Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Place 2
Stafford
ST16 2DH
UK
Contact person: Sarah Lynn
E-mail: sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/procurement
I.1) Name and addresses
North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Smithfield One Building, Leonard Coates Way
Stoke On Trent
ST1 4FA
UK
Contact person: Sarah Lynn
E-mail: sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.northstaffsccg.nhs.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire Commissioner's Office
Commissioners Office Block 9 Weston Road
Stafford
ST18 0YY
UK
Contact person: Sarah Lynn
E-mail: sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG24
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://staffordshire-pfcc.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems
Reference number: IA941
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The agreement will represent all services for people with drug/alcohol problems commissioned by Staffordshire County Council, including:
— young people early intervention and treatment,
— adult community treatment,
— adult residential treatment (detoxification and rehabilitation),
— specialist criminal justice services,
— specialist child safeguarding services,
— specialist alcohol-related health services (North Staffordshire only).
The adult services will need to have sufficient capacity to serve around 2 000 people at all times, which translates to around 3 000 per year.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
55 000 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG24
Main site or place of performance:
Staffordshire.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract will represent all services for people with drug/alcohol problems commissioned by Staffordshire County Council, including:
— young people early intervention and treatment,
— adult community treatment,
— adult residential treatment (detoxification and rehabilitation),
— specialist criminal justice services,
— specialist child safeguarding services,
— specialist alcohol-related health services (North Staffordshire only).
It is anticipated that there will be 2 funding partners to this agreement; North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group for the specialist alcohol-related health services and the Staffordshire Commissioner's Office for the specialist criminal justice services.
The Intensive Family Support Service (IFSS) will be financed using a social impact bond. SIBs can operate in a range of ways, although all involve an amount of finance being provided to the supplier by a social investor and also payments being made to the supplier by a commissioner (in this case the County Council) in return for specified outcomes being achieved. The finance provided by the social investor is used to cover operational costs in the period before income from the outcome payments is achieved.
The SIB for the IFSS has been made possible by the County Council successfully applying to the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) to be part of the Life Chances Fund(LCF). A non-negotiable condition of the LCF is that finance must be provided by a social investor. The supplier will need to enter into a financing arrangement with a social investor to finance the SIB.
This procurement is not split into lots. However, there will be 2 sets of service agreements that will apply which will need to be signed by the supplier due to funding stipulations for the IFSS element.
The agreement is to run from 1.4.2020-31.3.2024 with the option to extend by 3 x 12 months from 1.4.2024-31.3.2025, 1.4.2025-31.3.2026 and 1.4.2026-31.3.2027.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Services
/ Weighting: 63
Quality criterion: Strategy and pathways
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: Service supporting functions
/ Weighting: 11
Price
/ Weighting:
10
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Agreement term will be from 1.4.2020 to 31.3.2024, with options to extend from 1.4.2024-31.3.2025, 1.4.2025-31.3.2026 and 1.4.2026-31.3.2027.
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
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
2019/S 072-170550
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: IA941
Title: Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/12/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Humankind Charity
Unit 22 Bowburn North Industrial Estate, Bowburn
County Durham
DH6 5PF
UK
NUTS: UKC1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 55 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 15 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Inpatient detoxification and residential rehabilitation services and consultancy services to develop pathways/delivery programmes that ensure service user engagement and system efficiency, and to build further links with the local recovery community will be subcontracted
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Staffordshire County Council
Stafford
ST16 2DH
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Staffordshire County Council
Stafford
ST16 2DH
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non-electronic or fax methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers.
The award decision process will specify the criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender(s) and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the contracting authority will not conclude the contract.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of 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). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If an agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages.
The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/01/2020