Tender

County Durham Children and Young People's Independent Advocacy Service

  • Durham County Council

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

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-025332

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-036731

Published 9 September 2022, 11:30am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Durham County Council

County Hall

Durham

DH1 5UL

Contact

Donna Iley

Email

donna.iley@durham.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC14 - Durham CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.durham.gov.uk

Buyer's address

www.nepo.org

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.nepo.org

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.nepo.org

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned 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

County Durham Children and Young People's Independent Advocacy Service

Reference number

DN618536

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This contract is for a service to ensure that children in need who receive services from Durham County Council's Children's Services and Aycliffe Secure Service have access to independent advocacy services which will ensure they have a say in decisions made about their lives, are enabled to share their concerns about their circumstances, will be listened to and heard and are treated fairly in the course of their contact with the Children's Services.

Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org utilising reference DN618536

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £600,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC14 - Durham CC

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime).

The contract is for the provision of an Independent Advocacy Service for Children and Young People ("the Contract") to Durham County Council .

The Council believes that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) applies to this contract.

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Start date

1 December 2022

End date

30 November 2025

two.2.14) Additional information

The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months from the actual end date, subject to budget and commissioner approval.


Section four. Procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

10 October 2022

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English