CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Aylesbury Vale District Council

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services North East

Bath and North East Somerset Council

Bedford Borough Council

Blackpool Council

Blackburn and Darwen Council

Bolton Council

Cardiff Council

Central Bedforshire Council

City of York Council

Cheshire East Council

Cumbria County Council

Darlington Borough Council

Dorset Council

Durham County Council

Elmbridge Council

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue

Greater Manchester Police Authority

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

Hartlepool Borough Council

Herefordshire Council

Home and Communities Agency

Liverpool City Council

Local Government Association

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council

London Borough of Havering

London Borough of Merton

London Borough of Newham

Manchester City Council

Metropolitan Police Service

Middlesbrough Council

Newcastle City Council

North Tyneside Council

Northumberland County Council

Oldham Council

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Rochdale Borough Council

Salford City Council

Sheffield Council

South Tyneside Council

Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium

Stockport Council

Stockton Borough Council

Sunderland City Council

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Thurrock Borough Council

Trafford Council

Transport for Greater Manchester

Warrington Borough Council

West Sussex Council

Wigan Council

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

NEPO503 Framework for the Provision of a Vendor Neutral Managed Service for Specialist Professional Services.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

This is a Framework Contract for a Vendor Neutral Managed Service to manage the provision of Specialist Professional Services.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

9PUF-L8GZVD

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

Title:

Lot No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

The Framework Contract has been established as a sole supplier arrangement, whereby the Contracting Authority will issue a Call–Off Order directly with the awarded Contractor (NEPRO Limited) before service delivery can commence.

NEPO is a Central Purchasing Body as defined in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR15). This means that NEPO may provide central purchasing activity on behalf of Contracting Authorities.

The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available at: www.nepoportal.org

This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. A list of current NEPO Associate Members is available at:

https://www.qtegov.com/systems/nepocms.nsf/vLiveDocsTitle/Current%20Associate%20Members

NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services.

Please see the following websites for further details:

— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm

— http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml

— http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php

— http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net

— https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england

— http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scottishschoolsonline/

— http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/

— http://apps.deni.gov.uk/appinstitutes/instmain.aspx

— https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

— http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/

— http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/

— http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx

— http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure

— http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx

— http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts

— http://www.scottishambulance.com/AboutUs/HowWeOrganised.aspx

— http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm

— https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations

— http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm

— http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland

— http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1

— http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/dsd_contact_us/dsd_our_offices.htm

— http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/index/procurement-2/cpd/cpd-policy-and-legislation/ni-pp-policy/cpd-list-of-bodies-public-procurement-policy-applies.htm

— http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-336664

— http://www.police.uk/forces.htm

— http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html

— http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm

— http://www.scottish.police.uk/

— http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga07-home.htm

— http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs

— http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland

— http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html

— http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/

— http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx

— http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx

— http://www.oscr.org.uk/

— http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7175736

— http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx

— http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/Search/search_Auth.aspx

— http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644

— http://www.supc.ac.uk/engage/our-members/our-members

Organisations wishing to access NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance.

Further information can be found at:

https://www.qtegov.com/systems/nepocms.nsf/vLiveDocsTitle/OJEU%20Framework%20Permissible%20Users

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice