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Published 6 Apr 2023, 16:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Social Care in Prisons · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Royal Borough of Greenwich (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£14,500,000≈ £4.8m / year · 1 value update
Submissions closed 19 Jul 2023awarded 22 Jan 2024
Awarded to Eleanor Nursing and Social Care Ltd, St Georges Home Care Ltd2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is seeking to award a contract to a provider to deliver social care services (primarily personal care) in a prison environment. This service will be delivered to prisoners who are resident in the three Greenwich Prisons which are HMP Belmarsh, HMP Thameside and HMP YOI Isis.

The contract term will be 3 years, with a possible maximum 2 year extension available at the sole discretion of the Council. Services are scheduled to commence on 1st April 2024.

CPV: Prison services · Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This contract is NOT divided into lotsAwarded 3 yrs

This contract is NOT divided into lots.

In accordance with the Instructions to Tender, there will be two contracts awarded, one of which will be a reserve contract. It is intended that the reserve contract will only be enacted if the awarded Provider is not able to deliver the contract for any reason during the contract term.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: London
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: 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Apr 2023, 16:22 BST
Last source update
13 Feb 2024, 10:59 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN663638
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004758
Classification (CPV)
Prison servicesSocial work services without accommodation
Delivery area
London (UKI51)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bd80 Find a Tender

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
19 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

1 Jun 2023 → 1 Apr 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    19 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    13 Feb 2024, 10:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2023
  1. Published value published: £14,500,000
    19 Jun 2023, 16:36 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Jun 2023, 16:36 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Jun 2023, 16:36 BST
  4. Deadline published: 19 Jul 2023, 17:00 BST
    19 Jun 2023, 16:36 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    13 Feb 2024, 10:59 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextEstimated value excluding VAT · II.1.5£14,500,000£1,450,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2023-04: 1 release · 6 Apr 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £3,165,0772 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 8
Contracts signed 2latest 22 Jan 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Eleanor Nursing and Social Care LtdAwarded contract——Awarded
St Georges Home Care Ltd——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 3rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, London, SE18 6HQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court, Royal Court of JusticeMediation bodyReview body London
  • The Royal Borough of Greenwich CouncilReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.