Construction Industry Training Board: Mental Health for Construction Apprentices

UK-Peterborough: Health and first-aid training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Construction Industry Training Board
       Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Peterborough, PE2 8TY, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7768178752, Email: cheryl.morgan@citb.co.uk
       Contact: Cheryl Morgan
       Main Address: https://www.citb.co.uk/
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Body governed by public law

   I.5) Main activity:
      Education

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Mental Health for Construction Apprentices            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         80560000 - Health and first-aid training services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: This commission is for a 12 month pilot scheme to test a concept of delivering Mental Health First Aid courses to College Tutors and Mental Health Awareness sessions to Construction Apprentices to improve mental health and wellbeing for Apprentices who are working in addition to attending college and completing work for the apprenticeship qualifications.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 90,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: CITB wishes to commission 1 provider to deliver a 12 month pilot scheme testing a concept of delivering Mental Health First Aid courses to College Tutors and Mental Health Awareness sessions to Construction Apprentices. The aim is to improve mental health and wellbeing for Apprentices who are working in addition to attending college and completing work for the apprenticeship qualifications.

The concept is that by improving mental health awareness, and providing additional support if/when needed, this will contribute to improve completion rates of Apprenticeships.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Proposed Delivery / Weighting: 30
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality Assurance / Weighting: 25
      Quality criterion - Name: Data Management & Reporting / Weighting: 15
      Quality criterion - Name: Sustainability / Weighting: 15
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Cost breakdown / Weighting: 15
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Not Provided
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 05/09/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 6
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Optima UK Inc Ltd, 07835564
             Cabourn House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG13 8AQ, United Kingdom
             Email: Sarah.preston@optima-uk.com
             Internet address: https://optima-uk.com/
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 90,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 90,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Construction Industry Training Board
          Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Peterborough, PE2 8TY, United Kingdom
          Internet address: https://www.citb.co.uk/

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 08/09/2022




ANNEX D

   2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

         The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

   3. Explanation
          The contract value is below threshold at £90,000 and did not require advertising on FTS/OJEU