Awarded contract

18/0790 Community Based Youth and Family Services

  • Moray Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2023/S 000-016264

Published 8 June 2023, 11:58am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Moray Council

High Street

Elgin

IV30 1BX

Email

procurement@moray.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1343563137

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM62 - Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.moray.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00160

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

18/0790 Community Based Youth and Family Services

Reference number

18/0790

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Help children and young people 10-18 years achieve their full potential and to help them develop important life skills through non-formal educational activities. The service will also help them to gain a better understanding of themselves, others and society by providing a safe, non-judgemental and nurturing environment.

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: £1,066,490

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85310000 - Social work services
  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM62 - Inverness & Nairn and Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey
Main site or place of performance

Moray-wide

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This service will provide support to children who are voluntarily involved with services and children who are looked after, care experienced, within the child protection planning process and those children and young people who are identified through the child planning process as being on the edge of care. The service will also support parents and carers of the children / young people referred.

The service provider will deliver;

- an individual / one-to-one advice and guidance service,

- intensive crisis support to be agreed on a case by case basis,

- work with children / young people early help, who are on the edge of intensive support through one to one work or group sessions (if appropriate),

- group work sessions in respect of emerging needs e.g. gender orientation, health, sexual or mental health and wellbeing, social skills etc. to be agreed in advance with the area and service managers. Group work sessions should be available in a local base and facilitated at a time that meet the needs of the children, young people and their families.

- a family work service which the focus and frequency will be agreed in advance through the identification of outcomes for each individual and confirmed at a monthly Youth & Family Services Resource Panel meeting,

- the service will provide support for children and young people in their attendance at formal meetings and also where appropriate advocate for them,

- children and young people accessing this service will be supported to join activities in the wider community and make use of resources available to the public e.g. swimming pool, parks and where gaps are identified to create as part of the service provision etc.

- a parenting programme to promote, develop and strengthen the relationships between parents and their children, in order to improve outcomes relating to families remaining together.

- look to create programmes of support through the school holidays to sustain positive working relationships with young people and provide a range of activities either in groups or one to one,

- A support to children and young people as they negotiate key life transitions e.g. a move from family home to become looked after or a move back to the family home, a move from primary to High School, a move from High School to Further Education, training and employment.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality Criteria / Weighting: 70

Price - Weighting: 30

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

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.


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: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-035966


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

18/0790

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

12 May 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Aberlour Child Care Trust

135 Fifty Pitches Road

Glasgow

G51 4EB

Telephone

+44 7717535819

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKM - Scotland
The contractor is an SME

No

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

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,066,490


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

The Moray Council are an associate partner in the Supplier Development Programme http://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/home.aspx which provides a range of specialist business support activities including the provision of advice, information and training support including webinars with the aim of assisting businesses to become more capable of accessing and competing for public sector contracts.

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six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Elgin Sheriff Court

Sheriff Courthouse, High Street

Elgin

IV30 1BU

Email

elgin@scotcourts.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 343542505

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://scotcourts.gov.uk/