Official UK procurement notice
Adult & Young Carer Service and Special Educational Needs & Disability Advice Service
Authority: Sunderland City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAdult & Young Carer Service: The Service offers an open referral system and will receive referrals from and for Adult and
Young Carers within the city.
The Service will complete Carer's Assessments on behalf of the Local Authority and
prescribe services to support Carer's within the remit of the Care Act as required following
an initial triage of the referral.
The Service will engage and support Young Carers and their Family to meet the regulations
and guidance in relation to the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Care Act 2014.
Special Educational Needs & Advice Service:
To provide a free, impartial and confidential information, advice and support. This must cover
initial concerns or identification of potential SEN or disabilities, through to ongoing support
and provision, which may include an Education Health and Care plan (EHC Plan). The service
will ensure children, young people and parents/carers are provided with information and
advice on matters relating to SEN and disability.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Feb 2025, 11:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Feb 2025, 11:56 GMT
- Authority reference
Adult & Young Carer Service & SENDIASS- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005555- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e330Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
- Published justification
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition under regulation 32(2) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the following reasons:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to an open procedure.
Explanation: A negotiated procedure without prior publication (direct award) was followed in accordance with regulation 32(2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as there was no suitable tenders submitted in response to an open procedure issued under Find a Tender reference 2023/S 000-029040 . The services are essential requirements of the Council and are needed to support adults and young people.
The incumbent provider Sunderland Carers Centre has been awarded the contracts as there was no interest from the market and no compliant tender submissions. Sunderland Carers Centre have been delivering the services for a number of years and hold the required skills, experience and knowledge to deliver this Contract.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland Carers CentreAdult & Young Carer Service | £4,170,996 † | — | Awarded |
| Sunderland Carers CentreSpecial Educational Needs & Disability Information Advice Service | £270,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Adult & Young Carer Service · Sunderland Carers Centre
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2024
- Value
- £4,170,996
- Status
- active
Special Educational Needs & Disability Information Advice Service · Sunderland Carers Centre
- Signed
- 26 Mar 2024
- Value
- £270,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult & Young Carer Service: The Service offers an open referral system and will… | 2bids | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £4,517,160 – £4,890,996 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- City of Sunderland CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sunderland Carers CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.