Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
High Street
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
HD1 2NF
UK
Contact person: Allison Porter
Telephone: +44 1484221000
E-mail: allison.porter@kirklees.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE44
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.kirklees.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.yortender.co.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.yortender.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Works Better For All (KMCAS-160)
Reference number: KMCAS-160
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a maximum of three (3) suitable Delivery Partners for a delivery period of twenty seven (27) months to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Council response to the European Social Fund, Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed Call which if successful would be part funded through European Social Fund (‘ESF’).
If successful this funding would enable the Council to further develop an integrated employment and skills offer, and would inform a future devolved employment and skills service. This could bring together information, advice and guidance alongside the delivery of employment, skills, apprenticeships and wider support for individuals and employers. Further detail is provided in the specification document.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
770 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80300000
80400000
80500000
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE44
Main site or place of performance:
Borough of Kirklees.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a maximum of three (3) suitable delivery partners for a delivery period of twenty seven (27) months to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Council response to the European Social Fund, enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed call which if successful would be part funded through European Social Fund (‘ESF’).
If successful this funding would enable the Council to further develop an integrated employment and skills offer, and would inform a future devolved employment and skills service. This could bring together information, advice and guidance alongside the delivery of employment, skills, apprenticeships and wider support for individuals and employers. Further detail is provided in the Specification document.
Works Better For All provision is estimated to start in September 2021 subject to approval by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Managing Authority for the European Social Fund Programme 2014-2020. The anticipated commencement date for the contract(s) is 1 September 2021 and the programme will run until 30 November 2023.
The estimated value of the services to be awarded is approximately GBP 770 000 for the entire twenty seven (27)-month duration of the programme. Delivery Partners are required to provide 50 % match funding (or between 25 % to 50 % for VCS Organisations).
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
770 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/09/2021
End:
30/11/2023
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
This exercise is an open procedure in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) for the purpose of procuring the service described in the 'Service Specification'. This specification is part of the procurement documentation that has been published in relation to this notice and can be found at www.yortender.co.uk.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
Refer to the selection and award criteria as stated in the procurement documents. The Council reserves the right to exclude any tenderer whom they deem not satisfy any criteria outlined within the procurement documents.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
In accordance with:
1) Article 57 to 60 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; and
2) Regulations 57-60 of the Public Contracts 2015.
Which require or permit the contracting authority not to select or to treat as ineligible, economic operators, the contracting authority reserves the right to exclude any economic operator whom they deem to not satisfy any criteria outlined within the scoring matrices contained within the standard Selection Questionnaire (‘SQ’), which is available at the address set out in Section I.1) of this notice.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Kirklees Council shall make known their intention to award the works better for all contract(s) by means of a contract notice.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
26/07/2021
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Provided that the tender is submitted fully in accordance with the requirements set out within the 'Service Specification' and the remaining sections of the tender documents, the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender based on 20 % price and 80 % quality.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises ('SMEs'). However, any selection of economic operators will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tenderer.
Further specifics on the above award criteria can be found in the tender documentation published with this notice.
The tender documents are available to download at www.yortender.co.uk
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
N/a
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract or conclude a framework), Regulation 87 (Standstill period) and Chapter 6 (Applications to Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), the contracting authority will incorporate a minimum ten (10) calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the Contract is communicated to economic operators. This period allows any unsuccessful economic operator(s) to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the award of the contract to the successful economic operators.
Such additional information should be requested from the address at Sections I.1) and I.3) of this Notice above. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within thirty(30) days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or sought to have grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limited for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so, but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than three (3) months after that date.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/06/2021