Contract

Sensory Inclusive School Environments Pilot

  • South Tyneside Council

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

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-015929

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-043b53

Published 21 May 2024, 8:25am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

South Tyneside Council

Town Hall,Westoe Road

SOUTH SHIELDS

NE332RL

Contact

Karen Dixon

Email

karen.dixon@southtyneside.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1914244052

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC22 - Tyneside

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://southtyneside.gov.uk/

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

Sensory Inclusive School Environments Pilot

Reference number

S8601

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our Local Offer for children and young people with SEND and our current involvement with the Delivering Better Value Programme, we are seeking an experienced external specialist organisation in sensory processing and integration therapy to deliver our Sensory Inclusive Environments Pilot. This pilot will consist of:

- Supporting the development of setting wide policy guidance for schools/settings

- Developing resources for schools/settings

- Delivering face to face and recorded training for professionals

- Supporting schools/settings in assessing their environments with a view to making them more sensory inclusive

- Completing assessment of children and young people with complex sensory processing needs that may require specific techniques and strategies to support them.

We will ask the successful organisation to work closely with our Access & Inclusion Service and our schools/settings to deliver the above, providing written reports for settings and an evaluation at the at the end of the pilot period with recommendations for how to implement learning across all schools/settings.

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: £125,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC22 - Tyneside
Main site or place of performance

Borough of South Tyneside

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is a 13 month contract commencing 1 August 2024 expiring 31 August 2025.

The contract sum has been set at £125k for the period of the contract.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-005455


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 May 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Treetops Occupational Therapy Ltd

Eldon Road

Newton Aycliffe

DL5 6UL

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC14 - Durham CC
Companies House

4167617

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £125,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £125,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

The review body is South Tyneside Council, Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL.