Published date: 12 August 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 May 2022, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

NEPO605 - (P-007452 / C-012113) - OPENING 1

Published date

12 August 2022

Closing date

18 May 2022

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

19 May 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Newcastle City Council (''the Lead Authority'') acting as the lead authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, has awarded a contract in respect of the procurement of this Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) for:

Lot 1 - Children's Advocacy,
Lot 2 - NOT USED
Lot 3 - Investigating Officers (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot 4 - Independent Persons (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot 5 - Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot 6 - Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot 7 - Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews

This Notice relates to Opening One of this Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract). Responses are invited for Providers for Lots 3 - 7 only.

The North East regional governance arrangements have determined that this is a non-mandatory collaborative exercise, and as a result, Local Authorities can 'opt-in' to the six different elements of the solution, with some Local Authorities choosing to continue to purchase some of these services through other local arrangements.

The Participating Local Authorities 'opting in' to the initial phase of this solution are:
1. Darlington - all elements except Independent Visitors,
2. Durham - all elements except Children's Advocacy
3. Gateshead - all elements
4. Hartlepool - all elements except Independent Visitors
5. Middlesbrough - all elements except Independent Visitors,
6. Newcastle (Lead Authority) - all elements
7. North Tyneside - all elements except Independent Visitors,
8. Northumberland - all elements except Children's Advocacy
9. Redcar & Cleveland - all elements except Independent Visitors,
10. South Tyneside - all elements
11. Stockton - all elements except Independent Visitors, and
12. Sunderland - all elements

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 is 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).

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


Award information

Awarded date

13 July 2022

Contract start date

19 May 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£0.05

This contract was awarded to 5 suppliers.

Helen Carr

Address

Whitley Bay
Tyne and Wear
NE26 1 RX

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£0.01

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Jackie James

Address

Whitley Bay
Tyne & Wear
NE26 1RX

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£0.01

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Sandra Mitchell

Address

Guisborough
TS14 7PG

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£0.01

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Susan Cawtherley

Address

Saltburn by the Sea
TS12 2XE

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£0.01

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Traci McNally Consultancy

Address

Durham
DH6 4HB

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Value of contract

£0.01

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Becky Polito

Address

Newcastle Civic Centre
Barras Bridge
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
NE1 8QH
England

Telephone

0191 211 5877

Email

becky.polito@newcastle.gov.uk