Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)Norfolk County Council
Room 701, County Hall, Martineau Lane,
For the attention of: Annie Southgate
NR1 2DH Norwich
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1603228991
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.norfolk.gov.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authorityRegional or local authority
I.3)Main activityGeneral public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authoritiesThe contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contractNCCT40018 Norfolk Drug and Alcohol Treatment System.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performanceServices
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Norfolk.
NUTS code UKH13
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)Norfolk County Council has awarded a single contract for a Drug and Alcohol Treatment System for adults in Norfolk, which will increase the number of people able to achieve sustained recovery from dependence by providing individual support and treatment packages of care. The system will be an open access, county-wide system with a single assessment and co-ordination system. Core delivery components will include; low intensity intervention and outreach services; structured treatment services including psychosocial interventions in Norfolk Prisons; volunteering and peer mentoring systems; harm reduction interventions and primary and secondary health care liaison services.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)85300000, 85312310, 85312500, 85312320, 85310000
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)Value: 8 341 000,00 EUR
Excluding VAT
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedureRestricted
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteriaThe most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Technical Proposal (Quality and Delivery. Weighting 70
2. Pricing Schedule. Weighting 30
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auctionAn electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authorityNCCT40018
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NCCT40018 Lot No: 1 - Lot title: Adult Drug and Alcohol Treatment System.V.1)Date of contract award decision:29.3.2012
V.2)Information about offersNumber of offers received: 004
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been takenNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)
Hellesdon Hospital Drayton High Road
NR6 5BE Norwich
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 1603786786
V.4)Information on value of contractInitial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 63 700 000,00 GBP
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 58 387 000,00 EUR
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontractingThe contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:The procurement exercise was for services specified in Part B of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 ("Part B services"). Accordingly, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ("the Regulations”) only applied in part. The procurement exercise was conducted in accordance with the information carried out in the procurement documents. The value indicated is for a period of 7 years. The contract will initially be for 5 years and includes an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to provider performance and funding availability.
The Authority has been constrained by the forms used by the Publications Office to describe the procurement procedure as Restricted. This was a two-stage procurement process, but the authority did not bind itself to conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Restricted Procedure, as described in the Regulations, nor to abide by any other part of the Regulations which does not expressly apply to procurements for Part B services.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.3.2)Lodging of appealsPrecise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Norfolk County Council incorporated a voluntary standstill period at the point information on the proposed award of the contract was communicated to tenderers. The standstill period provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered in to.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:13.9.2012