Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Place 2, Tipping Street
Stafford
ST162DH
Contact
Helen Fry
helen.fry@staffordshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7815708702
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
one.1) Name and addresses
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Civic Centre, Glebe Street
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 1HH
helen.fry@staffordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.stoke.gov.uk/site/
Buyer's address
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
one.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire Police, Fire & Rescue & Crime Commissioner
Commissioner's Office, Block 9, Weston Road
Stafford
ST18 0YY
helen.fry@staffordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://staffordshire-pfcc.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
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
IA2457 Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service
Reference number
IA2457
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Staffordshire County Council, Stoke on Trent City Council and the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime wish to jointly commission a Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service.
The Service will directly contribute to the three strategic outcomes of our Pan-Staffordshire Child Exploitation Strategy:
• Children and young people are not victims of Child Exploitation.
• Children and young people are protected from Child Exploitation by parents/ carers, communities, professionals and businesses.
• Children, young people and adults are not perpetrators and/or groomed to facilitate Child Exploitation.
The Service will also be responsible for the delivery of the Return Home Interview (RHI) process across the County and City in line with The Department for Education’s, 2014 Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care.
The provision will offer a flexible approach to meeting the needs of children between 0-17 years and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities beyond their 18th birthday if they have an education health and care plan. The provision will also offer a flexible approach to care leavers beyond their 18th birthday.
The Provider will offer the Service, and/or refer to other agencies where appropriate. The Service must be provided and accessible in each of the eight (8) districts/ boroughs in Staffordshire and in the city of Stoke-on-Trent.
The current contracts, which are in place for the delivery of some of these Services come to an end on 31st August 2022.
Interested suppliers should register on the Proactis e-tendering system: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login and then register an interest in this opportunity.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG23 - Stoke-on-Trent
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Staffordshire County Council, Stoke on Trent City Council and the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime wish to jointly commission a Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service.
The Service will directly contribute to the three strategic outcomes of our Pan-Staffordshire Child Exploitation Strategy:
• Children and young people are not victims of Child Exploitation.
• Children and young people are protected from Child Exploitation by parents/ carers, communities, professionals and businesses.
• Children, young people and adults are not perpetrators and/or groomed to facilitate Child Exploitation.
The Service will also be responsible for the delivery of the Return Home Interview (RHI) process across the County and City in line with The Department for Education’s, 2014 Statutory guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care.
The provision will offer a flexible approach to meeting the needs of children between 0-17 years and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities beyond their 18th birthday if they have an education health and care plan. The provision will also offer a flexible approach to care leavers beyond their 18th birthday.
The Provider will offer the Service, and/or refer to other agencies where appropriate. The Service must be provided and accessible in each of the eight (8) districts/ boroughs in Staffordshire and in the city of Stoke-on-Trent.
The current contracts, which are in place for the delivery of some of these Services come to an end on 31st August 2022.
Interested suppliers should register on the Proactis e-tendering system: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login and then register an interest in this opportunity.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £5,069,025
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Start date
1 September 2022
End date
31 August 2027
two.2.14) Additional information
The Agreement term will be from 1st September 2022 to 31st August 2024 with an option to extend for a further three (3) twelve (12) month periods from 1st September 2024 to 31st August 2025 and from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026 and from 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2027. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions of Contract as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the Authority's sole discretion.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.11) Main features of the award procedure
Award criteria
Price - Weighting: 40%
Quality - Weighting 60%
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-011792
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
4 April 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Staffordshire County Council
2 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street
Stafford
ST16 2DH
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers. The award decision process will specify the criteria for the award of the contract, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender(s), and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the Contracting Authority will not conclude the contract. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If an agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages. The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award
decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.