Officer Decisions

Corporate Equality Officer Organisational Change Team - Jo Hooper

Summary of Matter or Issue Requiring Decision:

Decision to award the contract for CP2132-21 Equality Reference Group, following an open Formal Request for Quotation process.

Decision Taken:

To award a contract to the below organisations for the provision of the above contract. The contract will commence of 3^rd October 2022, for the period of 3 years, with an option to extend for a further 12 months

Lot	Organisation	Address
Lot 1 – Age younger people	Young Devon	Central Office, 10 Erme Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0AB
Lot 2 – Age older people	Age UK Ltd	1 Manaton Court, Matford Business Park, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8PF
Lot 3 – Disability and carers	Living Options Devon	Unit 3 – 4 Cranmere Court, Lustleigh Close, Matford Business Park, Exeter, EX2 8PW
Lot 4 – Race and ethnicity	Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council	Harwell Centre, 28 – 42 Harwell Court, Western Approach, Plymouth, PL1 1PY
Lot 5 – Religion and belief	Devon Faith and Belief Forum	1 Coastguard Cottages Dawlish EX7 0BT
Lot 6 – Sex	Fawcett Devon	21 Belmont Road Exeter Devon EX1 2HF
Lot 7 – Sexual orientation	The Intercom Trust	Zone 5 Wrentham Business Centre, Prospect Park, Exeter, EX4 6NA

Summary of Reason(s) for Decision Taken:

The decision has been taken based on the suppliers achieving the highest overall score within a best value tender (combination of whole-life costs and quality) in line with the European Procurement Directives award procedure of Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT).

Summary of Alternatives or Options considered and rejected:

A competitive process was undertaken from which 10 bids were received these were considered as part of the formal evaluation process.

Details of any conflict of interest and dispensation granted to the Officer taking the decision or by any Member of the Council in delegating responsibility for any specific express delegation:

There are no conflicts of interest in relation to the award of this contract.

Contact for enquiries/further information:

Name: Mark Sibley Position: Senior Procurement Officer Email: procure@devon.gov.uk Tel: 01392 383000

Decision Date:

4 November 2022

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