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Published 7 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Service User and Lived Experience Engagement

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£360,000exc. VAT5.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Sept 2024awarded 1 Oct 2024
Awarded to Together for Mental Wellbeing Support Services Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for a new service to identify service development needs. Service user and lived experience engagement is one of the major steps to collect evidence that helps to broaden and improve service delivery. The National Drug Strategy 2021: From Harm to Hope, clearly states the vital importance of having the voices of those using our treatment services, those not yet engaged and their friends and family. Involving the voice of lived experience will ensure that the services and interventions being offered are helpful and support people to succeed in their recovery from drugs and/or alcohol.

CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The National Drug Strategy 2021: From Harm to Hope clearly states the vital importance…AwardedRenewalPublished value£360,000

The National Drug Strategy 2021: From Harm to Hope clearly states the vital importance of having the voices of those using our treatment services, those not yet engaged and their friends and family. Involving the voice of lived experience will ensure that the services and interventions being offered are helpful and support people to succeed in their recovery from drugs and/or alcohol. This is for a new service to identify service development needs. Service user and lived experience engagement is one of the major steps to collect evidence that helps to broaden and improve service delivery. The best people to do this are those currently using services, those in recovery, those who have disengaged and those not yet in active treatment (treatment naïve). This scope of work will directly facilitate future service design.The key aims of the service are to;

  • Bring the voice of lived experience to the work of NDAP and the wider system, influencing decision making across all levels
  • Support the growth and development of Norfolk's Lived Experience led recovery community
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The contract may be extended by 2 further years, subject to funding and satisfactory performance.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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
  • Price

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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
Last source update
3 Oct 2024, 14:51 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
NCCT42973
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031742
Classification (CPV)
Guidance and counselling servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04886f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Publisher note: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council's e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc) Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfile). Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under 'tenders' section and 'express an interest' to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +448442728810 or emailing [email protected]

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
9 Sept 2024, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 Sept 2024, 11:05 BST

Timeline

9 Sept 2024 → 3 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Sept 2024, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 Sept 2024, 11:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Oct 2024, 14:51 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Oct 2024, 14:51 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £341,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Together for Mental Wellbeing Support Services LtdService User & Lived Experience Engagement£341,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 1DHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NPLawMediation body Norwich
  • Norfolk County Council - Head of SourcingReview body Norwich

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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