Notice Information
Notice Title
Southampton Medical Outreach Service
Notice Description
Southampton City Council is intending to commission Education Services- Medical Outreach Service, with an anticipated start date of 1st September 2025, for a period of 3 + 2 years. Local Authorities have the statutory duty to arrange full (or part time when appropriate to needs) education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would otherwise not receive suitable education (Section 19 Education Act). The Service Provider will provide outreach tuition for between 16 and 24 Southampton pupils who are unable to attend their usual school due to medical needs.
Procurement Information
This Direct Award has been considered in accordance with PA23 Schedule 5, Paragraph 6, where the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Following market research via a Prior Information Notice, the landscape of the sector has not changed and the incumbent service provider is uniquely placed to deliver the contract within the local authority bounds. A change in provider would likely disrupt well-established clinical and educational relationships, risking the loss of institutional knowledge and reducing effectiveness and safety of service delivery to vulnerable pupils. This could compromise both continuity of care and the Council's safeguarding duties. These interoperability and safety concerns confirm that no reasonable alternative provider exists and that a direct award is appropriate under Schedule 5, Paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act 2023. It is intended that a Contract Award Notice will be published Monday 12th May 2025, observing an 8-working day standstill period to conclude at 00:00 on 21st May 2025. Representations during the standstill period should be made to procurementhealthandcareteam@southampton.gov.uk. Representations by providers must be made to the authority by the end of 21st May 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05108d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020388-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- 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
- £1,412,272 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Apr 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@southampton.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- SO14 7LY
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ32 Southampton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Southampton
- Electoral Ward
- Bargate
- Westminster Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020388-2025
12th May 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020347-2025
12th May 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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