Official UK procurement notice
NEPO602 - Education, Health and Social Care Interim Contract (C-012151) - Opening 1
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
Newcastle City Council ("the Lead Authority'') is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North-East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of a bespoke Flexible Procurement solution under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. The bespoke flexible procurement solution will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract), for; In relation to Residential Children's Homes, where applicable, Homes must evidence that they are registered with the appropriate regulatory body; for example, Ofsted, Care Quality Commission or Care Inspectorate Scotland in order to be eligible to apply to the Flexible Procurement Agreement (the Contract). Published lot titles: Lot 1 - Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD - mild to moderate) (Pre 16); Lot 2 - ASD with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) issues (Pre 16); Lot 3 - ASD with complex learning difficulties or severe learning…
What is being bought22 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle City Council ("the Lead Authority'') is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North-East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of a bespoke Flexible Procurement solution under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. The bespoke flexible procurement solution will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract), for;
A) Department for Education registered, independent special schools and colleges; day placements, weekly boarder placements and 52-week residential placements. All placements in these settings for Children and Young People Pre-16,
B) Department for Education registered, independent special schools and colleges; day placements, weekly boarder placements and 52-week residential placements. All placements in these settings for Children and Young People Post-16,
C) Residential Children's Homes for Children and Young People aged 0 - 18 years,
D) Ofsted Registered Residential Short Break Services for Children and Young People 0 - 18 years.
In relation to Residential Children's Homes, where applicable, Homes must evidence that they are registered with the appropriate regulatory body; for example, Ofsted, Care Quality Commission or Care Inspectorate Scotland in order to be eligible to apply to the Flexible Procurement Agreement (the Contract).
This Flexible Procurement Agreement will open regularly to accept applications from new Providers. This is the first Opening of the Flexible Procurement Agreement which can be found on Find a Tender Award Notice 2022/S 000-020907.
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services
Lots and requirements (22)Procurement structure
22 lots · no lot values publishedApplies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
The Participating Local Authorities are seeking to appoint multiple Providers to deliver Services for the provision of;
A) Department for Education registered, independent special schools and colleges; day placements, weekly boarder placements and 52-week residential placements. All placements in these settings for Children and Young People Pre-16,
B) Department for Education registered, independent special schools and colleges; day placements, weekly boarder placements and 52-week residential placements. All placements in these settings for Children and Young People Post-16,
C) Residential Children's Homes for Children and Young People aged 0 - 18 years,
D) Ofsted Registered Residential Short Break Services for Children and Young People 0 - 18 years.
In relation to Residential Children's Homes, where applicable, Homes must evidence that they are registered with the appropriate regulatory body; for example, Ofsted, Care Quality Commission or Care Inspectorate Scotland in order to be eligible to apply to the Flexible Procurement Agreement (the Contract).
on a non-exclusive basis.
The Provider acknowledges that, in entering this Flexible Procurement Agreement (the Contract), no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee has been granted by the Participating Authorities for Services from the Provider and that the Participating Organisations are at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any of the Services.
The Lead Authority are carrying out the Opening of this bespoke Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. This means that the Lead Authority will invite all interested parties to tender as a single stage.
Lot #1Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD - mild to moderate) (Pre 16)
Lot #2ASD with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) issues (Pre 16)
Lot #3ASD with complex learning difficulties or severe learning difficulties (Pre 16)
Lot #4Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) issues (Pre 16)
Lot #5Profound and multiple learning difficulties / severe learning difficulties (Pre 16)
Lot #6Physical disability or medical need (Pre 16)
Lot #7Significant sensory disability and communication needs (speech and language / hearing impairment / visual impairment / multi-sensory impairment) (Pre 16)
Lot #8Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) (Pre 16)
Lot #9Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) with associated challenging behaviour (Pre 16)
Lot #10Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD - mild to moderate) (Post 16)
Lot #11ASD with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) issues (Post 16)
Lot #12ASD with complex learning difficulties or severe leaning difficulties (Post 16)
Lot #13Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) issues (Post 16)
Lot #14Profound and multiple learning difficulties / severe learning difficulties (Post 16)
Lot #15Physical disability or medical need (Post 16)
Lot #16Significant sensory disability and communication needs (speech and language / hearing impairment / visual impairment / multi-sensory impairment) (Post 16)
Lot #17Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) (Post 16)
Lot #18Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD) with associated challenging behaviour (Post 16)
Lot #19Children's Residential Homes (with Geographically Boundary)
Lot #20Specialist Assessment / Intervention Homes
Lot #21Children's Residential Homes (without Geographically Boundary)
Lot #22Residential Short Breaks
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
- Closed
- 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
- 30 Sept 2022, 14:26 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2022, 14:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Oct 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-027519- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0371ecFind a Tender
Publisher note: Newcastle City Council (''the Lead Authority'') is acting as the lead authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of the procurement of this Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract). The North East regional governance arrangements have determined that this is a non-mandatory collaborative exercise, and as a result, Local Authorities can 'opt-in' to the 22 different elements of the solution, with some Local Authorities choosing to continue to purchase some of these services through other local arrangements. The Participating Local Authorities 'opting in' to the initial phase of this solution will be: 1. Durham, 2. Gateshead, 3. Hartlepool, 4. Newcastle (Lead Authority), 5. North Tyneside, 6. South Tyneside and 7. Stockton. Local Authorities who have 'opted out' for any Lot at this initial period of the solution may 'opt-in' to use the solution during its term. The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org. This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list. NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharitis/register homepage.aspx http://www.sell3wales.gov.uk?Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/ facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644 A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Oct 2022, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 31 Oct 2022, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
30 Sept 2022 → 31 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published30 Sept 2022, 14:26 BST
- Submission deadline28 Oct 2022, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened31 Oct 2022, 10:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Newcastle City Council and the North East Procurement OrganisationReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.