Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Plymouth City Council
Crownhill Court, Tailyour Road
Plymouth
PL6 5DH
jointcommissioning@plymouth.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK41 - Plymouth
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's 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
Resettlement Support Services
Reference number
DN683724
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
An innovative, trauma-informed service that provides place-based,
person-centred support. The service will provide advice and guidance to assist persons with
recourse to public funds arriving through all government managed resettlement schemes or
granted leave to remain via the asylum systems. The aim of the service will be to support
individuals to settle and integrate into the host community.
We envision the outcomes of this contract to be to: assist service users to meet their
aspirations and feel socially included, build on a persons’ assets and attributes to enable
them to participate and contribute fully in society
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: £2,413,000.84
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK41 - Plymouth
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The services are health and social care services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of
the Regulations but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within
Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
We engaged with providers to work collaboratively as partnerships who have the capability
and capacity to take part in the delivery.
The EOIs received and the market engagement activities were used to help the
Commissioners finalise their commissioning and contracting approach for these services, as
well as, to inform the decision on whether to proceed to a procurement process directly with
the engaged parties.
The procurement process consisted of two stages:
(1) Stage 1 – Suitability Assessment - The aim of this stage was to test the capability and
capacity of potential provider collaborations and to identify whether there was more than one
capable provider partnership.
The evaluation criteria for this pass/fail Suitability Assessment was set out in procurement
documents were issued to the engaged parties;
(2) Stage 2 was:
A partnership “Assurance Process” with a single group, as only one capable provider
partnership was identified at Stage 1.
The evaluation criteria for Stage 2 was set out in the procurement documents issued to engaged parties who were successful at Stage 1;
The contract let as part of this commissioning process is for a period of 4 years, with the option to extend by up to a further 5 years.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 0
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 0
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The initial contract has been let for 4 years with 2 options to extend for 2 years plus a further option to extend for 1 year (max 9 years in total)
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
For the Assurance Stage of the process the criteria was PASS/FAIL i.e. no weightings
The following thresholds were applied:
Affordability (Price) - £ 2200000
Quality - 'Good' (Score 3)
Social Value 'Good' (Score 3)
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-023106
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
PEO23085
Title
Resettlement Support Services
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
P.A.T.H (Plymouth Access To Housing) Limited
Plymouth
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKK41 - Plymouth
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,200,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,413,000.84
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
Country
United Kingdom