Contract

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

  • CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-000152

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03043e

Published 5 January 2022, 9:59am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL

WESTFIELDS

SANDBACH

CW111HZ

Contact

Janet Ellison-Jones

Email

janet.ellison-jones@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1270686456

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD62 - Cheshire East

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.cheshireeast.gov.uk

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

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

Reference number

W1299

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Service contract for Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £2,000,000 / Highest offer: £2,500,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD - North West (England)
Main site or place of performance

Cheshire East

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Locum Educational Psychologists are required to complete bespoke psychological assessments contributing to the Council's statutory duties in relation to Education, Health and Care Plans.

Professional application of bespoke psychological services to fulfil some aspect of the Council's statutory duties relating to EHCNAs towards decision making around issuing EHCPs.

Work involved: Consultation, observation, administering a range of psychological assessments (where feasible), interpretation and analysis of data, identifying and outlining objectives and recommendations. Liaising with setting, parents / carers and other services to co-ordinate and support where deemed helpful in the course of their reportage.

Work commissioned is bespoke pieces of assessment.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Initial 2 year contracts offered with 3 x 12 month options to extend.

Up to 5 years in total, should extensions be exercised.

two.2.14) Additional information

There is a national shortage of EPs. It is therefore incredibly difficult to locate and commission suitably qualified and experienced EPs and Locum EPs.

The Council is implementing a number of parallel strategies that will reduce the level of Needs Assessments and external resource over this 5 year period.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The regulation being relied upon is regulation 32(b)(ii), (iii) e.g. where:

• Competition is absent for technical reasons e.g. no reasonable alternative

• substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-031943


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No1

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Dr Helen Regan Psychology

Wolverhampton

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £100,000 / Highest offer: £250,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No2

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Vahey Associates Limited

York

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £258,000 / Highest offer: £645,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No3

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Sheelagh McHugh

Davenham

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £184,000 / Highest offer: £460,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No4

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Wendy Rydzkowski Psychology

Warrington

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £48,000 / Highest offer: £120,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No5

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Aspire Educational Psychology Services

Preston

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £20,000 / Highest offer: £50,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No6

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Murray Psychology

County Durham

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £20,000 / Highest offer: £50,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No7

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Plumanicca Psychology

Lanarkshire

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £27,000 / Highest offer: £67,500 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No8

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Dr LJ Kirven Ltd

Derbyshire

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £35,000 / Highest offer: £87,500 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No9

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Psychology 360

Leicestershire

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £55,000 / Highest offer: £137,500 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No10

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Psychology Share Ltd

South Humberside

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £50,000 / Highest offer: £125,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No11

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Siobhan O'Hagan Psychology Limited

Cheshire

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £43,200 / Highest offer: £108,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No12

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Hobson Psychology

Chester

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £24,000 / Highest offer: £60,000 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No13

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Dr Rachael King

Northwich

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £59,000 / Highest offer: £147,500 taken into consideration


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

W1299 No14

Title

Provision of Educational Psychologist Services

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 October 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Juliett Prescott

Macclesfield

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £48,000 / Highest offer: £120,000 taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

There are 14 contracts to date to be agreed/updated.

Depending on extensions taken up or not subject to resource being available, over time, there may be additional EP's commissioned under this VEAT to the max value of £2.5m over the full potential 5 year period.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

WC2 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Cheshire East Borough Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point that the information of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SINº 102) provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules total action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).