Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council
Corporate Procurement, County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
UK
Contact person: Donna Iley
E-mail: donna.iley@durham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC14
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
DurhamWorks Provider Panel for Employment Routeways 2020-2021
Reference number: DN449623
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DurhamWorks is looking to develop a panel of multiple providers who can deliver tailored bespoke support to 16-24 year-old participants who are not in education, employment or training/unemployed with a specific focus of progressing participants into paid employment. This will be an open and flexible arrangement where at the discretion of the Council the panel can be re-opened to allow additional providers to join the provider panel.
The Provider Panel Agreement provides for no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee by the Council for services from the provider and that the Council is at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other providers for the provision of any services. Each provider should understand that their submission constitutes an acceptance to the Council of the terms of the Provider Panel Agreement and merely affords the provider the opportunity to respond to invitation from the Council for the provision of services (Competed Call-Offs).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
1.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
700 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC14
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
DurhamWorks is looking to develop a provider panel of multiple providers which can deliver tailored bespoke support to 16-24 year-old participants who are not in education, employment or training (NEET)/unemployed with a specific focus of progressing participants into paid employment. Other outcomes may be fundable but payment terms will be defined per each competed call-off.
This will be an open and flexible arrangement where at the discretion of the Council the panel can be re-opened to allow additional providers to join the provider panel.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical questions
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: To be detailed in competed call-offs
/ Weighting: 0
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:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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 231-566651
Section V: Award of contract
Title: DurhamWorks Provider Panel for Employment Routeways 2020-2021
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/02/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 16
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 13
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: 16
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ALD Hairdressing Training Academy
Birtley
UK
NUTS: UKC2
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Orangebox Training Solutions Ltd
Hartlepool
UK
NUTS: UKC1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
RAW Digital Training
Stockton on Tees
UK
NUTS: UKC1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SMARTT North East Ltd
Stanley
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Cornforth Partnership
West Cornforth
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Oaklea Trust — Right to Work
Kendal
UK
NUTS: UKD1
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Thirteen Housing Group Ltd
Middlesbrough
UK
NUTS: UKC1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Eden training Academy Ltd
Billingham
UK
NUTS: UKC11
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Education Development Trust
Team Valley
UK
NUTS: UKC2
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Finchale Training College
Durham
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
First Point Training
Durham
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Groundwork North East
Bishop Auckland
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Learning Curve Group
Spennymoor
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Optimum Skills Ltd
Newton Aycliffe
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Lokman Training Ltd
Peterlee
UK
NUTS: UKC14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
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:
1.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
700 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales
7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1NL
UK
E-mail: tcc.issue@hmcts.gsi.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.judiciary.gov.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority incorporated a standstill period at the point information of the award of the contract was communicated to bidders. That notification provided full information on the award decision. The standstill period which was for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provided time for the unsuccessful bidder to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Regulations 2015 provide the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/03/2020