Leeds Sensory Impairment Support Service

Official notice

Authority: Leeds City Council - PACS (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)

Awarded value£6,587,200published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 Mar 2023no call for competition

Awarded to BID Services

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The provision of a Sensory Impairment Support Service for Leeds. The service will support individuals who are deaf, hearing impaired, blind, sight impaired, Deafblind or have Dual Sensory Loss.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber

Extensions: up to 36 months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: 29 Jun 2023, 18:53 BST
Last source update: 29 Jun 2023, 18:53 BST
Authority reference: 61856
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-018599
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ddad Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: In November 2022, Leeds City Council published an invitation to tender inviting companies to bid to supply Sensory Impairment support services. The opportunity was published on YORTender (the Council's e-tendering service platform) and Contracts finder.
The procurement attracted 9 expressions of interest on YORtender and only 2 submissions were received. The evaluation was carried out in line with the advertised criteria and only one of which was viable (being the supplier listed on this notice). This service is niche, and the low level of tender submitted this time reflects historic trend from previous competitive exercises.
It is at award stage that it was identified that the notice was not published on the FTS due to a human error. Publishing on the FTS is a mandatory requirement for tenders over the relevant threshold and should be published here before it is published on Contracts Finder
The Council is of the view that given the low level of responses for this contract historically, the number of interests it originally generated Vs number of response received that the number of respondents would not be different, and that the evaluation carried out was fair, open and transparent. The publication of this notice is to rectify the non-publication and to award based on the exercise that did take place with some advertising.
Consultation with Procurement Legal took place and this publication is intended to publish the outcome of the competitive tender exercise.
Publishing on the FTS is a mandatory requirement for tenders over the relevant threshold as well as publishing awards

Publisher note: In November 2022, Leeds City Council published an invitation to tender inviting companies to bid to supply Sensory Impairment support services. The opportunity was published on YORTender (the Council's e-tendering service platform) and Contracts finder. The procurement attracted 9 expressions of interest on YORtender and only 2 submissions were received. The evaluation was carried out in line with the advertised criteria and only one of which was viable (being the supplier listed on this notice). This service is niche, and the low level of tender submitted this time reflects historic trend from previous competitive exercises. It is at award stage that it was identified that the notice was not published on the FTS due to a human error. Publishing on the FTS is a mandatory requirement for tenders over the relevant threshold and should be published here before it is published on Contracts Finder The Council is of the view that given the low level of responses for this contract historically, the number of interests it originally generated Vs number of response received that the number of respondents would not be different, and that the evaluation carried out was fair, open and transparent. The publication of this notice is to rectify the non-publication and to award based on the exercise that did take place with some advertising.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £6,587,2001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
BID ServicesSMESubcontracting: declared	£6,587,200 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Leeds Sensory Impairment Support Service · BID ServicesSME
Signed
29 Mar 2023
Value
£6,587,200
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leeds City Council - PACS

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS11URContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The High Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

BID ServicesAwarded supplierGB-CHC: 1053184 Deaf Cultural Centre, Ladywood Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 8SZ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.