Notice Information
Notice Title
WSCC-Day Opportunities and Prevention Services 2025
Notice Description
Day Opportunities and Prevention services for people with a Learning Disability, Physical and Sensory Impairment, Acquired Brain Injury and/or Autism. Horsham and Crawley - DIMENSIONS CARE LIMITED - Preventative Community Hubs and Day Opportunities (Lot 1 provision) Complex Needs Day Opportunities - THE APULDRAM CENTRE, GUILD CARE, and FERRING COUNTRY CENTRE LIMITED (Lot 2 provision)
Procurement Information
In accordance with Section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023, The Council is proceeding with a direct award of contracts following an unsuccessful competitive tendering procedure. A competitive tendering process was conducted in 2024, with the tender period closing on 1st March 2024. Despite the publication of the tender and the invitation for suppliers to submit tenders or requests to participate, no suitable tenders were received for the relevant areas of service. As a result, it was not possible to award the contract through the standard competitive procedure. Section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023 permits a contracting authority to switch to a direct award procedure where suppliers were invited to submit tenders or requests to participate, but that no suitable tenders or requests were received. The Council confirms that all the conditions under Section 43 have been met. Accordingly, the Council is applying Section 43 to proceed with a direct award for the relevant contracts. As this tender was completed under the previous The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, none of the suppliers being awarded contracts have supplier identifier information and identification register combination has not been registered.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d3dd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068873-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, 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
- SME, VCSE
- 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
- £3,583,573 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £3,583,571 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 27 Oct 20251 months ago
- Contract Period
- 10 Nov 2025 - 30 Jun 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active, Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Procurement and Contract Management Team
- Contact Email
- bsdprocurement@westsussex.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHICHESTER
- Postcode
- PO19 1RQ
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
- Delivery Location
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
-
- Local Authority
- Chichester
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chichester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068873-2025
28th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068488-2025
27th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068416-2025
27th October 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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