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Published 8 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Flexible Framework for Adoption Support - Therapeutic and Specialist Assessment Services

Official notice

Authority: North Tyneside Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Administration, defence and social security services (75)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 15 Jul 2024awarded 28 Feb 2023
Lots 2see the lot list below
Framework period Ends 28 Feb 2026extension options published

Re-procurement plannedFlexible Framework for Adoption Support - Therapeutic and Specialist Assessment Services · tender expected

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Adopt North East (ANE) is a Regional Adoption Agency based in the North East of England.

It was created in December 2018 in response to the legal requirement that local authorities

regionalise their adoption services. It is a partnership between five Local Authorities:

Gateshead Council, Newcastle City Council, Northumberland County Council, North

Tyneside Council and South Tyneside Council. It is hosted by North Tyneside Council. In

joining their adoption services together and forming a Regional Adoption Agency, the vision

and ambition of the five partner Local Authorities is for Adopt North East to achieve

‘excellent adoption services that transform children’s and families lives for the better’.

Adopt North East (Hosted by North Tyneside Council) is seeking to establish a framework of

providers to support the medium and high level element of our offer by provision of

therapeutic services and specialist assessments.

The majority of support will be provided to families through direct funding made available to

Adopt North East by the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) of the Department for Education.

Accordingly, any changes to the ASF funding arrangements within the contract period may

vary this contract.

A minority of support will be provided to families through bespoke funding agreed by Adopt

North East and/or Local Authorities responsible for the child.

CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
37 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 35 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Specialist AssessmentRenewal

Provision of a Specialist Assessment of needs, for either the child, or family, with a focus on

trauma and attachment. The Specialist Assessment will result in a Therapeutic Support Plan.

The Specialist Assessment must be eligible for funding from the ASF

Contract period: … – 28 Feb 2026
Delivery: North East
Extensions: Option to extend the framework by 3 x 12 months · Option to extend for 3 x 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
75122000 Administrative healthcare services
Lot #2Therapeutic ServicesRenewal

The service is the provision of a therapeutic intervention with either the child, and/or family

with a focus on trauma and attachment. The therapeutic intervention will be delivered over a

series of sessions and will be geared towards helping to improve mental health and wellbeing

outcomes for children.

Contract period: … – 28 Feb 2026
Delivery: North East
Extensions: Option to extend for 3 x 12 months · Option to extend for 3 x 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
75122000 Administrative healthcare services

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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Price: 0
What this means for your bid
  • “Flexible Framework for Adoption Support - Therapeutic and Specialist…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
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
8 Sept 2022, 13:28 BST
Last source update
13 Jun 2024, 11:34 BST
Award evaluation window
15 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN623105
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018297
Classification (CPV)
Administrative healthcare servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0366f1 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
Appointment period ends
15 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
15 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

13 Jun 2024 → 15 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    13 Jun 2024, 11:34 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    15 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    15 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jul 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Jul 2023, 11:06 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    20 Jul 2023, 11:06 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    2 Oct 2023, 12:37 BST
  4. Deadline moved to 3 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
    2 Oct 2023, 12:37 BST
    +389 days · was 10 Oct 2022, 09:30 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    2 Oct 2023, 12:37 BST
  6. Deadline moved to 15 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
    13 Jun 2024, 11:34 BST
    +255 days · was 3 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  7. Buyer details updated
    13 Jun 2024, 11:34 BST
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-09: 1 release · 8 Sept 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 35admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 37busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 28 Feb 2023

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £950,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Contract 020900-2023-DN623105-1

    Signed
    28 Feb 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    … – 28 Feb 2026
    Status
    active

  • Contract 020900-2023-DN623105-2

    Signed
    28 Feb 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    … – 28 Feb 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Specialist Assessment37bids · 37 electronic———
2 · Therapeutic Services37bids · 37 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

North Tyneside Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public servicesBody governed by public law Quadrant, Cobalt Business Park, The Silverlink North, North Tyneside, North East, NE27 0BYContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

45 commercial parties on the notice
Show 35 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.