Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Islington Council
7 Newington Barrow Way
London
N7 7EP
Contact
Strategic Procurement
Telephone
+44 2075278118
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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
2122-0032-C Youth Services at Lift and Rose Bowl sites
Reference number
DN574797
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Youth Services at Lift and Rose Bowl sites, Summerversity and the Emotional Wellbeing Service. A Direct Access Social Prescribing Service is also required with funding secured for the first 12 months and the expectation to extend a further six (6) x 12 months, subject to funding availability.
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: £4,620,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Service 1: Deliver a youth work offer from Lift and Rose Bowl
• Develop, deliver and host a high quality, innovative and interconnected programme of
youth work activities, spaces and multi-agency support services for young people's
development.
• Provide significant additional social value, e.g. to support young people’s employment.
• Work closely with the other providers and three locality networks to shape and support the
delivery of high quality youth work across the borough, in line with the identified needs.
• Develop a close working relationship with Targeted Youth Support (TYS) and other
Children’s Services departments to ensure that disengaged and more at risk young people
receive the support they need at Lift and Rose Bowl.
• Be an ‘outward facing’ provision, which assertively seeks to engage young people who have
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not previously been reached by the universal youth work offer, through working with locality
networks and other community and grassroots groups.
• Deliver the Summerversity, Launchpad and Emotional Wellbeing Services.
Service 2: Deliver a social prescribing offer for young people linked to the youth work offer
• Build on the learnings from the pilot phase of the service, identify features of an effective
social prescribing model to meet the wellbeing needs of young people within the 11-25 age
range, intervening at the earliest point, and focusing on young people living with long-term or
physical health conditions and/or Special Educational Needs.
• Adopt a flexible approach to targeting the service according to the recognised need locally.
This may involve expanding or altering referral partners as the service develops.
• Signpost referrals from clinical mental health services appropriately and provide for unmet
need through a non-clinical pathway focused around social and emotional wellness and
prevention of mental ill-health.
• Continue to promote understanding and support for social prescribing approaches to mild
to moderate mental health needs among referring organisations, such as the importance of
wellbeing conversations.
• Embed the service within the community, including informing and participating in the
Locality Youth Networks to work collaboratively with other stakeholders.
Service 1: Total annual contract budget is £590,000, equating to a total maximum contract
budget of £4,130,000 should all extensions be implemented.
Service 2: Total annual contract budget is £70,000. Funding is currently secured until 31
January 2023 (the first year of service delivery), with the expectation to extend a further six (6) x 12 months, subject to funding availability. This equates to a maximum contract budget of £490,000 should all extensions be implemented.
This contract is being procured under the Light Touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers) and is initiated by a contract notice. However what the Council has designed is essentially the Open Procedure but with the potential for negotiation at the end, similar to the Competitive procedure with negotiation.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Proposed approach to working as part of Young Islington / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Proposed approach to delivering social value / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Proposed approach to safeguarding, early intervention and earliest help within multi-agency context / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Proposed approach to contract mobilisation / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: Proposed approach to delivery and development of delivery of the Emotional Wellbeing and the Direct Access Social Prescribing services / Weighting: 5
Cost criterion - Name: Financial forecast in line with the length of the service contract including consideration of the COVID and post-COVID context / Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
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: 2021/S 000-025626
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
2122-0032-C Youth Services at Lift and Rose Bowl sites
Title
2122-0032-C Youth Services at Lift and Rose Bowl sites
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19 November 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Isledon Arts CIC
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £4,620,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Islington Council
London
Country
United Kingdom