1 support service
- Carers Alliance Service (CAS)
The contract will be for an initial period of 18 months at a cost of £731,452, with the option to extend for a further 6 month period at a cost of £243,817. During this term, services will be redesigned following significant changes caused by the pandemic, and a competitive procurement exercise will be undertaken for future service provision which continues to meet the needs of residents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Authority reference
prj_WCC_18115- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017135- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
A service review was carried out in 2019 with the intension to conduct a procurement exercise for services commencing 1st April 2021. These services required AUKC to deliver a range of face to face services, however due to restrictions imposed by the pandemic these were no longer suitable options. Instead commissioners worked with AUKC to develop a hybrid model to ensure continuity of services within government guidelines.
There were also capacity issues with a number of providers likely to bid. Continuing with a procurement exercise would have put increased pressure on a number of local providers when responding to the pandemic and a procurement exercise.
During this extension period, commissioners will work to understand the lessons learned from the pandemic, and how newly commissioned services can continue to reduce health inequalities accentuated by the pandemic and associated lockdowns, and demand on ASC and PH services. The intention is to update the service review previously completed and redesign services across the Older People’s Preventative portfolio. Findings from this exercise will inform the procurement strategy and approach taken to reprocuring older people’s preventative services within The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and the City of Westminster in the most streamlined and cost effective way. The updated service review will consider various options for service design such as borough-specific models, bi-borough models, targeted vs more generic models, and the integration of services across the Older People’s Preventative portfolio. Following this a competitive procurement exercise will be carried out.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age UK Kensington & ChelseaSMEAge UK Older People’s Preventative Services - RBKC Contract | £975,370 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Age UK Older People’s Preventative Services - RBKC Contract · Age UK Kensington & ChelseaSME
- Signed
- 19 Jul 2021
- Value
- £975,370
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Royal Borough of Kensington and ChelseaContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Age UK Kensington & ChelseaAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.