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Published 3 May 2024, 11:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Intention to Award of WP3996 - Parent-infant Emotional Wellbeing Counselling Service

Official notice

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£225,000≈ £300k / year
Submissions closed 17 May 2024awarded 12 Jun 2024
Awarded to Murray Hall Community Trust Limited
Contract term 9 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 20 Jun 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Walsall Council's is seeking to procure a provider for a Parent-infant Emotional Wellbeing Counselling Service. The Council wishes to deliver qualified counsellor sessions to pregnant and postnatal parents and care givers in relation to the infant's and the parent/s / care givers relationship within the context of their family. The aim is to support the quality of that parent-infant relationship building and support where this is stressful or needs strengthening.

CPV: Community health services · Counselling services · Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Council wishes to deliver qualified counsellor sessions to pregnant and postnatal…Awarded 9 moPublished value£225,000

The Council wishes to deliver qualified counsellor sessions to pregnant and postnatal parents and care givers in relation to the infant's and the parent/s / care givers relationship within the context of their family. The aim is to support the quality of that parent-infant relationship building and support where this is stressful or needs strengthening.

This notice is to confirm the intention of Walsall Council to award a contract under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Competitive Process.

The contract start date will be 1st July 2024 until 31st March 2025, with the option to extend by a further 2 x 12 months at the discretion of the Relevant Authority and pending attaining further grant funding.

This is a new service.

Contract period: 20 Jun 2024 – 31 Mar 2025 (9 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Walsall
Extensions: 2 x up to 12 month extension optionsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Criteria: 80%
  • Price/Value for Money: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Criteria: 80
  • Price/Value for Money: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
3 May 2024, 11:24 BST
Last source update
27 Jun 2024, 09:15 BST
Award evaluation window
17 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
WP3996
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-019613
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesCounselling servicesHealth services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG38)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045724 Find a Tender

Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the Standstill Period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 25 June 2024 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Details of the individual making the award decision: Isabel Vanderheeren -Director of Early Help, WR4 and Partnerships The chosen provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria and basic criteria.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
17 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
17 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 May 2024 → 27 Jun 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    17 May 2024, 14:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    18 May 2024, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    20 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    27 Jun 2024, 09:15 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Jun 2024, 14:51 BST
Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using Competitive Process.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £225,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Jun 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Murray Hall Community Trust LimitedSMEParent-infant Emotional Wellbeing Counselling Service£225,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityHealth Civic Centre,Darwall Street, WALSALL, West Midlands, WS11TPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Civic CentreReview body Walsall

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria