Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council (Lead Authority)
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
Contact person: Becky Polito
E-mail: corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Darlington Borough Council
Darlington
UK
Contact person: Sarah Hutchinson
E-mail: sarah.hutchinson@darlington.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
County Council of Durham
Durham
UK
Contact person: Kay Duthie
E-mail: kay.duthie@durham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
The Borough Council of Gateshead
Gateshead
UK
Contact person: Julie Young
E-mail: julieyoung@gateshead.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC2
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Hartlepool Borough Council
Hartlepool
UK
Contact person: Kelly Armstrong
E-mail: kelly.armstrong@hartlepool.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Middlesbrough Council
Middlesbrough
UK
Contact person: Rachel Mawer
E-mail: rachel_mawer@middlesbrough.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
The Council of the Borough of North Tyneside
North Tyneside
UK
Contact person: Rebecca Bacon
E-mail: rebecca.bacon@northtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC2
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Redcar
UK
Contact person: Judi Libbey
E-mail: judi.libbey@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC2
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
The Council of the Borough of South Tyneside
South Tyneside
UK
Contact person: Karen Dixon
E-mail: karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC2
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Stockton
UK
Contact person: Mike Wray
E-mail: mike.wray@stockton.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC1
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Together for Children Ltd (Sunderland Council)
Sunderland
UK
Contact person: Chris Cummings
E-mail: chirs.cummings@togetherforchildre.org.uk
NUTS: UKC23
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.1) Name and addresses
Northumberland County Council
Northumberland
UK
Contact person: Becky Polito
E-mail: lynn.bryden@northumberland.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC21
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.nepo.org
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
NEPO611 – North East Pause (P-006985/C-011557)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Newcastle City Council is acting as the lead authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its member authorities, in respect of a contract under the social and other specific services EU procurement route (‘Light Touch Regime’). The contract will be to deliver a pause service.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
250 000.00
EUR
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
Main site or place of performance:
North East of England.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The participating local authorities are seeking to appoint a single provider to deliver services for the provision of a pause service.
Services must be deliverable within the North East of England.
A single provider will be appointed to the contract in order to deliver services described in the tender documentation.
The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTender system. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTender system. If not already registered, tenderers should register on the NEPO eTender system at https://procontract.due-north.com/register?openform Tenders must be submitted using the link above. Tender submitted via postal or email methods will not be accepted. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352. For non-time critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc. please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com) and select ProContractV3 support. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue. Alternatively, you can email: ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk. The successful provider will enter into a contract in a form which is set out in the procurement documents. The lead authority does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of the goods/works/services (if any) which will be placed with the successful provider by any participating organisation using the contract pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Various
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Various
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The duration of this agreement is 24 months plus 2 x 6-month options to extend.
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 217-532673
Section V: Award of contract
Title: NEPO611 – North East Pause (P-006985/C-011557)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Barnardo Services Ltd
Wallsend
UK
NUTS: UKC22
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:
: 250 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
not applicable
not applicable
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/05/2020