Award

Short Term Enablement

  • Suffolk County Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-002232

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-039a5e

Published 25 January 2023, 8:32am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Suffolk County Council

Endeavour House, Russell Rd

IPSWICH

IP12BX

Contact

Hilary Anderson

Email

hilary.anderson@suffolk.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH14 - Suffolk

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.suffolk.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

Short Term Enablement

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Short-term enablement for people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (LD & A), some of whom may also have Mental Health issues.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

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

Value excluding VAT: £993,214.50

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH14 - Suffolk

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Direct award a block contract to incumbent supplier for a period of 18 months from 3rd April 2023.

The contract will be for a Short-term Enablement for people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (LD & A), some of whom may also have Mental Health issues. However, the service will aim to have a greater focus on 1) preventing people from requiring longer-term support and, 2) short-term crisis intervention.

Market Engagement for a future procurement is expected to commence during October 2024.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The direct award contract period is to allow Suffolk County Council to undertake a strategic review and evaluation of the current service prior to undertaking market engagement during October 2024

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

12 January 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Leading Lives

12 Great Whip Street

Ipswich

IP2 8EZ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH14 - Suffolk
Mutuals Public Register

31457R

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

Yes

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

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £993,214.50


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Suffolk County Council

Ipswich

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the

point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This

period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting

authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has

not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide

for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to

take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must

be brought promptly.