Published date: 13 October 2021
This notice was replaced on 24 February 2022
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 24 February 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£4,130,000
Procurement reference
ISL001-DN574797-32603858
Published date
13 October 2021
Closing date
1 November 2021
Closing time
10am
Contract start date
1 January 2022
Contract end date
1 January 2027
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Islington Council invites tender from suppliers for Youth Services at Lift and Rose Bowl sites, Summerversity and the Emotional Wellbeing Service. A Direct Access Social Prescribing Service is also required with funding secured for the first 12 months and the expectation to extend a further six (6) x 12 months, subject to funding availability.
Current status / Background
Over the last 18 months, the Council has been engaging with children and young people, the community and local youth service providers to design a new Young Islington youth offer which will:
Identify, target and reach more vulnerable young people. Reach into different communities to challenge, reduce and eliminate persistent inequality. Be more flexible and responsive to need - mobilising resources around key 'hotspot' areas as necessary. Harness the collective resources of services and communities across Islington.
The new model is based on a strong youth work leadership function, providing support and stimulus for high quality, inclusive youth work delivery across the borough of Islington.
The council is looking for suitable organisations to manage the operation of the youth offer, summer programme and emotional wellbeing services, alongside a separately funded Direct Access Social Prescribing Service. Delivery will be centred on the Lift and Rose Bowl youth spaces.
This is a replacement procurement exercise for the contract previously advertised as 2122-0032 Young Islington - universal youth work offer, Lot 2: Young Islington: Lift and Rose Bowl, Summerversity and the Emotional Wellbeing Service, and Lot 4: Youth Islington: Direct Access Prescribing Service.
For full details, please see the London Tenders Portal, contract reference 2122-0032-C Youth Services at Lift and Rose Bowl sites.
More information
Additional text
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This contract is being procured under the Light Touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of Part 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers) and is initiated by a contract notice. However what the Council has designed
is essentially the Open Procedure but with the potential for negotiation at the end, similar to the Competitive procedure with negotiation. The Open Procedure means that all bidders who successfully express an interest will automatically be invited to tender and have access to the tender documents. Those who submit a tender and meet the minimum requirements (by answering Selection questions) will have their full tender, method statements and pricing evaluated. The council reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of initial tenders without negotiation, and also not to make an award of contract at all.
About the buyer
Contact name
Strategic Procurement
Address
7 Newington Barrow Way
London
N7 7EP
England
Telephone
+44 2075278118
Website
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