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title: "Resettlement Support Services"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL"
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# Resettlement Support Services

Buyer: PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03edf9

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## Summary

Plymouth City Council has completed the procurement process for Resettlement Support Services in the health and social work services category. The contracting process involved a selective procurement method with a two-stage evaluation process. The contract, awarded to P.A.T.H Limited, is aimed at supporting individuals in settling and integrating into the host community. The contract duration is 4 years, with the possibility of extension for up to 5 years, providing opportunities for businesses that can deliver high-quality social care services.

A new tender has been released by Plymouth City Council for Resettlement Support Services, offering a contract worth £4,050,000 in the health and social work services category. This tender is part of a restricted procurement procedure with electronic submission. The contract aims to improve housing access, self-sufficiency, cultural competency, and health outcomes for individuals. Businesses specialising in refugee support services and community integration would be well-suited to compete, with a focus on partnership delivery and social impact.

## Notice

An innovative, trauma-informed service that provides place-based, person-centred support. The service will provide advice and guidance to assist persons with recourse to public funds arriving through all government managed resettlement schemes or granted leave to remain via the asylum systems. The aim of the service will be to support individuals to settle and integrate into the host community. We envision the outcomes of this contract to be to: assist service users to meet their aspirations and feel socially included, build on a persons' assets and attributes to enable them to participate and contribute fully in society

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The services are health and social care services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). We engaged with providers to work collaboratively as partnerships who have the capability and capacity to take part in the delivery. The EOIs received and the market engagement activities were used to help the Commissioners finalise their commissioning and contracting approach for these services, as well as, to inform the decision on whether to proceed to a procurement process directly with the engaged parties. The procurement process consisted of two stages: (1) Stage 1 - Suitability Assessment - The aim of this stage was to test the capability and capacity of potential provider collaborations and to identify whether there was more than one capable provider partnership. The evaluation criteria for this pass/fail Suitability Assessment was set out in procurement documents were issued to the engaged parties; (2) Stage 2 was: A partnership "Assurance Process" with a single group, as only one capable provider partnership was identified at Stage 1. The evaluation criteria for Stage 2 was set out in the procurement documents issued to engaged parties who were successful at Stage 1; The contract let as part of this commissioning process is for a period of 4 years, with the option to extend by up to a further 5 years. Additional information: For the Assurance Stage of the process the criteria was PASS/FAIL i.e. no weightings The following thresholds were applied: Affordability (Price) - PS 2200000 Quality - 'Good' (Score 3) Social Value 'Good' (Score 3)

Options: The initial contract has been let for 4 years with 2 options to extend for 2 years plus a further option to extend for 1 year (max 9 years in total)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020430-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Aug 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,050,000 |
| Lots value | £4,050,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,413,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | PLYMOUTH |
| Post town | Plymouth |
| Postcode | PL6 5DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK41 Plymouth |
| Local authority | Plymouth |
| Electoral ward | Budshead |
| Westminster constituency | Plymouth Moor View |
| Delivery location | TLK41 Plymouth |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | P.A.T.H (PLYMOUTH ACCESS TO HOUSING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 4 Jul 2024 at 12:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020430-2024
- 8 Aug 2023 at 14:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023106-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.plymouth.gov.uk
- http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/
- http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

## Provenance

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