Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-19
Buyer: Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Country: UK
Region: Tyneside
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85323000
Estimated value: 1190000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-03-31
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Newcastle City Council is undertaking a procurement to appoint service provider(s) to deliver a Parent Infant Psychotherapy Service (PIPS) in Newcastle.
A PIPS is a psychotherapeutic service for parents and carers and their under twos. It is intended for all those caring for a child aged 0-2 who are struggling to form a secure relationship with their baby. Newcastle's service will have a particular emphasis on working with parents of newborns who are experiencing mental distress which is affecting the relationship with their baby in the immediate and longer term period.
The contracting Authority reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds, insurance or any other form of appropriate security. Details to be provided in the Invitation to Tender.
Where a consortium or other grouping of suppliers submits a bid, such consortia or grouping must nominate a lead organisation to deal with NCC on all matters relating to the Agreement. All consortium or grouping members will however be required to be jointly and severally liable in respect of the obligations and liabilities relating to the Agreement.
All applicants are required to complete and return a detailed pre-qualification questionnaire prepared by the Contracting Authority and provide such supporting evidence as may be requested by the deadline stated in IV.3.4)
Via electronic e-tendering portal system or in accordance with NCC tender opening for hard copy tenders.
Please go to our site located at www.nepoportal.org to register and download the documents. The contract covers Social and / or Other Specific Services and therefore those provisions of the PCR 2015 that are relevant to such services shall apply.
Under this procurement, the contractor is required to participate actively in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of and surroundings of the place of delivery for the procurement Contract performance conditions may therefore relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 day standstill period (in the case of notices sent by electronic or facsimile means) and a minimum 15 day standstill period after the date of sending or minimum 10 days after the date of the last unsuccessful tenderers receipt (where notices are not sent electronically) at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to query the information provided and/or decide whether or not they wish to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Queries should be directed to the address in part I.1) If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are 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 which does not seek a declaration of ineffectiveness must be brought within ‘30 days’ beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that the grounds for starting proceedings had arisen. An application for ineffectiveness must be made within 30 days of publication of a contract award notice or notification of the conclusion of the contract with a summary of relevant reasons, or in any other case within 6 months of the date the contract was entered into. 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. If the contract has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness and order payment of a civil financial penalty. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into. The commencement of proceedings before the contract has been entered into requires the authority to refrain from entering into the contract.

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