Children's Social Care System

Location

Barnsley

Description

Cloud‑based social care case management platform within Barnsley Council to support children’s services, integrated case management and assists with finance workflows, enabling practitioners to record, manage, and share information efficiently.

Total Quantity or Scope

Cloud‑based social care case management platform used by local authorities across the UK. Within Barnsley Council it supports children’s services, integrated case management and assists with finance workflows, enabling practitioners to record, manage, and share information efficiently.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

The total value of each contract exceeds the threshold for services under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (“PCR”) and is therefore subject to the full PCR regime. The use of a framework is permitted under Regulation 33 of the PCR. Regulation 33(8)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) sets out the criteria for making a direct award: • all the terms governing the provision of the works, services and supplies concerned are set out in the framework agreement, and • the objective conditions for determining which of the suppliers on the framework agreement shall perform them are set out in the procurement documents. YPO 1095 – Software Application Solutions was chosen as the route to market to establish a contract for our requirements. Lot 12 - Health and Social Care Systems YPO stipulate that direct awards can be awarded to any supplier on the authorised lots, if the participating CA can demonstrate the selected supplier offers them the most economically advantageous solution.

Other Information

The proposed contract duration will be Three Years with break clause in the contract to align with existing Access UK contracts - 31 March 2028