Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
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
Individual Placement and Support Programme
Reference number
NCCT42711
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council has been awarded grant funding by the Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) to participate in the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care initiative. The project is called Working Well Norfolk (WW - Norfolk) and the aim of WW - Norfolk is to support people with disabilities in to, and to stay in, work. This contract is for an Activity Delivery Partner (ADP) to deliver WW - Norfolk across the county, in accordance with the funding terms set out by the DWP. This will enable the continued growth of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) model of supported employment services.
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: £2,206,332
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH17 - Breckland and South Norfolk
- UKH16 - North and West Norfolk
- UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk County Council has been awarded grant funding by the Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) to participate in the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care initiative. The project is called Working Well Norfolk (WW - Norfolk) and the aim of WW - Norfolk is to support people with disabilities in to, and to stay in, work. This contract is for an Activity Delivery Partner (ADP) to deliver WW - Norfolk across the county, in accordance with the funding terms set out by the DWP. This will enable the continued growth of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) model of supported employment services.Norfolk County Council (NCC) tendered for a lead provider to deliver the WW - Norfolk service for Norfolk residents. The service, funded by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), will provide support for 1100 Norfolk residents between 1 October 2023 and 31 March 2025.The WW - Norfolk service will sit within the NCC Growth and Development suite of programmes and delivery and is expected to take place in co-locations within a range of primary and community NHS health services and professionals. Participants will come from two distinct cohorts:• Out of work participants who require assistance and support to move into competitive employment; and• In work participants who are off sick or struggling in the workplace due to their disability / health condition.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
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
The contract was let on a fixed budget for a fixed number of eligible Participants and as such only quality was evaluated during the tender process.
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: 2023/S 000-017180
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
NCCT42711
Title
Individual Placement and Support programme
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31 August 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 8
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 8
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Seetec Pluss Limited
Hockley
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH3 - Essex
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,206,332
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,206,332
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
A 20% proportion of the contract will be subcontracted. Standguide Group of Ashton-Under-Lyne will deliver full end-to-end services across King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, which equates to 20% of total participants in accordance with Norfolk County Council’s indicative service volumes.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
nplaw
Norwich
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.