Official UK procurement notice
Northamptonshire Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children and Young People
Authority: Northamptonshire Children's Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthamptonshire Children's Trust (NCT) and NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are commissioning the provision of Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children and Young People in Northamptonshire.
The CCG and NCT that hold this contract are responsible for commissioning a range of health and social care services aimed at prevention of ill health and improvement of emotional health, mental health and physical health. Children, young people and their parents and carers have told us that they want services to be flexible, integrated and provided in places close to home and this is reflected in the service specification.
The Light Touch Regime (LTR) applies to the services under this contract agreement, as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jan 2021, 16:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Jan 2021, 16:20 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001262- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028c44Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Residential Short Break services fall under the light touch regime (LTR) as set out in Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR). In 2018 the short breaks service was re-shaped and re-commissioned by Northamptonshire County Council. The subsequent tender in 2018 however did not result in any bids being received. On the 30th September 2020 following consultation, research and soft market testing, a new tender was launched. The deadline for submissions was 30th October 2020 and less than three bids were received from potential providers. The bids received did not meet the minimum criteria of the tender and therefore the contract was left un-awarded.
On the 14th May 2019, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government issued a written statement confirming that, under the Local Government reform, all the existing Councils in Northamptonshire would be abolished and replaced with two new unitary authorities, one for the North and the one for the west of the County, with effect from April 2021. Furthermore, the service previously managed by Northamptonshire Childrens Services would move to a newly formed and independent Childrens Trust in November 2020.
After careful consideration and to ensure continuity of service and support for families, while minimising the risk of disruption to families. The Authority have made the decision to award a contract for a period of 4 years to Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the incumbent provider. This contract period would provide greater stability for families and the provider, it would also provide a suitable timeframe in which the planned integrated care system for children and young people can be developed, as well as co-production with families of alternative support such as Family Link and development of the market to increase viability of direct payments.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSME | £8,600,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001262-2021-1 · Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSME
- Signed
- 21 Jan 2021
- Value
- £8,600,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Jeandre HunterReview body
- Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.