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Published 16 Aug 2024, 10:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Education Health and Care Plan Writing

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£600,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2024awarded 30 Sept 2024
Awarded to Enhance EHC Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council required an EHCP (Education, Health, and Care Plan) writing service to professionals directly responsible for caring for and supporting children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs. The EHCP writing service provided will enable the professionals to meet their responsibilities to the child or young person.

The Council is not guaranteeing a level of work under this contract. The service is required as an "overflow" service for the Council i.e to cover demand at peak times and when absences within the internal team leads to a backlog.

CPV: Health and social work services · Miscellaneous business-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: East of England · Norfolk
Extensions: The Council has the right to extend the contract by a further period or periods totalling 36 months.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
  • Price

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Aug 2024, 10:17 BST
Last source update
1 Oct 2024, 15:40 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
NCCT43015
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031410
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesMiscellaneous business-related services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048b6a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: 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 in this contract is estimate only. It is exclusive of VAT and includes estimated inflation. This is a no guarantee of volumes contract and therefore the value will be dependent on how often the Council needs to use the service.

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
Submission deadline
16 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Sept 2024 → 1 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    16 Sept 2024, 10:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Oct 2024, 15:40 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Oct 2024, 15:40 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £01 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Enhance EHC Ltd£0 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 031410-2024-1 · Enhance EHC Ltd

    Signed
    30 Sept 2024
    Value
    £0
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Martineau Lane, NORWICH, East of England, NR12DHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • nplawReview body Norwich

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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