- Scope of the procurement
- Lot 3 - Investigating Officers (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
- Lot 4 - Independent Persons (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
- Lot 5 - Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
- Lot 6 - Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
- Lot 7 - Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council
Civic Centre
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
NE18QH
Contact
Margaret Morgan
margaret.morgan@newcastle.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC22 - Tyneside
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
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
NEPO605A - Children's Advocacy, independent people for Children and Adult Complaints and Secure Reviews (P-007452 / C-012113) - OPENING 3 (November 2023)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Newcastle City Council (''the Lead Authority'') acting as the lead authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, has awarded a Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) for:
Lot 1 - Children's Advocacy,
Lot 2 - NOT USED
Lot 3 - Investigating Officers (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot 4 - Independent Persons (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot 5 - Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot 6 - Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot 7 - Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
This Notice is for Opening Three of this Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) and the Council is inviting tenders for Lots 3 - 7 only.
The North East regional governance arrangements have determined that this is a non-mandatory collaborative exercise, and as a result, Local Authorities can 'opt-in' to the six different elements of the solution, with some Local Authorities choosing to continue to purchase some of these services through other local arrangements.
The Participating Local Authorities 'opting in' to the initial phase of this solution will be:
1. Darlington - all elements
2. Durham - all elements except Children's Advocacy
3. Gateshead - all elements
4. Hartlepool - all elements
5. Middlesbrough - all elements
6. Newcastle (Lead Authority) - all elements
7. North Tyneside - all elements
8. Northumberland - all elements except Children's Advocacy
9. Redcar & Cleveland - all elements
10. South Tyneside - all elements
11. Stockton - all elements, and
12. Sunderland - all elements
Local Authorities who have 'opted out' for any Lot at this initial period of the solution may 'opt-in' to use the solution during its term.
The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org.
This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list.
NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services.
A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below:
https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users
Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance.
Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org
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 3 - Investigating Officers (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may be delivered virtually from elsewhere within the UK.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Investigating Officers (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2x 12 month option to extend
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 4 - Independent Persons (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may be delivered virtually from elsewhere within the UK.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Independent Persons (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2x 12 month option to extend
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 5 - Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may be delivered virtually from elsewhere within the UK.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 5 - Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2x 12 month option to extend
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 6 - Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may be delivered virtually from elsewhere within the UK.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Lot 6 - Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2x 12 month option to extend
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot 7 - Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may be delivered virtually from elsewhere within the UK.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2x 12 month option to extend
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
30 November 2023
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
1 December 2023
Local time
9:00am
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Newcastle City Council and North East Procurement Organisation
Newcastle
Country
United Kingdom