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For the provision of an outreach service to undertake work with adults, families, children and young people who are/have been the victim of domestic abuse.

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

This notice is covered by: Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Melton Borough Council
Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street
For the attention of: Kevin Quinn
LE13 1GH Melton Mowbray
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority/entity: www.melton.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
1.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities

The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities: yes

Harborough District Council
Adam and Eve Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Market Harborough
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
Harborough and Melton Domestic Abuse Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Within the Council areas of Melton Borough Council and Harborough District Council in the County of Leicestershire.

NUTS code UKF22

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)
For the provision of an outreach service to undertake work with adults, families, children and young people who are/have been the victim of domestic abuse.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85312300, 85311300

II.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 449 750 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annexes D1, D2 or D3 as appropriate)
Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC
The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the Directive: no
All tenders submitted in reply to an open procedure, a restricted procedure or competitive dialogue were irregular or inacceptable. Only those tenderers were included in the negotiations which have satisfied the qualitative selection criteria: no
Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU
The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the Directive
This Voluntary Notice refers to the service listed in II.1.1 above, being a service classed as a Health and Social Services service, and consquently falls under Annex II B of the Directive. It is therefore exempt from the requirement to publish a Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, and consequently is considered to be lawfully procured.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Price. Weighting 30
2. Quality. Weighting 70
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: HDCMBC
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
11.4.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received:5
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Women's Aid Leicestershire Ltd
Floor 2, Suite 2g, The Rutland Centre, Halford Street
LE1 1TQ Leicester
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 500 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 449 750 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Melton Borough Council
Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street
LE13 1GH Melton Mowbray
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:
Telephone: +44 16644503418

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals This Voluntary Ex Ante Notice is placed in order to make known the Councils' intention to award the nominated contract as specified above. Any person or persons wishing to challenge the award must do so within ten (10) calendar days of the publication of this notice to the body listed in V1.3.1 above. Once the ten (10) calendar days has expired, and there being no unresolved challenges, then the contract will be awarded.
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
18.4.2013