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Published 23 Mar 2023, 12:47 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NEPO609 - Social Care Research and Information Tool (P-008011 / C-012380)

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£163,200published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Apr 2023awarded 10 Jul 2023
Awarded to MA Education and Music Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Newcastle City Council acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisations (NEPO) and it's Member Authorities to establish a contract for a social care research and information tool.

CPV: Internet services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The 12 North East Authorities require a hosted system for the delivery of services for…Awarded

The 12 North East Authorities require a hosted system for the delivery of services for the 12 North East Authorities to provide access to social care training and information for their adult and children social care teams.

Delivery: North East
Extensions: 2 x 12-month options to extendVariant 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
  • Price

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Mar 2023, 12:47 GMT
Last source update
22 Feb 2024, 07:25 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Apr 2023 – …
Authority reference
(P-008011 / C-012380)
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005727
Classification (CPV)
Internet services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b572 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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 the procurement of this Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) for Provision of Independent Foster Care Services. This collaborative arrangement will be open to all twelve (12) NEPO Member Authorities over the life of the Contract, but will predominately be used by the twelve (12) Participating Authorities listed below: 1) Darlington Borough Council, Town Hall, Feethams, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5QT; 2) The County Council of Durham, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL; 3) The Borough Council of Gateshead, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH; 4) Hartlepool Borough Council, Victoria Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8AY; 5) Middlesbrough Borough Council, Town Hall, Corporation Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 9FX; 6) The Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH; 7) Northumberland County Council, County Hall, A197, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2EF 8) The Council of the Borough of North Tyneside, Quadrant, Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, NE27 0BY; 9) Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Redcar and Cleveland House, Kirkleathham Street, Redcar, Yorkshire, TS10 1RT; 10) The Council of the Borough of South Tyneside, Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE33 2RL; 11) Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD; 12) Together for Children Sunderland Limited, Civic Centre, Sunderland, Burdon Road, Sunderland, SR2 7DN; Local Authorities who have 'opted out' for any Lot at this initial period of the solution may 'opt-in' to use the solution during its term. The agreement will be available for use by all NEPO Members. A list of member organisations is available in the About section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org. This agreement will also be made available to all current and future NEPO Associate Members. Current Associate Members are listed in the Associate Member section of the NEPO website at: www.nepo.org/associate-membership/list. NEPO intends to make the resulting agreement available for use by all Contracting Authorities throughout all administrative regions of the UK (as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_index.aspx http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharitis/register homepage.aspx http://www.sell3wales.gov.uk?Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/ facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644 A complete list of permissible users is shown on the NEPO website below: https://www.nepo.org/associate-membership/permissible-users Organisations wishing to access the NEPO agreement will be required to register as a NEPO Associate Member in the first instance. Further information can be found at: www.nepo.org

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Proactis / ProContract · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Language: EN
Submission deadline
27 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Apr 2023, 09:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Apr 2023 → 22 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    28 Apr 2023, 09:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    22 Feb 2024, 07:25 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Jul 2023, 16:30 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    10 Jul 2023, 16:30 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    22 Feb 2024, 07:25 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £163,2001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 2latest 10 Jul 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MA Education and Music Ltd£163,200 †—Awarded
MA Education and Music Ltd——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 019669-2023-1 · MA Education and Music Ltd

    Signed
    10 Jul 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 005727-2024-1-1 · MA Education and Music Ltd

    Signed
    2 Jun 2023
    Value
    £163,200
    Status
    active
    • Change Update to contract award value, Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: At the time of the original award notice was published it was unknown what level of service would be purchased. The Contract was awarded on the basis that Participating Council would determine their level of license purchased. These levels have now been determined.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic0—£0 – £0

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Newcastle City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Barras Bridge, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, North East, NE1 8QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.