Award

Intensive Mentoring

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

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Award

04 Oct 2022 at 12:13

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Kent County Council has recently awarded a contract for the provision of Intensive Mentoring services to Project Salus CIC. This contract falls under the Health and social work services category, with a total value of £254,512. The procurement method used was a limited Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The decision to award the contract directly was justified due to extreme urgency caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, impacting the availability of providers and creating high demand for well-being services.

This contract for Intensive Mentoring services creates business opportunities for SMEs in the health and social work sector who specialize in providing one-to-one support to young people. Companies with experience in delivering personalised mentoring programmes and community outreach services would be well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future. The direct award approach was chosen to ensure continuity of service delivery and leverage existing community relationships, highlighting the importance of established rapport and capacity considerations in the procurement process.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Intensive Mentoring

Notice Description

Mentoring is delivered through Mentors (both paid and volunteers) who are positive role models who inspire, encourage and guide young people to achieve their potential. They offer personalised one-to-one support to help improve young people's lives. There are several features of effective mentoring programmes and relationships, including the duration of relationships, the quality of monitoring and support for mentors and allowing young people themselves to set the agenda. Some features of quality in mentoring relationships also may impact on outcomes, such as closeness, shared interests and role-modelling.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Mentoring is delivered through Mentors (both paid and volunteers) who are positive role models who inspire, encourage and guide young people to achieve their potential. They offer personalised one-to-one support to help improve young people's lives. There are several features of effective mentoring programmes and relationships, including the duration of relationships, the quality of monitoring and support for mentors and allowing young people themselves to set the agenda. Some features of quality in mentoring relationships also may impact on outcomes, such as closeness, shared interests and role-modelling.

Procurement Information

The coronavirus outbreak has unleashed unprecedented economic and health consequences, the full implications of which are still far from known. Covid-19 was only discovered in December 2019, and as recently as February 2020, there were hopes that the virus could be effectively contained within this country to minimise its effects. Had Covid-19 not developed, the HeadStart programme would have ended and Reconnect funding would have neither been allocated or necessary. Reasons of extreme urgency The decision taken by Cabinet on the 21 July 2022 to extend the Reconnect Programme to 31 March 2023 does not allow enough time to reprocure a new service ahead of the contract end in August 2022 or offer a desirable contract length for providers to wish to enter a procurement process. Commissioners advise that it would be more advantageous to enter a direct award for the following reasons: In the light of the Covid-19 outbreak, there are serious concerns about the high demand for well-being services. Disrupting the current provision and creating a gap in service provision due to mobilisation would further exacerbate this situation. Salus have long established roots and rapport with the local communities they serve with a strong focus on their volunteer mentors being part of both their community support and outreach services. It is this that has enabled them to continue delivering meaningful services when their primary face to face methods of delivery have ceased to be possible. Should an alternative provider be sourced, replicating this without the established relationships, would be extremely challenging, particularly if Covid restrictions were to be reapplied in the new year. With the potential need for TUPE a seven-month contract is undesirable to the market. A range of providers were contacted in a soft market engagement to ascertain if 1) there was an interest in the contract and 2) if the organisations currently had capacity to undertake a formal procurement. Providers were unanimous in saying that capacity was a real issue to engage in a procurement with four out of the five saying at this time they would not be able to spare the resource for such a short-term prospect.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0372c8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027831-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£254,512 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Aug 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MAIDSTONE
Postcode
ME14 1XQ
Post Town
Rochester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ45 Mid Kent
Delivery Location
TLJ4 Kent
Local Authority
Maidstone
Electoral Ward
Penenden Heath
Westminster Constituency
Maidstone and Malling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PROJECT SALUS

Further Information

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