Official UK procurement notice
All Age Advocacy Service and Independent Visiting Service
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of - Lot 1 - All Age Advocacy Service - The service will be required to offer an integrated advocacy service, meeting all the statutory requirements placed on Suffolk County Council for the provision of advocacy. Lot 2 - Independent Visiting Service - To provide an independent visiting service for eligible children in care.We will contract with a single organisation for each Lot who will act as lead partner/organisation and be accountable to us for the full delivery of the contract, including the services delivered by their partners/sub contractors. This is a Light Touch Regime tender. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 10th November 2021. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 27th October 2021 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website
CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Social services · Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · 1 with a published valueLot #1All Age Advocacy ServiceRenewalPublished value£4,850,000
The service will be required to offer an integrated advocacy service, meeting all the statutory requirements placed on Suffolk County Council for the provision of advocacy. We will contract with a single organisation for each Lot who will act as lead partner/organisation and be accountable to us for the full delivery of the contract, including the services delivered by their partners/sub contractors. Additional information: This tender is a Light Touch Regime open tender with negotiation.
Lot #2Independent Visiting ServiceRenewalLot estimate not published
To provide an independent visiting service for eligible children in care. Additional information: This tender is a Light Touch Regime open tender with negotiation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 12 Oct 2021, 00:14 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2021, 00:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
CD1334- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025417- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02eab6Find a Tender
Publisher note: If the Contracting Authority identifies that the scope of this procurement falls within a business sector which may be attractive to infiltration by organised crime groups, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks / requirements at the award stages of the procurement.Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to the tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 10 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Oct 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 5 dates- Notice published12 Oct 2021, 00:14 BST
- Submission deadline10 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened10 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until11 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.