Official UK procurement notice
STAR PROJECT · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is an award for a 2-year direct award co-commissioned contract to YMCA Derby, jointly with Derby Homes Ltd for the provision of accommodation services
CPV: Administration, defence and social security services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The STAR Project provides supported accommodation for 13 men on Probation and is based…Awarded
The STAR Project provides supported accommodation for 13 men on Probation and is based in Burdett House, above the Probation Service’s Offices in Derby. The Service meets the accommodation and support needs of a complex cohort, who would otherwise be homeless. The Residents are offered licenses to occupy for up to six months. Through engagement with support services, the aim is to prevent repeat homelessness and enable this cohort to obtain and sustain accommodation, reducing the likelihood of re-offending. The cohort are men, over 18 years old who are;
- Subject to statutory supervision for at least 6 months,
- Unemployed and have other suitable accommodation available to them.
- Have been assessed as posing medium or high risk of re-offending.
The engagement services will include a dedicated housing navigator who provides housing management and support to ensure that tenancies are sustained and rent and service charges arrears are minimised
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
- 9 May 2022, 15:55 BST
- Last source update
- 9 May 2022, 15:55 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-012032- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03359dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Due to the nature of this project being a Direct Award, from an opportunity seized by probation services; to procure spaces directly above the probation office with the aim of providing accommodation services to service users, thorough legal assessment was carried out. This was done to justify the basis of this co-commissioning agreement as there wasn't a direct competition required or to compare against but a rare opportunity to collaborate and invest in accommodation services within the Derbyshire area
. It was concluded as legal on the following basis:
- The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 apply to this procurement but the rules set out in Part 2 (which includes regulation 32 which limits direct awards) do not apply where the aggregate value of the procurement falls below any of the applicable thresholds set out in regulation 5. The applicable value in this case is £663,540 because the services to be procured (management of the accommodation and housing for offender specialist accommodation units) fall within the ambit of regulation 5(1)(d) since these are one or more of the services identified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations. Accordingly, since the value of the contract will not exceed the threshold value of £663,540, Part 2 of the Regulations will not apply.
The Authority has therefore decided to award this contract without running one of the competition procedures proscribed under Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- There is a justification for direct award as the value falls under OJEU, the aggregate value of the contract falls below relevant threshold, Part 2 (which includes regulation 32) therefore it does not apply to this procurement. Therefore there is no requirement to run a regulated competition based on this value and the contracted services can be directly awarded. This means that the contract can be awarded without having to satisfy the rubric set out in regulation 32.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA Derbyshire | £80,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
STAR PROJECT · YMCA Derbyshire
- Signed
- 30 Mar 2022
- Value
- £80,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- YMCA DerbyshireAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.