Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Westminster City Council
64 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QP
Contact
tenders@westminster.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street
London
WC2N 5HR
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned 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
Speech and Language Therapy Education Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are embarking on the recommissioning of the Speech & Language Therapy Education service (age 4/5 - 19+).
Working in close partnership with North West London Integrated Care Board as commissioners of the 0-5 service, we are committed to building excellent whole-system pathways to support children at the non-statutory stages (early intervention), and to providing high-quality therapy to those with Education, Health and Care Plans.
The contract will consist of a two part specification for services:
Part 1 – the statutory service and the core universal and targeted offer
Part 2 – an extended, strengthened delivery model for the targeted offer subject to availability of funding
Part 1 will be expected to go live from the contract start date.
Part 2 may be implemented at a later stage (subject to funding) at the sole discretion of the bi-Borough with a 3 month notice period.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £20,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80340000 - Special education services
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
- UKI - London
Main site or place of performance
The City of Westminster & The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are embarking on the recommissioning of the Speech & Language Therapy Education service (age 4/5 - 19+). The contract will consist of a two part specification for services:
Part 1 – the statutory service and the core universal and targeted offer
Part 2 – an extended, strengthened delivery model for the targeted offer subject to availability of funding
Part 1 will be expected to go live from the contract start date.
Part 2 may be implemented at a later stage (subject to funding) at the sole discretion of the bi-Borough with a 3 month notice period.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £20,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 September 2023
End date
31 August 2028
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The Authority reserves the right to extend the term by a period of up to 2 additional years.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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
two.2.14) Additional information
capitalEsourcing reference: itt_WCC_16732 - Speech and Language Therapy Education Services
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.1) Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision
As set out in procurement documents
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As set out in procurement documents
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
3 April 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
3 April 2023
Local time
12:01pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to terminate the process at any time prior to the award of contracts.
The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept any tender received and reserves the right to call for new tenders should it be considered necessary.
The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this contract notice, or the completion or submission of any tender.
The Contracting Authority is procuring on behalf of itself an the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Organisations interested in this opportunity should note the deadline for receipt of bidder clarification requests is 12:00 on 24th March 2023.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Westminster City Council
64 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QP
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Royal Courts of Justice
The Royal Courts of Justice Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
In accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 the Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award decision is communicated to tenderers.
Any action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow an economic operator to apply to the Court to set aside the award decision before the agreement is entered into.