Devon Youth Services

Please provide details in respect to the contract below:

CP1731-19 – Devon Youth Services – Contracts Finder

The details we require are:

1) What are the contractual performance KPI’s for this contract?

Service Outcome(s)to be achieved (As listed section 6 of this specification provided in response to question 5) Key performance indicators (and frequency of reporting)

Target performance (Target KPI) (see notes below)

 

Open access youth service for young people Outcomes 1, 4, 5 and 6

Total number of Young people in contact with the service (quarterly)

 

1500
Targeted youth work Outcomes 2 and 3 Percentage of Young people who have on-going engagement with targeted youth work and say that they are making good or some progress with their action plan (quarterly).

80%

(Note: The Provider(s) will be required to produce performance management information (section 12 of this specification refers). The Provider(s) will ask young people to rate their progress on a scale where “1 is no and 5 is definitely”. This target KPIs will be calculated from the % who rate their progress at level 3,4 or 5)

Advice, guidance and support to voluntary and community groups. Outcomes 5 and 6 Number of groups and organisations provided with guidance and support (annual) 50

Support to young people at risk of exclusion from mainstream education

 

Outcomes 1, 2 and 3 Total number of Young people (centre provision and outreach work in the referring school) commissioned to support during the academic year and proportion of exclusions avoided.

20

100% of those referred engage with The Provider(s)

100% at the end of the intervention engage with education, employment or training, school attendance will increase, FT exclusions will decrease and young people will not be excluded

Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme (if eligible) Outcomes 4 and 6 Number of Young people participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme (quarterly) 180

2) Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages.

Successful:

DYS Space Limited

Unsuccessful:

We consider the information regarding unsuccessful bidders to be exempt from disclosure under Section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commercial Interests).

Devon County Council (DCC) can confirm the requested information is held; however, it’s disclosure would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of DCC.

This is because sharing this information could jeopardise our ability to attract interest in working with DCC, and tenders competing for business, due to bidders not wishing to bid for and enter into contracts with a local authority that has a reputation for releasing information deemed commercially sensitive which could cause potential reputational damage to themselves.

This could result in less choice and competitiveness and have a negative impact on the cost DCC pays for goods, services and works.

The Council has considered the public interest in releasing this information and recognises there is a public interest in openness and transparency.

However, there is a stronger public interest in ensuring DCC are able to outsource and procure contracts for their services that ensure best value for money for the taxpayer so the maximum amount of money can be spent on services for the people of Devon.

Therefore, the balance of public interest weighs in favour of withholding this information from disclosure.

3) Actual spend on this contract/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date

Based on the youth services budget:

2020/21 £1,810,000
2021/22 £1,830,000
2022/23 £1,850,000
2023/24 £1,975,000
2024/25 £2,100,000
2025/26 £2,184,000

4) Start date & duration of framework/contract?

Initial term: 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2025

Extension from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, and then subsequently extended from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029.

5) Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when this contract was last advertised?

Please see the service specification here.

6) Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension?

Yes, 2 years.

7) Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed?

Yes.

8) Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

Jason Allen, Communities Business and Commissioning Lead.