Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council
County Hall
DURHAM
DH15UQ
UK
Contact person: Donna Iley
E-mail: donna.iley@durham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC14
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.durham.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.nepo.org
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
Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach Service
Reference number: DN680984
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This contract is for a Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach service in County Durham.
The service will consist of multiple elements sitting under a single point of contact for individuals or agencies seeking support. The service will operate in close partnership with the Council and other key partner agencies (eg. County Durham and Darlington Constabulary, Health services etc.).
The service will be a specialist domestic abuse service with the necessary resources, experience and expertise in supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse (including children and young people and those who cause harm) working in partnership with a range of agencies.
The service is to include, but is not limited to, the provision of the following to victim-survivors of domestic abuse that reside within County Durham:
• A Perpetrator/Prevention service.
• An Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy (IDVA) service.
• A Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse
(CAPVA) service which includes the delivery of the REPSECT
Young People's Programme.
• Delivery of a range of empowerment programmes that
support recovery (this includes the delivery of the National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Domestic Abuse Recovering Together (DART) Programme).
• Access to specialist domestic abuse counsellors.
• Adult victim support services.
• Specific support to Children and Young People (CYP).
• Administration of Operation Encompass notifications.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 553 800.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC14
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime).
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 24 months each from the actual end date.
The Council believes that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) applies to this contract.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-027894
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/01/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Harbour Support Services
1086897
Hartlepool
UK
NUTS: UKC11
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:
Lowest offer:
6 553 800.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
7 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/01/2024