Tender

IA2457 Child Exploitation and Missing Children Service

  • Staffordshire County Council
  • Stoke-on-Trent City Council
  • Staffordshire Police, Fire & Rescue & Crime Commissioner

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-005889

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02b582

Published 3 March 2022, 2:33pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Staffordshire County Council

Staffordshire Place 2, Tipping Street

Stafford

ST162DH

Contact

Helen Fry

Email

helen.fry@staffordshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7815708702

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKG24 - Staffordshire CC

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.staffordshire.gov.uk

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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.