Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Fostering Partnership for Children and Young People with Additional Needs
The Castle, Hampshire
Winchester
SO23 8UJ
UK
Contact person: Karen Wright
Telephone: +44 1962874813
E-mail: karen.wright@hants.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.hants.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
Fostering Partnership for Children and Young People with Additional Needs.
Reference number: CS09543
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85311300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This document invites tenders from experienced, quality Independent Fostering Agencies to provide foster care placements for children and young people who present with additional needs and challenging behaviours aged 0-18 years and children and young people with disabilities and complex healthcare needs. It is possible that both groups will have experienced placement breakdowns as well as abuse, neglect and loss and may demonstrate offending and/or challenging behaviours or be emotionally vulnerable.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85311000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council wants to develop a model in which it supports the successful IFAs to build their capacity for these needs, and give providers the ability to select a placement with access to place with the Council's foster carers as well as their own. This will increase opportunities to make effective placements.
The tender process uses the Light Touch Regime under Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and will consist of 2 stages as described below.
Stage 1 — Initial Outline Solution
Tender Questionnaire for assessing eligibility.
Tender Return document which will focus on the model that will be adopted and explanation of the management of the processes.
Stage 2 — Dialogue Stage
The dialogue stage will focus on the areas that were identified for the Initial Outline Solution, but will allow both the Council and Providers to ask questions to clarify how the approach will work and identify further information that is required to update and submit the final tender.
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
Procedure involving negotiations
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
This is a bespoke procurement under the Light Touch Regime. The conditions for the award of the contract are set out in detail in the documentation which can be obtained from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 233-424854
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Fostering Partnership for Children and Young People with Additional Needs
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Hampshire County Council
The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire
Winchester
SO23 8UJ
UK
Telephone: +44 1962874813
Internet address(es)
URL: www.hants.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
As set out in the Public Contracts Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/07/2017