Official UK procurement notice
Fresh Start Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWomen who have previously had children removed are supported to make sustainable change to address the multiple and complex risks in their lives e.g., substance misuse, mental health, domestic abuse, parenting capacity, adverse childhood experiences and unsafe housing conditions. The objective is intervention at a point when women have no children in their care to support them to take control of their lives and develop new skills and responses.
- How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services without accommodation · Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Support for women who have had a child/children removed from their care, by the Local…AwardedPublished value£176,000
Support for women who have had a child/children removed from their care, by the Local Authorities, sadly this could be for a number of reasons; failure on the mothers part to meet the child's basic physical and psychological needs which could be as a result of physical/sexual/emotional abuse, drug/alcohol misuse, abandonment, neglect, incarceration or for any other safeguarding concerns for the baby/child.
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: 70
- Price: 30
- Shortlisting
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Feb 2023, 17:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Apr 2025, 16:51 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Mar 2023 – …
- Authority reference
Fresh Start 2023-24- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016629- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a3a9Find a Tender
- How it runs
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
1st October 2025
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Mar 2023 → 23 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline3 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published23 Apr 2025, 16:51 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Mar 2023, 15:24 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project 6SME | £176,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Airedale Voluntary Drug and Alcohol Agency Ltd trading as Project 6SMEFresh Start | £88,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Fresh Start · Airedale Voluntary Drug and Alcohol Agency Ltd trading as Project 6SME
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- £88,000
- Status
- active
- Change Waiver to Direct Award to incumbent provider for an additional 12 months., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the client team has faced significant challenges that have impacted on their ability to initiate the re-tendering process for the upcoming contract period. The primary reasons being the team responsible for managing the re-tender has been operating at full capacity. The complexity of the project required for re-tendering and the sensitive nature of subject matter of the contract would demand substantial time and resources, which they currently don’t have, due to recent changeover of staff and workloads and prioritising other projects.
Fresh Start Service · Project 6SME
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2023
- Value
- £176,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Airedale Voluntary Drug and Alcohol Agency Ltd trading as Project 6Awarded supplier
- Project 6Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.