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Services - 231895-2021
07/05/2021    S89

United Kingdom-Oldbury: Health and social work services

2021/S 089-231895

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Postal address: Freeth Street
Town: Oldbury
NUTS code: UKG37 Sandwell
Postal code: B69 3DE
Country: United Kingdom
Contact person: Independent Sector Management Team, Adult Social Care, Health and Well-being Directorate
E-mail: publichealth_procurement@sandwell.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Alcohol and Drug Services

Reference number: PH0138
II.1.2)Main CPV code
85000000 Health and social work services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

Sandwell Metropolitan Council intend to utilise Regulation 72 (1) (C), to vary the Alcohol and Drug Services contract. The variation has two strands, as detailed below:

1) The following elements will be added to the contract for a period of 12 months:

• enhanced harm reduction: peer-to-peer naloxone provision and additional supply of naloxone; addition of foil within needle syringe packs

• more treatment options: additional supply of the novel long acting opioid substitution therapy provision buvidal;

• increased Integration and improved care pathways: recruitment of a number of referral generation workers and an additional drug outreach worker;

• increased treatment capacity: an additional drug treatment worker;

2) The following element will be added to the contract for the period of 1 June 2021 to 31 January 2023:

• assertive outreach capacity linked to the local Sandwell Blue Light project.

II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7)Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: 13 895 504.56 EUR
II.2)Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
85000000 Health and social work services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: UKG37 Sandwell
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The alcohol and drug services contract was advertised on OJEU in 2017 and awarded in 2018, for a 3-year contract with the option to extend the contract for upto a further 2 years. The total value of the contract across the 5 years including the permissible 2-year extension period is GBP 13 152 124.00.

Following award of the contract multiple minor modifications have been made totalling GBP 302 963.56, utilising Regulation 72(5) (b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, which allows for modifications to a contract as long as the modification does not alter the nature of the contract and falls below the relevant procurement threshold and 10 % of the aggregated contract value.

Following the national spending review for 21/22, the government announced additional funding for England’s drug treatment services which is required to be spent in 2021/22. Sandwell has received an allocated amount of this grant. The receipt of this additional money from government was not foreseen and only announced to local areas in March 2021.

The funding must be spent on a specific menu of interventions focused on reducing drug related crime and reducing drug related deaths.

Many of the permissible spend interventions include expansion or enhancement of existing pharmacological and psychosocial interventions required in the current contract.

The Council intends to vary the current contract by a further amount of GBP 260 953.00 to include provision of the following elements for a period of 12 months:

• enhanced harm reduction: peer-to-peer naloxone provision and additional supply of naloxone; addition of foil within needle syringe packs;

• more treatment options: additional supply of the novel long acting opioid substitution therapy provision buvidal;

• increased integration and improved care pathways: recruitment of a number of referral generation workers and an additional drug outreach worker;

• increased treatment capacity: an additional drug treatment worker.

The Council also intends to vary the existing contract to include assertive outreach capacity linked to the local Sandwell Blue Light project. The value of this variation is GBP 179 464.00 covering the period 1 June 2021 to 31 January 2023. Following an evaluation of the approach it was identified that assertive outreach capacity was needed to help enhance the approach and time limited funding from the local Better Care Fund was secured towards this.

This will mean that the aggregated variation value will be GBP 743 380.56 and will exceed the light touch OJEU threshold.

Therefore, this VEAT notice is to inform the market of the Councils intention to utilise Regulation 72 (1) (C), which allows for modified without a new procurement procedure where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(i) the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen;

(ii) the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract;

(iii) any increase in price does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract or framework agreement.

II.2.5)Award criteria
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

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
  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Explanation:

The alcohol and drug services contract was advertised on OJEU in 2017 and awarded in 2018, for a 3-year contract with the option to extend the contract for upto a further 2 years. The total value of the contract across the 5 years including the permissible 2 year extension period is GBP 13 152 124.00.

Following award of the contract multiple minor modifications have been made totalling GBP 302 963.56, utilising Regulation 72(5) (b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, which allows for modifications to a contract as long as the modification does not alter the nature of the contract and falls below the relevant procurement threshold and 10 % of the aggregated contract value.

Following the national spending review for 21/22, the government announced additional funding for England’s drug treatment services which is required to be spent in 2021/22. Sandwell has received an allocated amount of this grant. The receipt of this additional money from government was not foreseen and only announced to local areas in March 2021.

The funding must be spent on a specific menu of interventions focused on reducing drug related crime and reducing drug related deaths.

Many of the permissible spend interventions include expansion or enhancement of existing pharmacological and psychosocial interventions required in the current contract.

The Council intends to vary the current contract by a further amount of GBP 260 953.00 to include provision of the following elements for a period of 12 months:

• enhanced harm reduction: peer-to-peer naloxone provision and additional supply of naloxone; addition of foil within needle syringe packs;

• more treatment options: additional supply of the novel long acting opioid substitution therapy provision buvidal;

• increased integration and improved care pathways: recruitment of a number of referral generation workers and an additional drug outreach worker;

•increased treatment capacity: an additional drug treatment worker.

The Council also intends to vary the existing contract to include assertive outreach capacity linked to the local Sandwell Blue Light project. The value of this variation is GBP 179 464.00 covering the period 1 June 2021 to 31 January 2023. Following an evaluation of the approach it was identified that assertive outreach capacity was needed to help enhance the approach and time limited funding from the local Better Care Fund was secured towards this.

This will mean that the aggregated variation value will be GBP 743 380.56 and will exceed the light touch OJEU threshold.

Therefore, this VEAT notice is to inform the market of the Councils intention to utilise Regulation 72 (1) (C), which allows for modified without a new procurement procedure where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

(i) the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen;

(ii) the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract.

(iii) any increase in price does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract or framework agreement.

IV.1.3)Information about framework agreement
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 OJ S: 2018/S 043-094356

Section V: Award of contract/concession

V.2)Award of contract/concession
V.2.1)Date of contract award decision:
12/10/2017
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
Official name: Cranstoun
Postal address: Thames Mews, Portsmouth Road, Esher
Town: Surrey
NUTS code: UKJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Postal code: KT10 9AD
Country: United Kingdom
Internet address: www.cranstoun.org
The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: yes
V.2.4)Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: 13 895 504.56 EUR
V.2.5)Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:
VI.4)Procedures for review
VI.4.1)Review body
Official name: Royal Courts of Justice
Town: London
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
04/05/2021