Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Devon County Council
County Hall, The Annexe, Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
Contact
Mrs Jolene Roberts
Telephone
+44 1392383000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Plymouth City Council
Ballard House, West Hoe Road
Plymouth
PL1 3BJ
Contact
Emma Crowther
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK41 - Plymouth
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
Torbay Council
Castle Circus
Torquay
TQ1 3DR
Contact
Gina Powell
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK42 - Torbay
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
Somerset County Council
County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY
Contact
Julie Breeze
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
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
CP2216-22 Peninsula Residential Children's Homes Flexible Purchasing System (FPS)
Reference number
DN623550
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The aim of this service is to increase sufficiency of high quality placements to enable children and young people to remain as close to their home community as possible.
This is based on the principle of accessing the right placement at the right time. Placements offer an asset-based model of service, where the child or young person is supported to achieve positive outcomes, with a focus on supporting placement stability and Permanence.
The Flexible Purchasing System aims to achieve improved value for money for placing authorities through greater transparency of pricing and competition through call-off. The proposal is for this to be a continually open purchasing system, the aim to speed up the process for new homes to become available for placements by the authorities.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 1 Standard Residential Placements (Individual and Block Placements)
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK23 - Somerset
- UKK4 - Devon
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
These will enable children to live in residential homes, where they will receive high quality care in a safe and enriching environment, supporting a broad range of needs, including emotional and behavioural issues, sexualised behaviours, and physical disabilities. Understanding of the difficulties children may have experienced and how this may present, will require a therapeutic parenting approach. Services will be needed for a variety of reasons and durations
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Start date
1 February 2023
End date
31 January 2028
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) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 2 Innovation and Partnership Working (Optional Lot)
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK23 - Somerset
- UKK4 - Devon
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Lot is intended to allow commissioners to design, and with the Suppliers, deliver bespoke services designed to meet complex needs that are not easily met through standard residential care. One way could be through a competitive conversation (detailed within Schedule 3B of the FPS Agreement) to enable specialist support to be put in place in response to a child or young person’s individual needs, with additional elements reflected within the individual placement agreement (IPA). This type of approach will also create scope for targeted, developmental work with our Suppliers to develop a multi-disciplinary model of residential assessment provision for children and young people in crisis, which will focus on meeting the needs of children who experience high placement instability.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Start date
1 February 2023
End date
31 January 2028
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 four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
4 November 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Tender Launch Event:
The Peninsula Authorities will be hosting a virtual -tender launch event meeting via Teams for Residential Children’s Homes. This is purely in relation to the tendering documentation and the procurement process.
If you would like to attend, please email procurementpeople-mailbox@devon.gov.uk to register your interest in this meeting and a link will be sent to you. This email address should only be used for interest in this event.
Date: Friday, 7th October 2022 from 10am – 12pm
Providers will be given the opportunity for Questions and Answers at the event in relation to the tendering process. Any questions in relation to the specification, providers will be directed to the portal to submit the question this way where the commissioning authorities will respond.
Submitting your Tender Application Workshops:
As we appreciate that the submission process will be different to previous tender processes so we will be holding a couple of separate events for Providers in order to support with the application process. These workshops aim to provide practical support and guidance through the steps of completing and submitting your response through the online system.
The date will be: Friday 14th October 2022, 11 – 12pm
Please email procurementpeople-mailbox@devon.gov.uk to book a place