Tender

Additional supported accommodation for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People

  • Nottinghamshire County Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-000076

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0394da

Published 3 January 2023, 3:22pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Nottinghamshire County Council

County Hall, Loughborough Road Westbridgford

Nottinghamshire

NG2 7QP

Contact

Mrs Katie Greenhalgh

Email

katie.greenhalgh@nottscc.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1159774761

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF16 - South Nottinghamshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=900395cd-4d8b-ed11-811c-005056b64545

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=900395cd-4d8b-ed11-811c-005056b64545

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Additional supported accommodation for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People

Reference number

DN643351

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) commissioned a service to provide accommodation and support to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) which commenced in August 2022. However, the current demand for supported accommodation outweighs existing capacity and therefore the Council is looking to commission additional supported accommodation for USAC.

The Council is seeking to establish a framework of suitable providers who are able to provide additional supported accommodation for UASC against two lots:

Lot 1: Core and Cluster

Lot 2: Emergency supported accommodation provision

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 1

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 1 - Core and Cluster

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF14 - Nottingham
  • UKF16 - South Nottinghamshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) commissioned a service to provide accommodation and support to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) which commenced in August 2022. However, the current demand for supported accommodation outweighs existing capacity and therefore the Council is looking to commission additional supported accommodation for USAC.

The Council is seeking to establish a framework of suitable providers who are able to provide additional supported accommodation for UASC against two lots.

The UASC service will offer safe accommodation and support to those requiring a planned transition into supported accommodation and to those requiring emergency accommodation further details of the services that will be purchased under the Framework by the Council are as set out in the service specification;

An open multi-provider framework agreement will be put in place which means that during the framework Term the Council may re-open the Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People’s Supported Accommodation Service tender exercise to run further competitive processes to allow new providers to be appointed to the framework.

Bidders may tender for one or more of the following lots:

Lot 1: Core and Cluster - Single Provider Award

Lot 2: Emergency supported accommodation provision - Multi-Provider Award

The framework agreement will be established with an initial duration of 5 years, with option to extend for a further three of up to two-year extensions to a maximum of 11 years with a proposed contract start date of the 1st of April 2023.

This is a new competitive procurement process using an open procedure conducted in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement 2015 Regulations and advertised in the Find a Tender Service Find high value contracts in the public sector - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This opportunity can be accessed via the East Midlands Tenders portal https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Reference DN643351

Please read all the tender documents. If you have any questions, please submit them through the procurement portal using the messaging facility. The deadline for questions prior to tender submission is the 26th of January 2023, this is to allow time for questions to be answered before the deadline.

The closing date for all tenders is at 15:30 hours on the 2nd of February 2023

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in days

60

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

There are three extensions to the framework of up to 2 years each.

Award criteria - please refer to the tender documents : Process Overview.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 2: Emergency supported accommodation provision

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
Main site or place of performance

For this lot, the emergency accommodation can be situated anywhere within the county of Nottinghamshire and also includes accommodation situated in Nottingham City. Out of County placements may also be considered, so bidders must also list the units of accommodation they have within the East Midlands area

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) commissioned a service to provide accommodation and support to Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) which commenced in August 2022. However, the current demand for supported accommodation outweighs existing capacity and therefore the Council is looking to commission additional supported accommodation for USAC.

The Council is seeking to establish a framework of suitable providers who are able to provide additional supported accommodation for UASC against two lots.

The UASC service will offer safe accommodation and support to those requiring a planned transition into supported accommodation and to those requiring emergency accommodation further details of the services that will be purchased under the Framework by the Council are as set out in the service specification;

An open multi-provider framework agreement will be put in place which means that during the framework Term the Council may re-open the Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People’s Supported Accommodation Service tender exercise to run further competitive processes to allow new providers to be appointed to the framework.

Bidders may tender for one or more of the following lots:

Lot 1: Core and Cluster - Single Provider Award

Lot 2: Emergency supported accommodation provision - Multi-Provider Award

Lot 2 Award Criteria: Please refer to the tender document Process Overview for the award criteria for lot 2.

The framework agreement will be established with an initial duration of 5 years, with option to extend for a further three of up to two-year extensions to a maximum of 11 years with a proposed contract start date of the 1st of April 2023.

This is a new competitive procurement process using an open procedure conducted in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement 2015 Regulations and advertised in the Find a Tender Service Find high value contracts in the public sector - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This opportunity can be accessed via the East Midlands Tenders portal https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Reference DN643351

Please read all the tender documents. If you have any questions, please submit them through the procurement portal using the messaging facility. The deadline for questions prior to tender submission is the 26th of January 2023, this is to allow time for questions to be answered before the deadline.

The closing date for all tenders is at 15:30 hours on the 2nd of February 2023

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months

60

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

There are three extensions of up to 2 years each.

Award criteria - please refer to the tender documents : Process Overview.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:

The procurement involves the establishment of an open framework agreement under the light touch regime. The framework agreement will be established with an initial duration of 5 years, with the option to extend for a further three of up to two-year extensions to a maximum of 11 years. The justification for the duration of the framework exceeding 4 years is that the framework agreement has been set as such so that it is consistent with the length of the contract for the Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children service that has already been commissioned and to make the service financially viable for the providers who successfully bid.

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

2 February 2023

Local time

3:30pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The Royal Courts of Justice

The Strand

London

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.eastmidstenders.org/