Contract

Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance Recovery Needs

  • NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL
  • Gateshead Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-005168

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04e1f2

Published 14 February 2025, 2:13pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL

Civic Centre

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE

NE18QH

Contact

Julie Backhouse

Email

julie.backhouse@newcastle.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC22 - Tyneside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.newcastle.gov.uk

one.1) Name and addresses

Gateshead Council

Gateshead

Email

TitiKristiani@Gateshead.Gov.UK

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC22 - Tyneside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.gateshead.gov.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

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

Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance Recovery Needs

Reference number

P-008758 / C-013254

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Changing Lives service known as Ridley Villas provides a Specialist Supported Service for Women (with children) with Substance Recovery Needs across Newcastle and Gateshead. The service is jointly commissioned between Newcastle City Council and Gateshead Council (NCC is the lead commissioner).

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: £656,250

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Specialist supported accommodation for women with children with substance recovery needs.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

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

Explanation:

There was limited capacity from the market to respond to the requirements of this contract and therefore it was proposed to negotiate directly with the current provider to put new arrangements in place.

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 February 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The Cyrenians operating as Changing Lives

Gateshead

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Charity Commission (England and Wales)

500640

The contractor is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £656,250


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Newcastle City Council

Civic Centre

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE1 8QH

Country

United Kingdom