Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
South Tyneside Council
Town Hall,Westoe Road
SOUTH SHIELDS
NE332RL
UK
Contact person: Karen Dixon
Telephone: +44 1914244052
E-mail: karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.southtyneside.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
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
Sensory Inclusive School Environments Pilot
Reference number: S8601
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our Local Offer for children and young people with SEND and our current involvement with the Delivering Better Value Programme, we are seeking an experienced external specialist organisation in sensory processing and integration therapy to deliver our Sensory Inclusive Environments Pilot. This pilot will consist of:
- Supporting the development of setting wide policy guidance for schools/settings
- Developing resources for schools/settings
- Delivering face to face and recorded training for professionals
- Supporting schools/settings in assessing their environments with a view to making them more sensory inclusive
- Completing assessment of children and young people with complex sensory processing needs that may require specific techniques and strategies to support them.
We will ask the successful organisation to work closely with our Access & Inclusion Service and our schools/settings to deliver the above, providing written reports for settings and an evaluation at the at the end of the pilot period with recommendations for how to implement learning across all schools/settings.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
125 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC22
Main site or place of performance:
Borough of South Tyneside
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a 13 month contract commencing 1 August 2024 expiring 31 August 2025.
The contract sum has been set at £125k for the period of the contract.
Suppliers will be required to express interest in this opportunity on the NEPO ProContract system. If not already registered on ProContract please register at the following link: https://procontract.due-north.com. Suppliers will then be granted access to the tender documentation - Project Number DN709785 . Please note that registering on ProContract and expressing interest does not mean that you have bid for the tender - once the above steps are complete you will be required to complete and submit the tender documentation.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
125 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/08/2024
End:
31/08/2025
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
Selection criteria is as stated in the procurement documents.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Whist the Price is fixed, 40% of the weighting will be associated to the level of service deliverable within the fixed contract price. 60% of the weighting will be weighted on Quality, 10% of which will be apportioned to delivery of social value. The Quality criteria is as stated in the procurement documents.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
22/03/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The review body is South Tyneside Council, Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/02/2024