Official UK procurement notice
Westminster Residential & Funded Nursing Care Contract Award
Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract award of residential care home in the borough of Westminster to provide continuity of services for service users who are predominantly older people with physical, and/or mental health needs. The services also provide support to those with physical and cognitive needs including dementia to enable each service user to maximise their independence and control of their own lives in a residential care home setting.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1An open procedure procurement has recently been conduced to tender the services…Awarded
An open procedure procurement has recently been conduced to tender the services provided within Beachcroft care home. The ITT was published on 25 January 2021 and closed on 15 March 2021 following two timescale extensions to allow the market more time to respond and following changes in TUPE information. Following the evaluation stage, the Authority considered that the tenders submitted did not demonstrate best value as the commercial aspects were not viable when assessed against the budget allocated by the Authority.
A direct award of Contract is required to ensure and secure immediate continuity of essential services to vulnerable residents from 17th June 2021. The contract will be for an initial period of 12 months with the option to extend for two further periods of 3 months (12+3+3).
A new procurement exercise is being developed by council officers and further market engagement will be conducted in summer 2021 to understand the current market appetite, help shape the service model, and determine appropriate timescales for issuing a revised ITT as the market recovers from the impact of COVID.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016850- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract falls under LRT. An open procedure procurement has recently been concluded to tender the services provided within Beachcroft Care Home in Westminster. The ITT was published on 25 January 2021 and closed on 15 March 2021 following two timescale extensions to allow the market more time to respond and following changes in TUPE information. Following the evaluation stage, the Authority considered that the tenders submitted did not demonstrate best value as the commercial aspects were not viable when assessed against the budget allocated by the Authority.
The existing contract ended on 16th June 2021 and for the safety of the service users and for them to have continuity of service a interim contract was directly awarded. This contract will be for an initial period of 12 months commencing 17th June 2021 with the option to extend for two further periods of 3 months (12+3+3months).
A new procurement exercise is being developed by council officers and further market engagement will be conducted in summer 2021 to understand the current market appetite, help shape the service model, and determine appropriate timescales for issuing a revised ITT as the market recovers from the impact of COVID.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCH (ALAN MORKILL HOUSE) LIMITEDResidential & Funded Nursing Care Services | £7,098,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Residential & Funded Nursing Care Services · GCH (ALAN MORKILL HOUSE) LIMITED
- Signed
- 15 Jul 2021
- Value
- £7,098,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GCH (ALAN MORKILL HOUSE) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.