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

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
       Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1702215000, Fax. +44 1702215110, Email: procurement@southend.gov.uk
       Contact: Corporate Procurement
       Main Address: www.southend.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKH31

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.5) Main activity:
      General public services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Southend Treatment and Recovery Service            
      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 we intend to award a contract to cgl following unsuitable tenders received in response to an open procedure.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 5,145,833
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UKH31 - Southend-on-Sea
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      Southend-on-Sea
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: In June 2017 a notice was published to run an open tender under reference 2017/S 110-221851 for Drug and Alcohol Early Intervention, Treatment and Recovery System in Southend-on-Sea. The contract was split out into 5 different lots and following extensive evaluation and clarification processes from the tenders that were received, and due to the interdependency between the service elements, the Council was not able to award any contracts for lots 1-4 in isolation, but have awarded a conract for lot 5. Therefore a negotiated procedure was necessary and undertaken with the incumbent provider to ensure continuous service provision for vulnerable service users.

The services fall under the Light Touch Regime. The justification for the choice of negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with regulation 32, is no suitable tenders were received in response to an open procedure.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 0
            

      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 (please complete Annex D1)


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

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: 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 the OJEU: 2018/S 32-70512
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Southend Treatment and Recovery Service

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 01/02/2018

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             change, grow, live (cgl)
             3rd Floor, Tower Point, 44 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YR, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UKH31
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 5,145,833
         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=306736653

   VI.4) Procedures for review

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

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: 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: 14/03/2018




ANNEX D

   1. Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 of Directive 2014/24/EU

      No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to:open procedure

            
      
      The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: No

      Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

      Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive: No

      New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive: No
            Service contract to be awarded to the winner or one of winners under the rules of a design contest: No
      

      Purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms: No


   3. Explanation
          In June 2017 a notice was published to run an open tender under reference 2017/S 110-221851 for Drug and Alcohol Early Intervention, Treatment and Recovery System in Southend-on-Sea. The contract was split out into 5 different lots and following extensive evaluation and clarification processes from the tenders that were received, and due to the interdependency between the service elements, the Council was not able to award any contracts for lots 1-4 in isolation, but have awarded a contract for lot 5. Therefore a negotiated procedure was necessary and undertaken with the incumbent provider to ensure continuous service provision for vulnerable service users.

The services fall under the Light Touch Regime. The justification for the choice of negotiated procedure without prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with regulation 32, is no suitable tenders were received in response to an open procedure.