Commercial Services: Children's Social Care managed services

UK-West Malling: Health and social work services.

Preliminary Questions
   This notice is published by:
   Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Connect2Hampshire
       Head Office, 1 Abbey Wood Group, Kings Hil, West Malling, ME19 4YT, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1622236697, Email: ian.day@csltd.org.uk
       Contact: Ian Day
       Main Address: www.commercialservices.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Body governed by public law

I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      General public services


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Children's Social Care managed services.
      Reference number: Not Provided
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      85000000 - Health and social work services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice to indicate that in light of the recently increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition. This will be for a maximum of six months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 3,000,000      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not provided

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    Due to increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition. This will be for a maximum of twelve months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding. This interim contract will urgently provide additional capacity to keep the service safe and continue delivering effective interventions whilst a full procurement is undertaken for a longer-term contract. The interim contract will have a maximum value of £3,000,0000 (assuming three full teams in place for the full 12-month period)    
   
   II.2.5) Award criteria
   (Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)
               
    Not provided       
      
      
   II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:    No       
   
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:    No

   II.2.14) Additional information:
    Not provided    
      
Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below         
   
   IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No    
   
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
         
IV.2)Administrative Information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
      Notice number in OJ S: 2022/S 000 - 002688       
   
Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession
      
Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided    Lot Number: Not Provided    Title: Not Provided

V.2) Award of contract/concession
      
      V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 31/10/2023.
      
      V.2.2) Information about tenders
      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No .

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          Innovate (H&SC) Services Ltd, 12230864
       15 Friars Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TD, United Kingdom
       NUTS Code: UK
   The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: No    
   
         
      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
         Initial estimated total value of the contract: 3,000,000          
         Lowest Offer: 1 / Highest Offer: 1,523,000 taken into consideration         
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting:
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No          


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
      To view this notice, please click here:
https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=825631893
GO-20231123-PRO-24576972 TKR-20231123-PRO-24576971   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          Commercial Services
       1 Abbey Wood Road, West Malling, ME19 4YT, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1622236697, Email: ian.day@csltd.org.uk
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
                Commercial Services Kent Ltd
       1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1622236697, Email: ian.day@csltd.org.uk.

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Not Provided    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Commercial Servivces Kent Ltd
       1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, United Kingdom
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 23/11/2023


Annex D1 - General Procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/24/EU


2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

   The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation

   Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is
   lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive: (500 words maximum)
   his is a voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice to indicate that in light of the recently increased volume of work and the challenges to the recruitment of agency and permanent social workers, the Council now needs to award an interim contract for managed service provider to supply up to three Childrens social care CAST teams for The Children & Families branch, without prior publication of a call for competition. This will be for a maximum of 12 months due to the urgent nature of this requirement and the importance of Childrens safeguarding. This notice is being published to inform the market of our intentions to commence a 10 day stand still period prior to the contract being awarded to Innovate (H & S C) Services Ltd (12230864) whose registered office is at 15 Friars Street, Ipswich, IP1 1TD. . This interim contract will urgently provide additional capacity to keep the service safe and continue delivering effective interventions whilst a full procurement is undertaken for a longer-term contract. The interim contract will have a maximum value of £3,000,000 (assuming three full teams in place for the full 12-month period)