Find a TenderAwarded
Published 7 Oct 2024, 11:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

IA3440 Care and Support Prisons

Official notice

Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,116,000≈ £279k / year
Submissions closed 6 Nov 2024awarded 31 Jan 2025
Awarded to PRACTICE PLUS GROUP HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES LIMITED
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council aims to ensure improve Service Users remain as independent as possible; have the knowledge to make informed decisions; have choice and be in control of decisions made about their Care; be part of their community; receive Support at the right time through a strength based and personalised Service. The provider delivering the Service, will aim to achieve the following objectives: enhance the quality of life for Service Users with Care and Support needs; delay and reduce the need for Care and Support; ensure Service Users have a positive experience of Care; safeguard Service Users whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from avoidable harm; improve and maintain Service Users health and wellbeing through increased independence, choice, control, dignity, and quality of life; promote independence, and enable the Service User to be an active member of society and their community; provide a strength based support Service, responsive to the needs and circumstances of the Service Users; help maximise independence after illness or disability through working within a rehabilitation, reablement and enablement philosophy; provide a high quality Service in terms of access, the Service Users' experience and outcomes based on evidence of effectiveness; enable Service User satisfaction, enabling Service Users to have a say in how Support and Services could be developed in the future, ensuring meaningful engagement that enables Service Users to have a say about the future development of Services. provide clear information so that Service Users can make informed choices. The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.

  • Recurrence: 48 months

CPV: Imprisonment services · Other community, social and personal services · Prison services · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 4 yrsPublished value£1,116,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands · The details of the Prisons and Approved Premises are as follows: • HMP Brinsford, New Road, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU • HMP Dovegate (IND), Uttoxeter, ST14 8XR • HMP Drake Hall, Eccleshall, ST21 6LQ • HMP Featherstone, New Road Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU • HMP Oakwood (IND), Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7QD • HMP Stafford, 54 Gaol Road, Stafford, ST16 3AW • Staitheford House, 14 Lichfield Road, Stafford, ST17 4JX • HMP Swinfen Hall, Lichfield, WS14 9QS • Wenger House, Albert Street, Newcastle-underLyme, ST5 1HJ
Extensions: The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029. · The Contract Period will be 1st April, 2025 to 31st March, 2028 with an option to extend 12 months to 31st March, 2029.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
i

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: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Business Continuity Planning: 25%
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Implementation & Mobilisation: 25%
  • Safeguarding Service Users: 20%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Business Continuity Planning: 25%
  • Service Delivery: 20%
  • Implementation & Mobilisation: 25%
  • Social Value: 10%
  • Safeguarding Service Users: 20%
  • Price: 0
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Providers must be registered with Care Quality Commission

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
Yes · 48 months
First published
7 Oct 2024, 11:51 BST
Last source update
31 Jan 2025, 14:02 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
IA3440
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003291
Classification (CPV)
Imprisonment servicesOther community, social and personal servicesPrison servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a63d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

Performance Requirements are listed in the Procurement Documents

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
6 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Nov 2024, 12:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Nov 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    6 Nov 2024, 12:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    31 Jan 2025, 14:02 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Jan 2025, 14:02 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,116,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 16
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jan 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
PRACTICE PLUS GROUP HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES LIMITEDCare and Support Prisons£1,116,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
16bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Staffordshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Tipping Street, STAFFORD, West Midlands, ST162DHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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