NEPO603 - Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services (C-012130) - Opening 3

Concepts

• newcastle upon tyne
• health and social work
• independent foster care services
• the social and other specific services procurement route
• nepo603 - tyne-tees independent foster care services
• opening of the flexible procurement agreement
• the participating authorities for services
• the services
• care
• tyne

Location

Primarily the North East of England, however the Participating Authorities recognise that services may need to be delivered outside of this area

Description

Newcastle City Council ("the Lead Authority'') is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North-East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of a bespoke Flexible Procurement solution under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. The bespoke flexible procurement solution will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract), for Independent Foster Care Services. This Flexible Procurement Agreement will open regularly to accept applications from new Providers. This is the third Opening of the Flexible Procurement Agreement which can be found on Find a Tender Award Notice 2022/S 000-017849 and subsequent corrigendum 2022/S 000-018030. The Participating Local Authorities are seeking to appoint multiple Providers to deliver Services for the provision of Independent Foster Care Services on a non-exclusive basis. The Provider acknowledges that, in entering this Flexible Procurement Agreement (the Contract), no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee has been granted by the Participating Authorities for Services from the Provider and that the Participating Organisations are at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any of the Services. The Lead Authority are carrying out the Opening of this bespoke Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. This means that the Lead Authority will invite all interested parties to tender as a single stage.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Newcastle City Council (''the Lead Authority'') is acting as the lead authority on behalf of the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of the procurement of this Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract). 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 will be: 1. Darlington, 2. Durham, 3. Gateshead, 4. Hartlepool, 5. Middlesbrough , 6. Newcastle (Lead Authority), 7. North Tyneside, 8. Northumberland, 9. Redcar & Cleveland, 10. South Tyneside, 11. Stockton, and 12. Sunderland. 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 will be 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) including but not limited to Government Departments and their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Central Government, NHS Bodies, Local Authorities, Emergency Services, Coastguard Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Registered Social Landlords and Registered Charities who have a need to purchase the above services. Please see the following websites for further details: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/recognised-bodies http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php http://www.ukschoolsdirectory.net https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone http://hwb.wales.gov.uk/ https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-i... http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/institutions/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/heis/ http://www.hefce.ac.uk/workprovide/unicoll/fecs/ http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.hscni.net/index.php?link=trusts http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/gov.htm http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/local-councils-in-northern-ireland http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/02/2421/1 https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/contact https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procur... https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.police.uk/forces/ http://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html http://www.psni.police.uk/index.htm http://www.scotland.police.uk/ https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency http://www.fireservice.co.uk/information/ukfrs http://www.gov.scot/Topics/archive/law-order/Police/PoliceServiceofScotland http://www.fire.org.uk/fire-brigades.html http://www.nifrs.org/areas-districts/ http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-socia... http://directory.scottishhousingregulator.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx https://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-regeneration/publications/registered-social... https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/About_us/Regulation/Registering_charities_i... http://www.oscr.org.uk/ https://idea.org.uk/ http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharitis/register homepage.aspx http://www.sell3wales.gov.uk?Search/search_Auth.aspx http://www.communities.gov.uk/newsroom/factsandfigures/housingplanning1/ facts/socialhousing/?id=1822644 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