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Children's Centres VEAT Notice

KENT COUNTY COUNCIL

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15 Dec 2023 at 15:02

Summary of the contracting process

Kent County Council has awarded contracts for the provision of family hubs in Margate, Thanet and Sheerness, aiming to offer integrated family support services. The procurement process involved a negotiated procedure without a call for competition, with contracts awarded to Millmead Children's Centre Partnership Ltd and Children and Families Ltd CIC. Kent County Council identified the need to secure delivery of Family Hub services in deprived areas due to high levels of deprivation and lack of existing provisions prior to the contracts' end in March 2024.

This procurement presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in health and social work services to engage with Kent County Council's initiative. The chosen businesses will play a key role in providing vital support services to families in areas of high deprivation. Companies experienced in offering family support services, particularly in disadvantaged communities, would be well-suited to compete in this negotiated procurement process led by Kent County Council.

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Notice Title

Children's Centres VEAT Notice

Notice Description

Kent County Council is seeking to directly award two contracts for provision of family hubs in Margate, Thanet and Sheerness, Sheppey in the county of Kent. The Family Hub concept is to provide families with a single access point to integrated family support services. Services will include those that we recognise in Kent as Early Help, linking across Children, Young People and Education, Public Health and the NHS with emphasis on being a one stop shop for help and support for families with social, emotional, physical and financial needs.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The procurement process will be a negotiated procedure without a call for competition. There is a need to award contracts in these areas for 18 months, with an optional break clause after 12 months whilst the wider scoping is undertaken of Family Hub services in Kent and this opportunity will then be competitively tendered.

Procurement Information

Kent County Council is seeking to directly award two contracts to Millmead Children's Centre Partnership Ltd and Children and Families Ltd CIC. This is based on regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-- (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:-- (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, Specifically, that there is a need to secure the delivery of Family Hub services in these areas because The Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) are in two of the most deprived areas in Kent and nationally. Deprivation data from 2019 shows that one of the LSOA's within Sheerness, is 48th most deprived LSOA nationally (out of a total of 32,844 LSOA's nationally) making it within the top 0.2 % of most deprived LSOA's in the country. Similarly, one of the LSOA's within the Dane Valley Ward is the 8th most deprived within Kent (423rd nationally) and nationally sitting within the top 1.3% of most deprived LSOA's. The location of the two commissioned sites as highlighted above are in areas of high deprivation and as such have a high level of need for support services. It is believed that there is currently no other available provision that could be in place prior to the contracts ending in March 2024 to support this need in these deprived areas. Continuing to pilot the Family Hub model in these areas, while the model is finalised is critical to ensuring that the deprivation is not compounded and that the Council is able to gain further insights to aid the development of the model.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04261f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036988-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
£671,615 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Dec 20232 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Mr Jamie Brooks
Contact Email
jamie.brooks@kent.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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
2
Supplier Names

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

MILLMEAD CHILDREN'S CENTRE PARTNERSHIP

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