Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Economy and Infrastructure, Civic Centre 3
Huddersfield
HD1 2TG
UK
Contact person: Victoria Harper
Telephone: +44 1484221000
E-mail: victoria.harper@kirklees.gov.uk
NUTS: UKE
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.kirklees.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.yortender.co.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
Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed Kirklees
Reference number: KMCIRS-090
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Kirklees Council have been successful in obtaining European Social Fund (ESF) funding, to support residents to tackle their barriers to unemployment, resulting in them securing and sustaining work. Following a tender exercise for suitable Delivery Partners, 2 contracts have been awarded to economic operators, with the relevant experience and ability, to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed programme for provision in the Kirklees district (the ‘Service’).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 816 958.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Delivery Partners
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
80300000
80400000
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE44
Main site or place of performance:
Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed programme for provision in the Kirklees will be developed via collaboration with economic operators who submitted an EOI. The 2 successful delivery partners will work with the contracting authority, at risk, to co-design and develop the intervention and support service, to improve access to employment opportunities for vulnerable people which will then lead to them securing and sustaining work.
Delivery partners will offer specific and tailored services to tackle barriers impacting on participants’ ability to find and sustain employment in line with the call specification.
A delivery partner is an organisation with responsibility for delivering elements of the project’s activity for a share of the project’s outputs and results. They will provide match funding but they cannot make a profit from the European Structural and Investment Funds they receive. They will also follow all European Structural and Investment Funds audit and compliance requirements which the lead partner will verify; this includes checking invoices, timesheets, outputs and results evidence.
The delivery partners are to provide match funding at between 30 % and 50 %.
The contracting authority will be using the 40 % simplified cost methodology. Therefore all match funding must be met through staff costs only. Please see section 17.8 of the England European Social Fund Operational Programme 2014-20 Programme Guidance for further information on match funding.
The total estimated payments of the contract (s) are up to a maximum of 3 500 000 GBP over the life of the contract. The project will be part funded through European Social Funding. There is a requirement that the terms and conditions of the European Social Fund award are met. Payment for delivery partners will be paid based on actual defrayed expenditure using the ESF 40 % simplified cost methodology.
The duration of the contract will be up to 36 months with all payments being drawn down 3 years and 6 months after the start date. The contract will commence on 1.10.2019 and expire at the end of 30.9.2023.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Project delivery
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Geographic area of delivery
/ Weighting: 12.5 %
Quality criterion: Target group
/ Weighting: 12.5 %
Quality criterion: Activity management
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Outputs and results
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Cross cutting themes
/ Weighting: 5 %
Quality criterion: Staffing
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Project timetable/support needed
/ Weighting: 5 %
Cost criterion: Financial rationale and VFM
/ 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:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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:
2018/S 243-555290
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: KMCIRS-090
Title: Delivery Partners
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Proper Job Theatre Company
4203130
48A Byram Arcade
Huddersfield
HD1 1ND
UK
NUTS: UKE44
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:
: 1 034 713.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: KMCIRS-090
Title: Delivery Partners
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fusion Housing Kirklees Ltd
08158320
Pearl House, 10 John William Street
Huddersfield
HD1 1BA
UK
NUTS: UKE44
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:
: 1 782 245.24
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
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 agreement), Regulation 87 (Standstill periods) 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 days standstill period at the point that information on the conclusion 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.
Such additional information should be requested from the address at Section I.1) 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. Where the contract has not been awarded, the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If however the contract has been awarded, the court may only award damages, or (where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly) declare the contract to be ineffective.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/11/2019