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Provision of Targeted Family Support Services to young children through Childrens' Centres

Social work services
Welfare services for children and young people
South West (UKK13)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published3
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Gloucestershire County Council: "Provision of Targeted Family Support Services to young children through Childrens' Centres". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGloucestershire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Gloucestershire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
5.4Bids / Report
24.6% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 191 active published awards; 175 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGloucestershire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Nov 2021, 10:10 GMT
Last source update18 Nov 2021, 10:10 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSocial work services, Welfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
South West (UKK13)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02f7d9
What is being bought
Targeted Family Support Services through Children Centres across Gloucestershire Children Centre Services are identified as key delivery partners within the Early Help strategy and Families First programme (national Troubled Families Programme) and are critical to the delivery of Early Help to children and families from pre-birth through to 5 years of age. The core purpose of Children Centre Services is to improve outcomes for young children and their families and reduce inequalities between families in greatest need and their peers (Statutory Guidance and section 2 Childcare Act 2006)
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Nov 2021, 10:10 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    18 Nov 2021, 10:10 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    18 Nov 2021, 10:10 GMT
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    LOT 1 Targeted Family Support Services - Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Targeted Family Support Services through Children Centres across Gloucestershire - Cheltenham & Tewkesbury Children Centre Services are identified as key delivery partners within the Early Help strategy and Families First programme (national Troubled Families Programme) and are critical to the delivery of Early Help to children and families from pre-birth through to 5 years of age. The core purpose of Children Centre Services is to improve outcomes for young children and their families and reduce inequalities between families in greatest need and their peers (Statutory Guidance and section 2 Childcare Act 2006)
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    LOT 2 Targeted Family Support Services - Gloucester City
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Targeted Family Support Services through Children Centres across Gloucestershire - Gloucester City. Children Centre Services are identified as key delivery partners within the Early Help strategy and Families First programme (national Troubled Families Programme) and are critical to the delivery of Early Help to children and families from pre-birth through to 5 years of age. The core purpose of Children Centre Services is to improve outcomes for young children and their families and reduce inequalities between families in greatest need and their peers (Statutory Guidance and section 2 Childcare Act 2006)
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    LOT 3 Targeted Family Support Services - Forest of Dean and Stroud
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Targeted Family Support Services through Children Centres across Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean and Stroud Children Centre Services are identified as key delivery partners within the Early Help strategy and Families First programme (national Troubled Families Programme) and are critical to the delivery of Early Help to children and families from pre-birth through to 5 years of age. The core purpose of Children Centre Services is to improve outcomes for young children and their families and reduce inequalities between families in greatest need and their peers (Statutory Guidance and section 2 Childcare Act 2006)
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Nov 2021, 10:10 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Contract active
    Signed 1 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · £1,264,879
  6. Contract active
    Signed 1 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · £982,339
  7. Contract active
    Signed 21 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST · £1,378,264
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Gardiners Lane & Oakwood Federation
Not published · Not published · active
Barnados
Not published · Not published · active
Barnados
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
LOT 2 Childrens' Centres - Gloucester City
£1,264,879 · signed 1 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
LOT 3 Children's Centres - Forest of Dean and Stroud
£982,339 · signed 1 Nov 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
LOT 1 Childrens' Centres Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
£1,378,264 · signed 21 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Gloucestershire County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-24838
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  • Gloucestershire County Council
    buyer

    Shire Hall, Gloucester, UKK13, GL1 2TH
    commercialservicescentralmailbox@gloucestershire.gov.uk
    +44 1452583401

  • Barnados
    supplier

    Ilford, UK

  • Gardiners Lane & Oakwood Federation
    supplier

    Cheltenham, UKK13

  • Gloucestershire County Council
    reviewBody

    Gloucester
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleAward of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive Explanation: In 2021 following the direct impact of COVID-19 and lockdowns on the service the Targeted Families Support services through Childrens’ Centres was continued through contract variations awarded to two providers, Barnados, and Gardners Lane and Oakwood Federation, for 12 months until 31.3.22 with a value of £3,625,482 per annum GBP to cover Gloucester City, Forest of Dean, Stroud, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury localities. Due to the continuing impact of COVID-19, and the legislation changes by the Government there is a requirement to extend these two contracts with Barnados, and the one contract with Gardiner Lane & Oakwood Federation, by a further 12 months until 31.03.23 This extension is seen as a modification under the provisions outlined in Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which provides that contracts may be modified without a new procurement procedure in any of a number of cases, including: (1) (b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the original procurement, where a change of contractor: (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement; and (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority; (iii) provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract. In this case, GCC will seek to rely on the modification provisions of 72(1)(b) in the context of the Council’s proposed contract variation. It would not be possible to engage any providers other than Barnados, and Gardners Lane and Oakwood Federation to provide Childrens’ Centres services during the 12 month period required by the Council. The reasoning for this is that the size of the Childrens’ Centres Service and the breadth of required services means it would not be possible, before April 2022, to mobilise replacement suppliers who would be able and ready to discharge the Council’s statutory duties. There have been changes from Central Government around Family Hubs, to improve cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes in disadvantaged and vulnerable children (conception to age five) across a number of areas to help children to achieve their potential and improve their chances of success in later life. These include labour market participation, earnings, health and wellbeing. Moreover, in view of the need to carry out extensive market testing and market development to reshape the service into Family Hubs to incorporate the latest government changes, during a period in which this services market remains in recovery, the comprehensive procurement process that will be needed to appoint a service provider(s) to provide a service of the complexity described above, would not be possible before April 2022 without substantial duplication of costs. Moreover, a short-term contract award to anyone other than the incumbent provider would cause significant inconvenience, service disruption for the community, and a substantial duplication of costs to the Council, on the basis that the Council would incur foreseeable costs with regards to the TUPE transfer of staff and other pensions, salary and HR costs associated with moving such a sizeable service infrastructure to another supplier for a interim period while the full procurement takes place. A modification up to £3.6M GBP does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract £21,752,892 GBP