Shropshire Council: VEAT Notice Intention to award a service contract for the provision of support services in relation to international recruitment

UK-Shrewsbury: Recruitment services.

Preliminary Questions
   This notice is published by:
   Directive 2014/23/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Shropshire Council on behalf of WM ADASS
       Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
       Tel. +4 1743636427, Email: Pete.jackson@wm-adass.org.uk
       Contact: Peter Jackson
       Main Address: https://www.wm-adass.org.uk/
       NUTS Code: UKG22

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Regional or local authority

I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      General public services


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: VEAT Notice Intention to award a service contract for the provision of support services in relation to international recruitment.
      Reference number: Not Provided
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      79600000 - Recruitment services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: Intention to award a service contract under Regulation 12 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) for support in developing a focussed programme of initiatives to support local authority members and the Adult Social Care Workforce.
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 450,000      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.
      79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services.
      80000000 - Education and training services.
      98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
   

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKG WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    WMADASS is a membership organisation representing directors of adult social care services in the West Midlands. WMADASS have identified the need for work to be undertaken to address the workforce challenges faced in the adult social care sector. As lead council for WMADASS, Shropshire Council intends to award this contract to West Midlands Employers (WME), an unincorporated employers’ association. WME has the characteristics of legal personality by virtue of section 127 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, and operates on the basis that it is a legal person which is controlled by all 32 of its member councils, including Shropshire Council, therefore meeting the test in Regulation 12 (4) PCR 2015. At least 80% of WME’s income is generated from services delivered to the 32 councils that are members of the employers association, and there is no private capital participation in WME’s business.    
   
      
   II.2.5) Award criteria
   (Directive 2014/23/EU)

         
      
   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         
   
   IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: 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:
      Notice number in OJ S: Not provided       
   
Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession
      
Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided    Lot Number: Not Provided    Title: Not Provided

V.2) Award of contract/concession
      
      V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 30/05/2023.
      
      V.2.2) Information about tenders
      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No .

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          West Midlands Employers (WME), N/A
       West Midlands House, Gipsy Lane, Willenhall, WV13 2HA, United Kingdom
       NUTS Code: UKG
   The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: No    
   
         
      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
         Initial estimated total value of the contract: 450,000          
         Lowest Offer: 450,000 / Highest Offer: 1,600,000 taken into consideration         
         Currency: GBP

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


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
      This is a VEAT notice to show our intention to award a service contract under Regulation 12 PCR 2015. A subsequent award notice will be published in due course.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=784305108
GO-2023614-PRO-23192078 TKR-2023614-PRO-23192077   
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          Shropshire Council on behalf of WM ADASS
       Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
       Email: Pete.jackson@wm-adass.org.uk
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
         Not Provided .

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Not Provided    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Shropshire Council on behalf of WM ADASS
       Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 14/06/2023


Annex D4 - Concession
Justification for the award of the concession without prior publication of a concession notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/23/EU


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

   Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is
   lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive: (500 words maximum)
   This contract is awarded for the technical reason that it has been awarded by a member of a legal person to that person under Regulation 12 PCR 2015.