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Contract Award

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   WALSALL
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:271882-2009
Publication Date:   Oct 1, 2009
Buyer:   WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
WALSALL, Walsall and Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.walsall.gov.uk

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Notice Type: 2280 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 189/2009, #271882-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Serco Ltd, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, UK-Hampshire RG27
9UY. Tel. +44 1922686200.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Walsall Metropolitan Borough
Council, The Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Contact: Corporate Procurement,
Attn: Lawrence Brazier, UK-Walsall WS1 1TP. Tel. +44 1922650000. E-mail:
procurement@walsall.gov.uk. Fax +44 1922653534.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.walsall.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of education support services and Associated Children's and
Young People's services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 24.
Main place of performance: Walsall Council.
NUTS code UKG35.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Authority
wishes to appoint a services provider to provide a broad range of
education support services and associated children's and young people's
services. To reflect the integrated nature of the services now required in
response to the current structure of Children and Young People’s Services,
the changing local and regional agenda, and changes in legislation and
statutory guidance, the Authority's output requirements for the appointed
services provider are arranged into the following broad themes:
1. Strategic and Corporate Leadership:
— To act as an integrated strategic and corporate agent on behalf of the
Director of Children’s Service and Walsall Council,
— To take responsibility and accountability for the provision of high
quality, innovative, future focused, and cost effective education within
Walsall Children’s Services and those aspects of integrated Children’s
Services as directed and required by the Director of Children’s Services
and the council,
— Promote choice, diversity, high standards of learning and teaching, and
the fulfilment of every child’s educational potential,
— Implement organisational structures that are open, transparent and
flexible to the needs of young people in.
Walsall as determined by, and integrated with Walsall Children’s Services
in so far as such structures relate to the services for the delivery of
the contract.
— To act proactively as Corporate Parent,
— Support the Children and Young People’s Partnership, Children’s Trust to
improve the well being of all children and young people,
— Improve value for money.
2. Services Supporting the Welfare of Children and Young People:
— Support services for safeguarding of children and young people,
— Support the provision of Extended Services to schools and the Provision
for Early Years,
— Provide a Special Educational Needs Service to School,
— Provide a service to support the behaviour management of children and
young people,
— Provide a service to support improved pupil attendance at school,
— Ensure the delivery of the statutory and local requirements for pupils’
travel and standards in school food,
— Support schools in meeting healthy schools standards,
— Support the educational attainment of Looked After Children.
3. Services providing advice, guidance, support and challenge for schools,
governors and other partners
School improvement Service including:
— Support to develop high quality teaching and learning in all schools
within innovative and future focused curricula,
— Support for effective school leadership and leadership succession
planning,
— Guidance and advice for teachers, school leaders and governors,
— Challenge and intervention, including through multi-agency activity.
4. Services supporting education beyond the classroom for Walsall schools:
— Engage in strategic partnership and leadership for the development and
promotion of the educational and leisure activities beyond the classroom
for children and young people in Walsall,
— Support educational and leisure activities beyond the classroom for
children and young people in Walsall.
5. Services supporting:
a) asset management and
b) leadership of health and safety functions for schools.
— Work as a partner with the Corporate Landlord (Walsall Council) in the
strategic leadership for the management and development of the building
capital within Walsall Children’s Services, as part of the council’s.
Property Estate giving value for money for the council and for schools.
— Support the implementation of the building schools for the future
programme,
— Provide a health and safety service to schools: guidance, support,
monitoring and intervention in relation to the health, safety and welfare
of those who work in schools and Children's Centres, pupils and others.
6. Services supporting the resourcing of education:
— Provide a resourcing service to schools under the direction of the
Director of Children’s Services,
— Support the Work of the Schools Forum,
— Provide a Core HR service to schools in co-ordination with Walsall’s HR
strategy.
7. Services supporting and providing ICT:
— Developing Strategic leadership and vision for learning co-ordinated
with Walsall’s ICT,
— Providing a reliable and adequate infrastructure to Walsall schools and
centres,
— Support for Management Information Systems,
— Support for the Curriculum,
— Technical Support for Schools, Children’s Centres and Family Centres,
— Developing Communication technology,
— Support the development of shared systems required for integrated
working.
8. Services supporting property management within schools
— Provision of cleaning services within schools,
— Provision of caretaking services within schools.
9. Assessment Service and Family Support Services for children with
disabilities and their families.
There will be a need to commission additional services for commencement on
1.8.2008 for the provision of disability services. The provision for this
must be consistent and capable of integration where appropriate with the
scope of the other services identified above:
— Provide or commission an Assessment Service and Family Support Services
for children with disabilities and their families,
— Candidates will be required, inter alia, to demonstrate their ability to
deliver:
—— The statutory education duties placed on Local Authorities in England,
—— A range of integrated children's services at both a local and borough
wide level,
—— A full range of services to support schools in the management and
delivery of the statutory education system,
—— Support and challenge to schools that are causing concern and which may
have been placed in an Ofsted category,
—— Improvements in statutory examination results across the schools in an
area such as a local authority,
—— Leadership and strategic implementation of a range of local, regional
and national developments and initiatives across a range of schools and
other education and care settings; and
—— A contribution to the achievement of the corporate priorities and plans
of a local authority and those of their partners such as health services.
In addition, candidates will be expected to demonstrate their abilities in
respect of and understanding of Ofsted inspection processes and the Annual
Performance Assessment and Joint Area Review process for children's
services.
Further information concerning this procurement and the Authority's
requirements is contained in a Memorandum of Information ("MoI") which is
available at www.Walsall.gov.uk/tenders or on request from the Authority.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 75121000, 80000000,
85311300.
II.1.6) Contract 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: 345 000 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Negotiated with a call for competition.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: Lowest price.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO: 1
TITLE: Provision of education support services and associated children's
and young people's services.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 11.7.2007.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 2.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Serco Ltd, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, UK-Hampshire RG27
9UY. Tel. +44 1922686200.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT Initial estimated total value of
the contract:
Value: 360 000 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
Total final value of the contract:
Value: 345 000 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
If annual or monthly value: number of years: 12.
V.5) THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED: No.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Walsall Council, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, UK-Walsall WS1 1TP. Tel. +44 1922650000. URL:
www.walsall.gov.uk.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 12 Bloomsbry Square, UK-London WC1A
2LP.
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:
within 7-days of receipt of information on award stating grounds of
appeal.
VI.3.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Walsall Council, Corporate Procurement, Room 17a, Darwall
Street, UK-Walsall WS1 1TP. Tel. +44 1922650000. URL: www.walsall.gov.uk.
Fax +44 1922653534.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 30.9.2009.
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