Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
Wakefield One Po Box 700,Burton Street
WAKEFIELD
WF12EB
Contact
Karen Towers
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE45 - Wakefield
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Housing Related Support - Pathways. Reference number: DN243201
Reference number
DN243201
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Main site or place of performance
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
The Assessment Pathway will comprise of:
- Preventing Rough Sleeping Service;
- Assessment Centre;
- Short term Supported Housing.
Key aims will be:
- To meet the needs of rough sleepers and prevent rough sleeping in Wakefield.
- To create an opportunity to identify and understand a person's support need and identify the most appropriate
support for them.
- To support people to overcome barriers to gaining a tenancy.
- To promote independent living skills and increase the service user's ability to manage and maintain a
tenancy.
- To support people to address needs around their mental health, substance misuse and/or offending
behaviour.
- To create opportunities for change and progression.
- To promote positive approaches to health and wellbeing.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
48
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2017/S 205-423847
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
1
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
2 October 2017
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
The Riverside Group Ltd
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD72 - Liverpool
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £2,870,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The successful suppliers may be required to participate in the achievement of community well-being and
positive outcomes for its customers as well as promotion and achievement of social and economic growth and
environmental and sustainability policy objectives where this is required by the Contracting Authority in the
contract documentation
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Council of the City Of Wakefield
Wakefield
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
seven.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Main site or place of performance
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
The Assessment Pathway will comprise of:
- Preventing Rough Sleeping Service.
- Assessment Centre.
- Short term Supported Housing.
Key aims will be:
- To meet the needs of rough sleepers and prevent rough sleeping in Wakefield.
- To create an opportunity to identify and understand a person's support need and identify the most appropriate
support for them.
- To support people to overcome barriers to gaining a tenancy.
- To promote independent living skills and increase the service user's ability to manage and maintain a
tenancy.
- To support people to address needs around their mental health, substance misuse and/or offending
behaviour.
- To create opportunities for change and progression.
- To promote positive approaches to health and well-being.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
48
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£2,870,000
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
The Riverside Group Ltd
Liverpool
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKD72 - Liverpool
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
The modification is permitted under Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The additional services to be provided by the Service Provider between 1st April 2021 and 31st March 2022, which were not included in the initial procurement, have become necessary owing to receipt by the Council of the RSI grant funding.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
A change in contractor cannot be made for economic and technical reasons. As set out in the Relevant Circumstances (above), the Council currently commissions preventing rough sleeping services (forming part of The Assessment Pathway). The initial procurement in respect thereof concluded in 2017, before details of the RSI grant funding were known to the Council. The Service Provider is currently responsible for the provision of preventing rough sleeping services in the Wakefield district, and it is fundamental that all elements of the services are effectively integrated and managed together to ensure service delivery is effective. Since 1st April 2018 the Service Provider has built rapport with rough sleepers (including those rough sleepers who are harder to engage), and relationships with other agencies, and a change of contractor in respect of the additional services would not be conducive to maintaining that rapport and relationships.
Even where those difficulties could be overcome (which, as explained above, the Council considers not to be possible, or certainly not to the detriment of service users), this would inevitably result in significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs. In particular, the introduction of a second contractor would likely lead to duplication of services being provided and the need to monitor the activity of two contractors and the interface between the two, both providing a similar service to the same service users, would impose cost and resource demands on the Council, which the Council is not able to meet.
The increase in the price of the Contract does not exceed 50% of the original value.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £10,640,000
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £10,809,098