High Needs Study Programme – Approved Provider List
North Yorkshire County Council wishes to procure an approved provider list for a High Needs Study Programme and also Supported Internships.
United Kingdom-Northallerton: Adult and other education services
2019/S 073-172952
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall
Northallerton
DL7 8AD
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mr Tim Wood
Telephone: +44 1609798407
E-mail: tim.wood@northyorks.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKE22
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Approved Provider List for the Provision of a High Needs Study Programme (HNSP) for Young People with Complex Needs (High Needs Learners) and Supported Internships
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The Authority wishes to procure an approved provider list for a High Needs Study Programme and also Supported Internships.
A High Needs Study Programme is a person-centred programme which supports the young person to develop and progress, based on a clear understanding of how each person learns best, strategies that will help them achieve their goals, and the support they require within the learning environment. To access the HNSP, a young person must have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
A supported internship is one type of study programme specifically aimed at young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), who want to move into employment and need extra support to do so.
The contract is for an initial period of 36 months, commencing 1.8.2019 — 31.7.2022. The Authority reserve the right to extend the APL for a further term of 12 months, commencing 1.8.2022 — 31.7.2023.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.1)Title:
High Needs Study Programme
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Authority is committed to developing a consistent fully integrated approach to local High Needs Study Programmes across the County to ensure the needs of those learners requiring such provision are met.
A High Needs Study Programme is a person-centred programme which supports the young person to develop and progress, based on a clear understanding of how each person learns best, strategies that will help them achieve their goals, and the support they require within the learning environment. To access the HNSP, a young person must have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
The Authority will support a young person to access a High Needs Study Programme when there is no local provision that is adequate and sufficient in quantity that can meet the learner’s educational or training needs and that the assessment of the learner’s education or training needs, identified within an EHCP demonstrates that an essential element can only be provided by specialist provision. At this stage, the adult learning and skills service will source a suitable provider to deliver this element of the EHCP.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
The duration of the approved provider list is for an initial term of 36 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months subject to satisfactory contract performance.
The contract is for an initial period of 36 months, commencing 1.8.2019 — 31.7.2022. The Authority reserve the right to extend the APL for a further term of 12 months, commencing 1.8.2022 — 31.7.2023.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
II.2.1)Title:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The Authority also wishes to procure a service which will ensure North Yorkshire has an increased and appropriate offer of supported internship for young people aged 16-25 with SEND.
A supported internship is one type of study programme specifically aimed at young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), who want to move into employment and need extra support to do so.
They are intended to enable young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities to achieve sustainable,paid employment by equipping them with the skills they need for work through learning in the workplace. Internships normally last for a year and include unpaid work placements of at least 6 months. Wherever possible, they support the young person to move into paid employment at the end of the programme. Students complete a personalised study programme which includes the chance to study for relevant substantial qualifications, if suitable, and English and maths to an appropriate level.
Our requirements mirror the Department for Education’s national Supported Internship Guidance.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6)Estimated value
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
The duration of the approved provider list is for an initial term of 36 months with an option to extend for a further 12 months subject to satisfactory contract performance.
The contract is for an initial period of 36 months, commencing 1.8.2019 — 31.7.2022. The Authority reserve the right to extend the APL for a further term of 12 months, commencing 1.8.2022 — 31.7.2023.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Procurement and Contract Management, North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD.
An independent member of the procurement and contract management section will verify the tenders throughour e-tendering system (YORtender).
This procurement is under the light touch regime. The services which the Authority is procuring fall under the social and other specific services, Section 7, of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.4.1)Review body
County Hall
Northallerton
DL7 8AD
United Kingdom
VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures
County Hall
Northallerton
DL7 8AD
United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
North Yorkshire County Council shall in accordance with the Public Contracts (amendment) Regulations 2015, incorporate a minimum 10 day standstill period commencing at the point that information on the intention to award the contract is sent to tenderers. The council shall, as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform the tenderers and candidates of its decision, and shall do so by notice in writing by the most rapid means of communication practicable. The information will include:
(a) the criteria for the award of the contract;
(b) the reasons for the decision;
(c) the name of the economic operator to be awarded;
(d) a precise statement when the standstill is expected to end. Should additional information be required, please contact the person cited in Paragraph l.1 of this form. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Any such action must be started within 30 working days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. Following the 10 day standstill period, if no further debriefing has been requested, the court may only award damages once the contract has been entered into.
VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
County Hall
Northallerton
DL7 8AD
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: