Contract

Early Childhood Family Service

  • Norfolk County Council

F20: Modification notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-019782

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03e0a0

Published 11 July 2023, 2:03pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Norfolk County Council

Martineau Lane

NORWICH

NR12DH

Contact

Sarah Hardy

Email

sarah.hardy@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1603223968

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Early Childhood Family Service

Reference number

NCCT41677

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
  • UKH - East of England
Main site or place of performance

Norfolk

two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:

This contract was for a Norfolk wide service to work with families who have children aged 0-5 years and who need extra help to cope with the demands of family life:

- supporting them to help their children achieve their developmental milestones,

- preventing more children from experiencing neglect or emotional harm,

- increasing their social mobility

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 122-298715


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

NCCT41677

Title

Early Childhood and Family Service

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:

29 April 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

Action for Children

2 The Boulevard

Watford

WD18 8AG

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Companies House

2332388

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: £65,000,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Contract was for an initial term of 5 years from 1 October 2019. The Council has the right to extend by a period or periods totalling 6 years. The value of the contract in this notice is the amount if the contract ran to the maximum allowed.

The length of contract in Section VII has been stated as 11 years as this is the maximum the contract can for - starting from 1 October 2019.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Norfolk County Council

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH

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.1.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

seven.1.3) Place of performance

NUTS code
  • UKH1 - East Anglia
Main site or place of performance

Norfolk

seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:

Norfolk County Council contracted for a county-wide service to work with families who have children aged 0-5 years and who need extra help to cope with the demands of family life:

- supporting them to help their children achieve their developmental milestones,

- preventing more child children from experiencing neglect or emotional harm,

- increasing their social mobility

The contract is to be modified to allow for delivery of certain courses/programmes.

seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession

Duration in months

132

seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession:

£65,850,000

seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Action for Children

3 The Boulevard

Watford

WD18 8AG

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH2 - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Companies House

2332388

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):

The contract will be modified to allow the provider to deliver the following courses/programmes: Pathway to Parenting (P2P), Solihull for families with a child with SEND, Solihull for EAL families, a bespoke parenting programme for parents/carers with learning disabilities, domestic abuse programmes, Triple P - Baby, Video Interaction Guidance (VIG), and Learning Together Through PEEP.

seven.2.2) Reasons for modification

Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.

Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:

This requirement has become necessary as part of the family hubs initiative within Norfolk aimed at improving outcomes for children and their families.

This modification is being made under Reg 72 (1) (b). The requirement is very closely aligned to the existing Early Childhood and Family Service and therefore to introduce another provider would result in extra cost. The infrastructure is already in place with the current provider and to introduce another provider would result in duplication especially as mobilisation will be short. Another provider would also result in a fragmented offer to families and run the risk of reducing required outcomes.

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: £65,850,000

Total contract value after the modifications

Value excluding VAT: £65,850,000