Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Telephone: +44 3457430430
E-mail: nick.green@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.essex.gov.uk/Pages/Default.aspx
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
Essex All Age Advocacy Hub
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Essex County Council has undertaken a procurement process for the delivery of an All Age Advocacy service across Essex.
This contract will seek to deliver advocacy services to all eligible people within Essex, across both the Children and Young People and Adult categories. The procurement will identify a lead provider that will be responsible for the co-ordination, management, and delivery of all statutory and non-statutory advocacy services required under the contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH3
Main site or place of performance:
Essex.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ECC has undertaken a procurement and appointed a lead provider to be responsible for the coordination, management, and delivery of an All Age Advocacy service across Essex.
This service will include delivery of all ECC's statutory and non-statutory Advocacy requirements for Adults and Children and Families categories, and non-statutory advocacy for young people with mental health needs for Mid and West CCGs with whom ECC is jointly commissioning this service. The provider is expected to develop other advocacy services such as self, peer, and citizen advocacy across Essex to support delivery and improve outcomes.
The contract will operate on a managed budget basis with the lead provider being awarded the budget. The lead provider will ensure that all services are managed and delivered within this financial envelope.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality criteria
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost criteria
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 043-094661
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/05/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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
Rethink Mental Illness Limited
04570581
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
UK
Telephone: +44 1215227007
E-mail: info@rethink.org
NUTS: UKH3
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.rethink.org/
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:
: 6 100 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
To view this Notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=330428176
GO Reference: GO-201872-PRO-12718547
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Telephone: +44 3457430430
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Telephone: +44 3457430430
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/07/2018