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Published 22 Nov 2024, 16:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NEPO603 - Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services (C-012130) - Opening 6

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)

6 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 10 Jan 2025
Lots 6see the lot list below
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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 description

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.

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 published
Shared scope across all lots

Applies 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
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3x 12 month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Extra Support Placements
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3x 12 month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Enhanced Support Placements
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3x 12 month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Parent and Child / Baby Placements
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3x 12 month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #5Parent and Child / Baby Assessment Placements
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3x 12 month options to extendVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #6Staying Put Arrangements
Delivery: North East · Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area.
Extensions: 3x 12 months options to extendVariant bids: not allowed

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)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04be36 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Proactis / ProContract · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Language: EN
Submission deadline
10 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Jan 2025, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Nov 2024 → 13 Jan 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    22 Nov 2024, 16:55 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    10 Jan 2025, 17:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    13 Jan 2025, 09:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, North East, NE18QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.