Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
The Civic Centre, Darwall Sreet
Walsall
WS1 1TP
UK
Contact person: Julie Jones
E-mail: procurement@walsall.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG38
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.walsall.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil/aspx/Home
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
Advocacy Services for ICAS, IMHA and IMCA and DoLS
Reference number: WP3490
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85312300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
An interim contract for the provision of advocacy services for an independent complaints advocacy Service (ICAS) AN Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) An Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) (including the services in relations to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards DoLs).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
262 960.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG38
Main site or place of performance:
Walsall.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Delivery of the following services: Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS) for people aged 16 years old and above who require support to make a complaint about an NHS funded service. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) Service and Inpatient Advocacy Service, for qualifying patients aged 18 plus detained under the mental health act in a secure mental health setting, or provisionally discharged from hospital and those on a community treatment order. Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service for individuals aged 16 plus whom lack mental capacity to make decisions about serious medical treatment or change of accommodation decisions, Section 39 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 as amended. Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Advocacy (IMCA DoLs) for individuals aged 18 plus who have a mental disorder and lack capacity to consent to the arrangements for their care or treatment in circumstances that may amount to a deprivation of liberty but who have no representatives as defined under the mental capacity act deprivation of liberty Safeguards from 1 April 2009.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
It is reported that no other supplier in the market at this time would be in a position to fulfil the offer proposed by the existing supplier given the suppliers involvement as a national key player in the in the code of practice development, their sharing of good practice development towards LPS implementation and access to data sets/information we would not normally have access to ( and free of charge), trialling the transition of individual advocacy roles to create a cross cutting service across the lifetime of the contract – ensuring management oversight, appropriate standards, qualifications and experience — which will achieve better value for money There is requirement and supplier offering of services that are; In addition to existing services already purchased by the Council, could not be accessed from another supplier without significant disproportionate difficulties in the operation of existing services.
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:
2020/S 072-173677
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: Advocacy Services: For ICAS, IMHA, IMCA and DoLS
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
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: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
POWhER
Hertlands House, Primett Road Stevaenage
Stevenage
SG1 3EE
UK
NUTS: UKH23
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 262 960.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/09/2020