Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Derby City Council
The Council House Corporation Street
Derby
DE1 2FS
UK
Contact person: Paul Hallsworth
Telephone: +44 1332640768
E-mail: procurement@derby.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.derby.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of a Higher Education Provider to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership
Reference number: TD1387
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The East Midlands Regional Partnership is seeking to contract with a higher education provider to deliver and quality assure a Cohort 6 Step up to Social Work Programme in the East Midlands Region.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
933 360.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF11
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Step up to Social Work programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) with the intention of raising the standard of social workers who work in children’s statutory services. The programme recruits high calibre candidates who have a 2:1 degree and have had experience of working in childcare. The programme is managed by regional partnerships and the East Midlands partnership currently consists of the following local authorities:
— Derby City — Lead Authority,
— Northamptonshire,
— Nottinghamshire,
— Nottingham City,
— Leicester City,
— Derbyshire,
— Lincolnshire.
The East Midlands Regional Partnership is now seeking to contract with a higher education provider to deliver and quality assure a Cohort 6 Step up to Social Work Programme in the East Midlands Region.
Students are assigned to each local authority in the regional partnership with the intention that, on qualifying, they will be appointed to work in that Local Authority. The Local Authorities commit to providing placements for the students they are supporting. Local Authorities have a vested interest in ensuring that students are trained in a way that meets the needs of the children’s services.
The Step up to Social Work programme leads to a Post Graduate Diploma at MA level and the duration of the programme is to be approximately 14 months commencing in January 2020 and ending in March 2021. The programme must be validated by the HCPC by March 2019 and be prepared to meet the requirements of Social Work England when these come into force. The programme must enable and support students to meet the refreshed Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) (August 2018) and the Post-qualifying standard: knowledge and skills statement for child and family practitioners, May 2018. Students will register with the HEI.
The East Midlands Regional Partnership plan to recruit between 30 and 40 students to Cohort 6 although this number may vary.
The intention of the programme is to train children’s social workers who will provide a high-quality service for the children and young people in the region.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Price
/ Weighting:
0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
1 potential extension of 24 months. Potential date for advertising renewal if option is not taken is November 2020.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 224-512734
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Provision of a Higher Education Provider to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Manchester Metropolitan University
All Saints
Manchester
M15 6BH
UK
NUTS: UKF11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 933 360.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Derby City Council
The Council House Corporation Street
Derby
DE1 2FS
UK
Telephone: +44 1332640768
E-mail: procurement@derby.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.derby.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Derby City Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into.
OJ/S S224
21.11.2018
512734-2018-EN
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Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the contact details provided in section 1.1 of this notice.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) 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). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages (the purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into).
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Derby City Council
The Council House Corporation Street
Derby
DE1 2FS
UK
Telephone: +44 1332640768
E-mail: procurement@derby.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.derby.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/02/2019