Official UK procurement notice
Agency Social Workers · UK public procurement notice
Authority: DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAgency staff social workers
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Agency children's social workers x 4Awarded
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Mar 2021, 15:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2021, 15:57 GMT
- Authority reference
322- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004050- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02973aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This contract is for the provision of a social work team of 4 agency workers. The usual avenues of recruitment of agency workers have not been successful.
This contract is required urgently in order for the Trust to meet its statutory responsibilities in the protection of Children.
The Public Procurement Note 01/21, published Feb 2021 allows direct award of contracts where the following have been met and documented:
- Genuine reason for extreme urgency - in this case, increased referrals resulting from Covid19 and usual recruitment avenues not being successful
- The events leading to the urgency were unforeseeable - in this case, Covid19
- It is impossible to comply with the usual timescales (i.e. run a tender) - in this case, the Trust required social workers urgently in order to meet statutory responsibilities.
- The situation is not attributable to the contracting authority - in this case Covid19 was unforeseeable and despite best efforts, the Trust have not been able to recruit to these positions
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Professional Consultancy Limited | £164,320 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004050-2021-1 · Equinox Professional Consultancy Limited
- Signed
- 12 Feb 2021
- Value
- £164,320
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Anna WhiteReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Equinox Professional Consultancy LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.