Official UK procurement notice
Fostering Agency Framework Agreement 2022
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNorfolk County Council wished to revise the current Framework for Fostering Agencies for existing and new providers. Further to Paragraph 3 of the Best Value Statutory Guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Local Government in September 2011, the Council engaged with the market to further understand options for delivery. The meetings informed providers of our intentions and what we hope to achieve, to ascertain what potential providers see as areas of risk, to discuss the specifications, contractual terms and what (if anything) would stop interested parties from applying. Notes and slides from these meetings were published as clarifications.
- Recurrence: We may wish to reopen the framework and invite new Providers to apply. The timeline for this will depend on client need.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work services with accommodation · Welfare services for children and young people
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 100 suppliers · 9 bids received (0.1 per place) · 9 appointed
- Framework period
5 yrs from 1 Apr 2022, This Light Touch Regime Framework is being let under Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime), under which the Council has flexibility as to the process or procedure to be used when purchasing certain services of which Fostering Services is one.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Standard Foster PlacementCancelledRenewal
Standard Foster Placement aged 0-10 and Standard Foster Placement aged 11+
Lot #2Enhanced Foster PlacementCancelledRenewal
Enhanced Foster Placement aged 0-10 and Enhanced Foster Placement aged 11+
Lot #3ComplexCancelledRenewal
Complex - This lot is for 3a CWD aged 0-10, 3a CWD aged 11+, 3b Parent and Child Foster Placement (all ages)and 3c Step Down (Premium)
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 0
- “Fostering Agency Framework Agreement 2022” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 100 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · We may wish to reopen the framework and invite new Providers to apply. The timeline for this will depend on client need.
- First published
- 10 Dec 2021, 09:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Feb 2022, 15:25 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
NCCT42019- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004832- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ffa8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
Publisher note: The value is an estimate over the duration of the framework agreement including extensions. The exact value will be dependent on need.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Jan 2022, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 20 Jan 2022, 11:05 GMT
Timeline
20 Jan 2022 → 1 Apr 2022 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown20 Jan 2022, 11:00 GMT
- Bids opened20 Jan 2022, 11:05 GMT
- Notice published21 Feb 2022, 15:25 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Feb 2022, 15:25 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Framework Agreement for Foster Agency 2022
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2022
- Value
- £50,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Norfolk County Council - Head of ProcurementReview contact point
- Norfolk County Council - NP LawReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- Beams Foster Care and Family ServicesFramework contractor
- BreakFramework contractor
- By the Bridge (CareTech Community Services Limited)Framework contractor
- Compass Fostering East LimitedFramework contractor
- Foster Care Associates (FCA)Framework contractor
- National Fostering AgencyFramework contractor
- Regional Foster Families LtdFramework contractor
- The Adolescent & Children’s TrustFramework contractor
- To the Moon and Back Foster Care LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria