Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Birmingham City Council
Council House, 1 Victoria Square
Birmingham
B11BB
Contact
Commercial and Procurement Services
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG31 - Birmingham
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main 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
Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service
Reference number
P0547_2024
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The vision for the new children and young people's drug and alcohol service is to have an integrated service model with wider children and young people services. It will provide a range of young person-centred, sensitive, and trauma-informed services to CYP who may be at risk of substance misuse or currently experiencing substance related harm.
The service will be structured to support Children and Young People with three tiers of provision: Universal, Targeted and Specialist.
The Service will deliver a Public Health approach to address poor health outcomes of substance misuse and promotes health transitions into adulthood.
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: £7,483,546
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The vision for the new children and young people's drug and alcohol service is to have an integrated service model with wider children and young people services. It will provide a range of young person-centred, sensitive, and trauma-informed services to CYP who may be at risk of substance misuse or currently experiencing substance related harm.
The service will be structured to support Children and Young People with three tiers of provision: Universal, Targeted and Specialist.
The Service will deliver a Public Health approach to address poor health outcomes of substance misuse and promotes health transitions into adulthood.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process.
The core contract value is £7,483,546. Grant funding of approximately 10% of the contract value (£7,483,546) has been confirmed for Year 1 and will be made available to the Provider for service delivery. Grant funding for additional years is subject to availability of National Grant.
The Most Suitable Provider that has been identified through the process is the existing Provider. The intention is to award the contract to the Provider to deliver the new service which is not changing considerably from the previous.
The proposed contract start date is 3rd April 2025 for a 5 year period with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria / Weighting: 100%
Price - Weighting: 0%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 3rd April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
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
21 March 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Aquarius Action Projects
236 Bristol Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham
B5 7SL
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
Companies House
2427100
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £7,483,546
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 3rd April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Representations should be sent etendering@birmingham.gov.uk
Details of the award decision-makers:
Director of Public Health in conjunction with Director of Commercial & Procurement (or their delegate) Executive Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer (or their delegate) and the Director of Legal & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate)
There is no conflict of interest identified.
The relative importance key criteria used to make a decision was
80% Quality (Key Criteria excluding SV), 20% Social Value (SV).
Aquarius Action Projects ranked first with reference to assessment of the basic and key criteria set out in Regulation 10 of the 'Most Suitable Provider Process'.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Birmingham City Council
Council House, 1 Victoria Square
Birmingham
B1 1BB
Country
United Kingdom