Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Department of Justice - Youth Justice Agency
c/o CPD, 303 Airport Road West
BELFAST
BT3 9ED
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/topics/youth-justice
Buyer's address
https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
ID 4860538 - DoJ – YJA - Provision of Healthcare/Nursing Services for Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre is part of the Youth Justice Agency for Northern Ireland and is the only custodial facility for children and young people remanded or sentenced by the courts. Woodlands has been designed as a centre of excellence within a secure environment, offering a wide range of services and support to help prevent young people from re-offending. It provides a safe, secure and stimulating environment for up to 48 boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 17. It also operates as a place of safety with respect to the Police and Criminal Evidence Order. The children and young people cared for within secure environments are often some of society’s most vulnerable. These are young people with high levels of complex needs, who become completely dependent on the system and those professionals who work within it. The YJA wish to engage a contractor to supply registered nurses for the provision of Nursing to staff the Healthcare department at the Juvenile Justice Centre (JJC). The Contract will be for an initial period of one year, with the option to extend for a further one year period. Please refer to the Specification for full details of the requirements.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
- 79624000 - Supply services of nursing personnel
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre is part of the Youth Justice Agency for Northern Ireland and is the only custodial facility for children and young people remanded or sentenced by the courts. Woodlands has been designed as a centre of excellence within a secure environment, offering a wide range of services and support to help prevent young people from re-offending. It provides a safe, secure and stimulating environment for up to 48 boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 17. It also operates as a place of safety with respect to the Police and Criminal Evidence Order. The children and young people cared for within secure environments are often some of society’s most vulnerable. These are young people with high levels of complex needs, who become completely dependent on the system and those professionals who work within it. The YJA wish to engage a contractor to supply registered nurses for the provision of Nursing to staff the Healthcare department at the Juvenile Justice Centre (JJC). The Contract will be for an initial period of one year, with the option to extend for a further one year period. Please refer to the Specification for full details of the requirements.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Duration in months
12
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria
Selection and Award criteria are as stated in the procurement documents.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
29 September 2023
Local time
3:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This competition is for Schedule 3 Social and Other Specific Services of the Public Contracts. Regulations. 2015. Regulations 5(1) (d) and 74 to 76 are applicable.. Neither CPD nor the Department of Justice can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The estimated. contract value is a broad estimate only; it includes additional quantum for unforeseen demand and to future proof. The estimate is not deemed to be a condition of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated. Contract monitoring: the successful Contractor(s) performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a Contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of written. warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance, and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance will result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken. by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. The Authority expressly reserves the rights: . (i) not to award any contract as a result of the. procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure. of the tendering competition; (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice and (iv) to award. contract(s) in stages. And under no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by Candidates.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued.
N/A
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.