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Published 6 Jan 2023, 10:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NEPO603 - Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services (C-012130) OPENING 2

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)

6 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 6 Feb 2023
Lots 6see the lot list below
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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 Independent Foster Care Services. Published lot titles: Foster Care - Standard Support Placement; Foster Care - Extra Support Placement; Foster Care - Enhanced Support Placement; Foster Care - Parent and Baby / Child Placement; Foster Care - Parent and Baby / Child Assessment Placement; Staying Put Arrangement.

What is being bought6 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

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 Independent Foster Care Services.

This Flexible Procurement Agreement will open regularly to accept applications from new Providers. This is the second Opening of the Flexible Procurement Agreement which can be found on Find a Tender Award Notice 2022/S 000-017849 and subsequent corrigendum 2022/S 000-018030.

CPV: Health and social work services

Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure

6 lots · all with a published value (£6 together)
Shared scope across 4 of 6 lots

Applies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4.

The Participating Local Authorities are seeking to appoint multiple Providers to deliver Services for the provision of Independent Foster Care Services 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

Shared scope across 2 of 6 lots

Applies to lots 5, 6.

The Participating Local Authorities are seeking to appoint multiple Providers to deliver Services for the provision of Independent Foster Care Services 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 #1Foster Care - Standard Support PlacementPublished value£1
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3 x 12-month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Foster Care - Extra Support PlacementPublished value£1
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3 x 12-month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Foster Care - Enhanced Support PlacementPublished value£1
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3 x 12-month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Foster Care - Parent and Baby / Child PlacementPublished value£1
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3 x 12-month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #5Foster Care - Parent and Baby / Child Assessment PlacementPublished value£1
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3 x 12-month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #6Staying Put ArrangementPublished value£1
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3 x 12-month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed

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
6 Jan 2023, 10:26 GMT
Last source update
6 Jan 2023, 10:26 GMT
Award evaluation window
7 Feb 2023 – …
Authority reference
NEPO603 - P-00S7466 / C-012130
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000343
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03956e Find 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 six 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. Darlington, 2. Durham, 3. Gateshead, 4. Hartlepool, 5. Middlesbrough , 6. Newcastle (Lead Authority), 7. North Tyneside, 8. Northumberland, 9. Redcar & Cleveland, 10. South Tyneside, 11. Stockton, and 12. Sunderland. 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
Run through: Proactis / ProContract · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Language: EN
Submission deadline
6 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Feb 2023, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Jan 2023 → 7 Feb 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    6 Jan 2023, 10:26 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    6 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    7 Feb 2023, 09:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newcastle City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Barras Bridge, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, North East, NE1 8QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Newcastle City Council and the North East Procurement OrganisationReview body Newcastle upon Tyne

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.