Official UK procurement notice
NEPO603 - Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services (C-012130) - Opening 6
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
Newcastle City Council ("the Lead Authority'') is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North-East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of a bespoke Flexible Procurement solution under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. The bespoke flexible procurement solution will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract), for Independent Foster Care Services. Published lot titles: Standard Support Placements; Extra Support Placements; Enhanced Support Placements; Parent and Child / Baby Placements; Parent and Child / Baby Assessment Placements; Staying Put Arrangements.
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle City Council ("the Lead Authority'') is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North-East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of a bespoke Flexible Procurement solution under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. The bespoke flexible procurement solution will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract), for Independent Foster Care Services.
This Flexible Procurement Agreement will open regularly to accept applications from new Providers. This is the sixth Opening of the Flexible Procurement Agreement which can be found on Find a Tender Award Notice 2022/S 000-017849 and subsequent corrigendum 2022/S 000-018030.
CPV: Health and social work services
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values publishedApplies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
The Participating Local Authorities are seeking to appoint multiple Providers to deliver Services for the provision of Independent Foster Care Services on a non-exclusive basis. The Provider acknowledges that, in entering this Flexible Procurement Agreement (the Contract), no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee has been granted by the Participating Authorities for Services from the Provider and that the Participating Organisations are at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any of the Services.
The Lead Authority are carrying out the Opening of this bespoke Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. This means that the Lead Authority will invite all interested parties to tender as a single stage.
Lot #1Standard Support Placements
Lot #2Extra Support Placements
Lot #3Enhanced Support Placements
Lot #4Parent and Child / Baby Placements
Lot #5Parent and Child / Baby Assessment Placements
Lot #6Staying Put Arrangements
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Nov 2024, 16:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Nov 2024, 16:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Jan 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037910- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04be36Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Jan 2025, 09:00 GMT
Timeline
22 Nov 2024 → 13 Jan 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published22 Nov 2024, 16:55 GMT
- Submission deadline10 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Jan 2025, 09:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.