Published date: 15 October 2018

This notice was replaced on 10 October 2019

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Awarded contract (published 10 October 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Youth education services - 80310000

Location of contract

North East, London, South West

Value of contract

£1,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_177914/719926

Published date

15 October 2018

Closing date

2 November 2018

Contract start date

1 July 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The National Citizen Service Trust ('the Trust') is a not-for-profit social enterprise established to shape, support, champion and lead a thriving National Citizen Service.
The Trust is implementing a new service model across 9 regions, running a number of procurements to replace the current supplier contracts.
This procurement is seeking multiple Delivery Partners to deliver the NCS programme in three regions (London, South West, North East), who have the capability to deliver at a minimum number of 117 Programme places.

Key responsibilities include:
- Plan NCS Programme activities and logistics for all phases
- Recruitment and training of a seasonal delivery workforce - NCS programme delivery
- Manage safeguarding, health and safety and incidents
- Optional end-to-end delivery and recruitment

The Contract Term is up to 78 months and includes 3 Programme delivery years with 2 optional one year extensions. Contracts are anticipated to commence in July 2019, with the first delivery period in Summer 2020.

Estimated contract values
Lot 1 - London Lot 1 (Redbridge, Havering, Barking & Dagenham) - £3.2M-£18M
Lot 2 - London Lot 2 (Bexley, Bromley) - £1.5M-£12M
Lot 3 - London Lot 3 (Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames) - £1.6M-£13M
Lot 4 - London Lot 4 (Merton, Sutton, Croydon) - £2.8M-£16M
Lot 5 - London Lot 5 (Enfield, Haringey, Barnet) - £3.2M-£18M
Lot 6 - London Lot 6 (Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Hackney) - £3.2M-£18M
Lot 7 - London Lot 7 (Camden, City of London, Islington, Kensington And Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham) - £1.7M-£13M
Lot 8 - London Lot 8 (Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark) - £2.3M-£15M
Lot 9 - London Lot 9 (Harrow, Brent) - £2.3M-£15M
Lot 10 - London Lot 10 (Greenwich, Lewisham) - £1.8M-£13M
Lot 11 - London Lot 11 (Ealing, Hillingdon) - £2.6M-£16M
Lot 12 - North East Lot 1 (County Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland) - £3.5M - £19M
Lot 13 - North East Lot 2 (Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland) - £2.4M - £15M
Lot 14 - North East Lot 3 (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesborough, Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees) - £1.7M-£13M
Lot 15 - South West Lot 1 (Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole) - £1.9M-£14M
Lot 16 - South West Lot 2 (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, City of, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire) - £2.9M-£17M
Lot 17 - South West Lot 3 (Cornwall, Plymouth, Isles of Scilly) - £2.2M-£14M
Lot 18 - South West Lot 4 (Devon, Somerset, Torbay) - £3.7M-£20M
Lot 19 - South West Lot 5 (Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire) - £3.7M-£20M
The estimated values include the 2 optional extension years, additional potential services and contracted places. This is for guidance on the minimum and maximum thresholds only.

Updated paragraph: Potential Suppliers are not permitted to respond to both the Recruitment Partner & Delivery Partner procurements if they are in the same region, however may respond to both if the regions are different.

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Additional text

The contracts to be awarded by the Trust under this procurement exercise will be subject to the 'light touch regime' pursuant to Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the 'PCR 2015') and as a result the PCR 2015 apply as limited to those provisions.

The estimated contract value for all Lots is anticipated to be between £48M and £299M for all Lots and includes the two optional extension years. These estimated values are not guaranteed expenditure and the Trust considers that the actual costs of the Contract may be less than the maximum value set out here.

Procurement documents, including details of the procurement process, evaluation criteria and key dates are available via the e-sourcing portal, Bravo. Interested parties should register on Bravo to access documents via the URL below.

About the buyer

Address

The Pembroke Building, Kensington Village, Avonmore Road
London
W14 8DG
England

Telephone

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Email

procurement@ncstrust.co.uk