Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 1DH
UK
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/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
Adult Autism Short -Term Support Service
Reference number: NCCT42735
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council wished to award a contract to a suitable Provider to deliver an adult autism short-term social care service. The council wanted to work with a suitably qualified and experienced Provider to work with autistic adults to prevent and reduce social care needs. We looked for an ethical provider that will deliver value for money and a high-quality service and be responsive to the needs of autistic adults. The service will aim to prevent and reduce emerging social care needs through effective short-term interventions (of up to 12 weeks) and improve access to community and universal services preventing the escalation of need.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
11 250 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85310000
85312000
85312400
85312310
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH17
UKH16
UKH15
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk County Council wished to award a contract to a suitable Provider to deliver short-term social care support services to autistic adults. The council wanted to work with a suitably qualified and experienced Provider to work with autistic adults to prevent and reduce social care needs. We looked for an ethical provider that delivers value for money and a high-quality service that will be responsive to the needs of autistic adults. The service will aim to prevent and reduce emerging social care needs through effective short-term interventions (of up to 12 weeks) and improve access to community and universal services preventing the escalation of need. The service will work with autistic adults referred from Norfolk County Council's front door and locality teams to work one-to-one on a specific need (for example to improve daily function, quality of life, overall wellbeing), put in place a light touch plan and review to achieve good outcomes, defined by the service user. The expected outcome of the service is that service users will gain confidence and independence, empowering them to make informed choices about how best to manage and maintain their emerging social care needs and prevent the need for more costly care.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: price
/ Weighting: 30
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
II.2.14) Additional information
The value is an estimate based on the budget and overall duration of the contract including any extensions.
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-019552
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NCCT42735
Title: Short Term Support Service for Adults with Autism
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/09/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 5
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Realise Futures CIC
Ipswich
UK
NUTS: UKH14
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:
: 1 125 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Norfolk County Council - Head Of Procurement
Norwich
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) 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). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/09/2023