Contract

Youth Mentoring Services

  • Northumbria Police

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-005560

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03abce

Published 24 February 2023, 1:56pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Northumbria Police

Forth Banks

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE13PH

Contact

Liam Shuttleworth

Email

liam.shuttleworth@northumbria.police.uk

Telephone

+44 7736463090

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC22 - Tyneside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://beta.northumbria.police.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Public order and safety


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Youth Mentoring Services

Reference number

NP0039

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80310000 - Youth education services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

CASPS is a diversion from custody statutory requirement option available to sentencers in Magistrates Courts within the Northumbria area. CASPS will be added to community or suspended sentence orders as a requirement and enforceable through the breach process.

The requirement is available to people aged over 18 who, at the point of sentencing, were eligible and suitable to receive 6 months or less in custody for any offence type.

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: £336,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

CASPS is a diversion from custody statutory requirement option available to sentencers in Magistrates Courts within the Northumbria area. CASPS will be added to community or suspended sentence orders as a requirement and enforceable through the breach process.

The requirement is available to people aged over 18 who, at the point of sentencing, were eligible and suitable to receive 6 months or less in custody for any offence type.

Probation Practitioners will be responsible for the overall management of the sentence, monitoring the compliance with Navigators and support agencies. The Probation Practitioner will create a plan that will take the adult through their sentence. The plan will be designed to address criminogenic and social factors that contribute to the dynamic risks that lead the person to commit offences.

Community Navigators will be tasked with the practical work of motivating those who make up the cohort. They will complete a needs and risk assessment of the individual, create a support plan, refer them to community-based services (e.g. mental health services, sports, recovery college) and provide mentoring and practical support by ensuring engagement and attendance at appointments

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion - Name: Approaches / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Accessibility / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Exit Strategies / Weighting: 20

Quality criterion - Name: Service Delivery Model / Weighting: 10

Quality criterion - Name: Maintain Service / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 10

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

2 x 12 month extensions available


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:

The National Probation Service are the only provider. We have entered into a contract with the North East Probation Service for our requirements.

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

23 November 2022

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

North East Probation Service

Stockton

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC - North East (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

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: £336,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £336,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court for England & Wales

London

Country

United Kingdom