Residential Assessment, Stabilisation and Detoxification Services in Cornwall

CPV: Health and social work services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

4 Mar 2021, 17:44 GMT

Last source update

4 Mar 2021, 17:44 GMT

Authority reference

DN220412

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-004389

Classification (CPV)

Health and social work services

Delivery area

South West (UKK3)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

Due to a lack of a local and national market provision which is a nationally recognised problem, the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Drug and Alcohol Action Team was successful in securing a capital grant of £1.5m from the Department of Health Tier 4 Capital Build programme in 2009 to build a local Assessment, Stabilisation and Detoxification service for adults. The service opened in 2010, operating to a specification and contract drawn up by CIOSPCT (the DAAT team). Prior to this, placements were made out of area, with very poor patient experience and outcomes. Several years of attempts to stimulate the market locally, and over the borders, had been unsuccessful, hence the national capital build fund. This contract has been in place since 2015 and the current contract will end 31 March 2021.

Cornwall Council are proposing to evoke The Public Contract Regulations 2015, regulation 32. (2 (b)(ii) i.e. directly awarding a contract to an economic operator without prior publication on the grounds that competition is absent for technical reasons.

There are no alternative services within the county and the risk of making placements outside of the county is that they do not achieve good outcomes or experiences for service users and potentially put service users at additional risk as well as not offering value for money and impacting adversely upon our carbon footprint.

• Bosence Farm Community LtdAwarded supplier 69 Bosence Road, Townshend, Hayle, South West, TR27 6AN

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