Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
St Helens Council
Town Hall, Victoria Square
St Helens
WA10 1HP
UK
Contact person: Mrs Jackie Houghton
Telephone: +44 0
E-mail: jackiehoughton@sthelens.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sthelens.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sthelens.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
Young Persons Engagement Service 2019
Reference number: DN445387
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
St Helens Council (‘the Council’) is seeking to procure an engagement service.
The purpose of this service is to increase the engagement through information, advice, guidance and coaching of disengaged and not in education, employment or training (NEET) young people from vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds who require additional support to access learning and employment opportunities. Target cohorts include but are not limited to those who are care leavers, teenage parents, young offenders or those who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The service will reflect localised needs and requirements and will work closely with other local authority teams and other agencies supporting these young people.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
780 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The primary focus of this service will be support to key vulnerable groups to ensure that those young people who are furthest from the labour market and face significant barriers in being able to access education, training and employment are able to make informed choices about their education, employment or training options based on all available impartial information.
This specification will be part of a range of support services that will enable the Council to provide key ongoing support to vulnerable young people, below the age of 19 and relevant young adults (i.e. those aged 19 and over but under 25 with learning difficulties and/or disabilities). The National Careers Service along with other existing engagement initiatives such will function as a support not duplication to this engagement service.
This service will support the Council by providing information on gaps in appropriate and suitable education and training provision. The service will also provide a monitoring role to all young people in years 11 and 12 receive an offer of learning by September. In addition a further requirement will be to illustrate the destination of all young people post 16.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service quality
/ Weighting: 80
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 20
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:
2019/S 214-525598
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
01/05/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
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
Career Connect
Liverpool
L2 3YL
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 260 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
St Helens Council
St Helens
WA10 1HP
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
02/06/2020