Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
South Tyneside Council
Town Hall,Westoe Road
SOUTH SHIELDS
NE332RL
UK
Contact person: Karen Dixon
Telephone: +44 1914244052
E-mail: karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://southtyneside.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
Sensory Inclusive School Environments Pilot
Reference number: S8601
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our Local Offer for children and young people with SEND and our current involvement with the Delivering Better Value Programme, we are seeking an experienced external specialist organisation in sensory processing and integration therapy to deliver our Sensory Inclusive Environments Pilot. This pilot will consist of:
- Supporting the development of setting wide policy guidance for schools/settings
- Developing resources for schools/settings
- Delivering face to face and recorded training for professionals
- Supporting schools/settings in assessing their environments with a view to making them more sensory inclusive
- Completing assessment of children and young people with complex sensory processing needs that may require specific techniques and strategies to support them.
We will ask the successful organisation to work closely with our Access & Inclusion Service and our schools/settings to deliver the above, providing written reports for settings and an evaluation at the at the end of the pilot period with recommendations for how to implement learning across all schools/settings.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
125 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC22
Main site or place of performance:
Borough of South Tyneside
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is a 13 month contract commencing 1 August 2024 expiring 31 August 2025.
The contract sum has been set at £125k for the period of the contract.
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.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-005455
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
21/05/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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
Treetops Occupational Therapy Ltd
4167617
Eldon Road
Newton Aycliffe
DL5 6UL
UK
NUTS: UKC14
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:
: 125 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The review body is South Tyneside Council, Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/05/2024