Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
The Town Hall, Ramsden Street
Huddersfield
HD12TA
Contact
Emma Hanley
Telephone
+44 1484221000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE44 - Calderdale and Kirklees
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Kirklees Intervention and Support Service (KMCAS-118)
Reference number
KMCAS-118
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE44 - Calderdale and Kirklees
Main site or place of performance
Borough of Kirklees
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
The contracting authority secured funding from the Government's Life Chances Fund. The LCF was launched in July 2016 with the objective of tackling entrenched social issues and helping those who face the most significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives. The fund is structured as a social impact bond ('SIB'') and channels external investment into interventions to tackle social issues.
Investors are then repaid by local authorities on the basis of specified social outcomes being achieved.
As such, the contracting authority used a PIN as a call for competition to seek expressions of interest from economic operators, with the relevant experience and ability, to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Intervention and Support Service ('KISS') (the 'Service'), to develop through a SIB via collaboration with an investment partner.
The service has been developed through a social impact bond ('SIB') via collaboration with an investment partner, Bridges Fund Management. Bridges Fund Management worked with KMC to co-design and develop the intervention and support service, to improve outcomes and life chances for vulnerable people which will then reduce the likelihood of their future need to access costly crisis interventions.
Bridges Fund Management have set up Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnership (KBOP) as a social enterprise to act as an 'economic operator' responsible for commissioning specialist service providers to deliver the Kirklees Intervention and Support Service (KISS). KBOP will be the prime contract with the council and will sub contract with frontline delivery providers.
The contract was awarded by a process akin to the competitive procedure with negotiation. The total estimated outcome payments of the contract are up to a maximum of £22,300,000 over the life of the contract. This project is being co-funded by the Life Chances Fund and amounts include their top up contribution.
There will be a requirement that the terms and conditions of the Life Chances Fund Award are met. This is a payment for outcomes contract, and the rate card has been developed and agreed in partnership between the Council and Bridges Fund Management.
The duration of the contract will be up to 60 months, with all outcome payments being drawn down by 30/09/2024. The contract will commence 02/09/2019 with an operational period end date of 31/03/2024, and a contract expiry date of 3 months after the operational period on 30/06/2024. There is an option to extend the operational period for a further period of 6 months.
The strategic and operational drivers for developing the service include:
- improving preventative services and outcomes for some of our most vulnerable and chaotic residents, to move towards more hopeful, healthy, socially connected and economically active lives,
- reducing the use of costly crisis intervention services across the public sector (in housing, social care, criminal justice, welfare and health), releasing resources to deliver cost effective preventative services,
- to drive innovation and test new ways of commissioning services by collaborating with investment and third sector partners - benefiting from our collective expertise, challenge and shared resources - to investigate and evidence using a SIB approach, and
- to provide a more holistic, inclusive service that removes inefficiencies, duplications, artificial competition and gaps in addressing need in the legacy housing support that KISS will replace is described below.
The programme will be expected to provide support for up to 6300 service users over the duration of the contract, at a rate of approximately 1260 per annum.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
60
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2019/S 172-420312
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
KMCAS-118
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
1 September 2019
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnership (KBOP)
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
11670120
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £22,300,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKE44 - Calderdale and Kirklees
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
The same services prior to the contract modification.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
78
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£26,066,898
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnerships (KBOP)
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
Companies House
11670120
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
Extension of the Contract beyond the maximum expiry date of 31/03/2025 by a further 12 months to 31/03/2026.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.
Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:
Uncertainties around the future of the service and funding availability prevented the contract from being re-tendered during 2024/25.
The current contract has been extended by a further 12 months to 31/03/2026, beyond the contractual extension provision to allow further time to conduct an analysis of the service outcomes and obtain the relevant decisions/approvals determining the future of the KISS contract.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £24,433,449
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £26,066,898