Official UK procurement notice
Domestic Abuse Accommodation Framework
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to provide Domestic Abuse Accommodation. This procurement is for services listed within schedule 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as a result are subject to the Light Touch Regime under those regulations. Therefore, the Council is not obliged to comply with the full requirements of the 2015 Regulations, however the principles will be applied. The framework will be for a duration of 3 years commencing 1st April 2023 with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years. The anticipated total value of the framework (including the extension period) is approximately £3,330,000. The framework will consist of 3 Lots. Lot 1: Refuge Lot 2: Specialist Safe Lot 3: DispersedThe submission deadline is 10th November 2022 at 12noon.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 4 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 5 yrs from 1 Apr 2023, This procurement complies with the Light Touch Regime Open procedure.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1RefugeAwarded
Refuge: This provides single gender or single sex accommodation. The address will not be publicly available. Victims, including their children, will have access to practical support and a planned programme of therapeutic support (accessed through the Domestic Abuse Accommodation Support Framework).
Lot #2Specialist SafeCancelled
Specialist Safe: Provides specialist safe accommodation offering single gender or single sex accommodation, alongside dedicated domestic abuse support which is tailored to also support those who share particular protected characteristic(s) and / or who share one or more vulnerabilities requiring additional support.
Lot #3DispersedAwarded
Dispersed: I. Safe (secure and dedicated to supporting victims of domestic abuse), self-contained accommodation with a similar level of specialist domestic abuse support (accessed through the Domestic Abuse Accommodation Support Framework) as provided within a refuge but which may be more suitable for victims who are unable to stay in a refuge with communal spaces, and/or where peer support from other residents may not be appropriate, due to complex support needs, or where older teenage sons cannot be accommodated in a women only refuge, for example. II. Safe (secure and dedicated to supporting victims of domestic abuse), self-contained ‘semi-independent’ accommodation which is not within a refuge but with support for victims who may not require the intensive support offered through refuge, but are still at risk of abuse from their perpetrator/s.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Price: 20%
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Domestic Abuse Accommodation Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 6 Oct 2022, 13:20 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Dec 2023, 11:45 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
CD1375- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037445- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037375Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly)
Publisher note: Please note the value of £3,330,000 is the total contract value for all Lots (including the extension period).
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 10 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
10 Nov 2022 → 20 Dec 2023 · 5 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown10 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until1 Apr 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published20 Dec 2023, 11:45 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Dec 2023, 11:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 6 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,330,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Refuge
- Signed
- 13 Nov 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Dispersed
- Signed
- 13 Nov 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Refuge
- Signed
- 30 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Dispersed
- Signed
- 30 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Refuge
- Signed
- 20 Apr 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Dispersed
- Signed
- 3 Apr 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Refuge | 3bids · 3 electronic | 0 | — | — |
| 3 · Dispersed | 3bids · 3 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Anglia Care TrustFramework contractor
- Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre Limited Framework contractor
- Lighthouse Women's Aid Framework contractor
- Orwell Housing Association Limited Framework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria