Educational Psychology - additional capacity

Official notice

Authority: Borough Council of Calderdale (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)

Budget not disclosedValue not published

Awarded 8 Jan 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Psychology Direct

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Service will deliver educational psychology support for children and young people across Calderdale. The Service will have a strong focus on supporting the Council to meet its statutory duties in relation to the provision of educational psychology. In particular, the Service provided must ensure the Council meets its statutory duties in relation to the provision of psychological advice and information to inform Education, Health and Care Plans, (“EHC Plans”) assessments and reviews as outlined in the 2015 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice (“Code of Practice”). The Code of Practice provides statutory guidance on duties, policies and procedures relating to Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014. This Contract is for additional capacity to perform Educational Psychology assessments, advice and support to inform the Education Health and Care (‘’EHC’’) planning process and EHC reviews.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber

85000000 Health and social work services

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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 19 Feb 2024, 17:34 GMT
Last source update: 19 Feb 2024, 17:34 GMT
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-005443
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043b49 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
Published justification: A tender was published on the 19/09/2023 and closed on the 18/10/2023. No bids were received. This is an essential statutory social care service to ensure the Council fulfills it statutory obligations. A Direct Award is deemed necessary and lawful to ensure a continuance of service.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 8 Jan 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Psychology DirectSME	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

Educational Psychology - additional capacity · Psychology DirectSME
Signed
8 Jan 2024
Value
—
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
The Service will deliver educational psychology support for children and young people…	1bids	—	—	£1 – £687,500
Whole notice	—	—	—	£1 – £687,500

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Borough Council of Calderdale

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 184 3147 61 Town Hall, Crossley Street, Halifax, UK, HX1 1UJContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High Court of England and WalesReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Psychology Direct LtdAwarded supplier Epsom, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.