Contract

IA3440 Care and Support Prisons

  • Staffordshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-003291

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04a63d

Published 31 January 2025, 2:02pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Staffordshire County Council

Tipping Street

STAFFORD

ST162DH

Email

commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG24 - Staffordshire CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Homepage.aspx

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

IA3440 Care and Support Prisons

Reference number

IA3440

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 75231230 - Prison services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council aims to ensure improve Service Users remain as independent as possible; have the knowledge to make informed decisions; have choice and be in control of decisions made about their Care; be part of their community; receive Support at the right time through a strength based and personalised Service. The provider delivering the Service, will aim to achieve the following objectives: enhance the quality of life for Service Users with Care and Support needs; delay and reduce the need for Care and Support; ensure Service Users have a positive experience of Care; safeguard Service Users whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from avoidable harm; improve and maintain Service Users health and wellbeing through increased independence, choice, control, dignity, and quality of life; promote independence, and enable the Service User to be an active member of society and their community; provide a strength based support Service, responsive to the needs and circumstances of the Service Users; help maximise independence after illness or disability through working within a rehabilitation, reablement and enablement philosophy; provide a high quality Service in terms of access, the Service Users' experience and outcomes based on evidence of effectiveness; enable Service User satisfaction, enabling Service Users to have a say in how Support and Services could be developed in the future, ensuring meaningful engagement that enables Service Users to have a say about the future development of Services. provide clear information so that Service Users can make informed choices. The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.

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: £1,116,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 75231210 - Imprisonment services
  • 75231230 - Prison services
  • 85300000 - Social work and related services
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance

The details of the Prisons and Approved Premises are as follows: • HMP Brinsford, New Road, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU • HMP Dovegate (IND), Uttoxeter, ST14 8XR • HMP Drake Hall, Eccleshall, ST21 6LQ • HMP Featherstone, New Road Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU • HMP Oakwood (IND), Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7QD • HMP Stafford, 54 Gaol Road, Stafford, ST16 3AW • Staitheford House, 14 Lichfield Road, Stafford, ST17 4JX • HMP Swinfen Hall, Lichfield, WS14 9QS • Wenger House, Albert Street, Newcastle-underLyme, ST5 1HJ

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council aims to ensure improve Service Users remain as independent as possible; have the knowledge to make informed decisions; have choice and be in control of decisions made about their Care; be part of their community; receive Support at the right time through a strength based and personalised Service. The provider delivering the Service, will aim to achieve the following objectives: enhance the quality of life for Service Users with Care and Support needs; delay and reduce the need for Care and Support; ensure Service Users have a positive experience of Care; safeguard Service Users whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from avoidable harm; improve and maintain Service Users health and wellbeing through increased independence, choice, control, dignity, and quality of life; promote independence, and enable the Service User to be an active member of society and their community; provide a strength based support Service, responsive to the needs and circumstances of the Service Users; help maximise independence after illness or disability through working within a rehabilitation, reablement and enablement philosophy; provide a high quality Service in terms of access, the Service Users' experience and outcomes based on evidence of effectiveness; enable Service User satisfaction, enabling Service Users to have a say in how Support and Services could be developed in the future, ensuring meaningful engagement that enables Service Users to have a say about the future development of Services. provide clear information so that Service Users can make informed choices. The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Business Continuity Planning / Weighting: 25%

Quality criterion - Name: Service Delivery / Weighting: 20%

Quality criterion - Name: Implementation & Mobilisation / Weighting: 25%

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10%

Quality criterion - Name: Safeguarding Service Users / Weighting: 20%

Price - Weighting: 0

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

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: 2024/S 000-032037


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

IA3440

Title

Care and Support Prisons

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

31 January 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 16

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Practice Plus Group Health & Rehabilitation services Limited

Reading

RG7 4SA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ11 - Berkshire
Companies House

10498997

The contractor is an SME

No

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,116,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,116,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Staffordshire County Council

Stafford

ST16 2DH

Country

United Kingdom