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Published 15 Nov 2021, 16:10 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Supervised Contact Services

Official notice

Authority: Bedford Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UKEast of England (UKH24)
Published estimate£1,527,145≈ £509k / year0.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2021awarded 18 Feb 2022
Awarded to Barnardo Services Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bedford Borough Council (the Council) is committed to the development of an effective care system, which enables those children and young people who are unable (for whatever reason) to live safely with their family of origin. This will help these children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes and support their timely move to good quality permanent care arrangements outside the care system.Commissioned services will allow the local authority to meet its statutory responsibilities for looked after, and vulnerable, at risk, children and young people. In this context the Council is inviting potential service providers to submit a tender for the provision of a Supervised Contact service.

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work services with accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of Supervised Contact ServicesAwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£1,527,145
Contract period: 1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK, East of England
Extensions: Possibility of extension 01/04/2025 – 31/03/2027 in 2 annual extensionsVariant bids: not allowed
85311000 Social work services with accommodation

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
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Nov 2021, 16:10 GMT
Last source update
18 Feb 2022, 12:36 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Dec 2021 – …
Authority reference
BBC CH 02579
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004644
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSocial work services with accommodation
Delivery area
UKEast of England (UKH24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f6bc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/bedford/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

15 Dec 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    18 Feb 2022, 12:36 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Feb 2022, 12:36 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,522,1321 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Feb 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Barnardo Services Limited£1,522,132 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision of Supervised Contact Services · Barnardo Services Limited

    Signed
    18 Feb 2022
    Value
    £1,522,132
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bedford Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cauldwell St, Bedford, UKContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

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.