UK-Southend-on-Sea: Health and social work services.

Preliminary Questions
This notice is published by:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1702534026, Fax. +44 1702215110, Email: procurementops@southend.gov.uk
Contact: Corporate Procurement
Main Address: www.southend.gov.uk
NUTS Code: UKH31

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
Regional or local authority

I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
General public services


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: 0-5 Services.
Reference number: Not Provided

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
85000000 - Health and social work services.

II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.1.4) Short Description: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council are publishing this VEAT Notice to inform the market that they intend to extend an existing contract with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in relation to 0-5 Services by a twelve month period, to explore the delivery of an integrated children’s service. The extension to the 0-5 Service will provide The Council with a sufficient period of time to run a comprehensive procurement process, with the new service to commence on 1 April 2019.

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 2,459,856
Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
Not provided

II.2.3) Place of performance:
UKH31 Southend-on-Sea


II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
This VEAT Notice is to inform the market of our intention to extend, by 12 months, an existing contract with EPUT for 0-5 Services.
The current contract for the 0-5 Service covers:
•Health Visitors
•Family Nurse Partnership
•Health support for MARAT (Specialist Health Liaison & Safeguarding)
•Health support for First Contact team – pilot (Health Liaison Officer Service)
The current contract was inherited from NHS England, is due to expire on 31 March 2018.
The 12 month extension will allow The Council to align the expiry date of the 0-5 Service contract with contracts currently commissioned by Southend CCG, and allow a full range of options to be considered for the commissioning of an integrated children's service with a contract start date of 1st April 2019.
The services fall within chapter 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) and are, therefore, not bound by all of its requirements.

II.2.5) Award criteria
(Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)

Not provided


II.2.11) Information about options:
Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

II.2.14) Additional information:
Not provided

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below

IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2)Administrative Information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
Notice number in OJ S: Not provided

Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession

Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided Lot Number: Not Provided Title: Not Provided

V.2) Award of contract/concession

V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 20/02/2018.

V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No .

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT)
The Lodge, Lodge Approach, Runwell, Wickford, SS11 7XX, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UKH3
The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: No


V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
Initial estimated total value of the contract: 2,459,856
Total value of the contract/lot/concession 2,459,856
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting:
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No


Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.3) Additional Information:
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.paessex.gov.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=303682994
GO-2018221-PRO-11947164 TKR-2018221-PRO-11947163
VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review Body
High Court
High Court, Royal Court of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom

V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not Provided .

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 21/02/2018


Annex D1 - General Procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/24/EU


2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation

Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is
lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive: (500 words maximum)
The contract was inherited from NHS England and the contracted services required fall within chapter 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) and are, therefore, not bound by all of its requirements.