Official UK procurement notice
NEPO609 - Social Care Research and Information Tool (P-008011 / C-012380)
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle 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 publishedLot #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.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b572Find 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- Submission deadline
- 27 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Apr 2023, 09:00 BST
Timeline
27 Apr 2023 → 22 Feb 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline27 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened28 Apr 2023, 09:00 BST
- Notice published22 Feb 2024, 07:25 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Jul 2023- Status changed to complete10 Jul 2023, 16:30 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Jul 2023, 16:30 BST
- Buyer details updated22 Feb 2024, 07:25 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | £0 – £0 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mark Allen Education Ltd, t/a Community Care InformAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.