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Salford City Council – Record of
Decision
 
I City Mayor Paul Dennett, in
exercise of the powers contained within the Council
Constitution do hereby:
 

approve to Award the
Contract forProject Skyline, as detailed in the table
below:

 

Detail required

Answers

Title/Description of Contracted
Service/Supply/Project

Project
Skyline (Lot 1)
Project
Skyline (Lot 2)
Project
Skyline (Lot 3)

Name of Successful
Contractor

Project Skyline (Lot
1) – to contractor indicated in Part 2 report to 10 March
2025 Procurement Board
Project Skyline (Lot
2) – to contractor indicated in Part 2 report to 10 March
2025 Procurement Board
Project Skyline (Lot
3) – to contractor indicted in Part 2 report to 10 March 2025
Procurement Board

Supplier Registration Number

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

contractors
as indicated in Part 2 report to 10 March 2025 Procurement
Board

Type of organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

Private Limited Company

Status of Organisation

(to be supplied by Corporate
Procurement)

SME

Contract Value (£)

£67,736,850 split into the following
lots
Lot 1 - £30,204,680
Lot 2 - £13,590,930
Lot 3 - £23,941,240

Contract Duration

The Contract will be for the duration of 7 years (84
Months) with an option to extend for a further 3 one-year periods.
(36 Months)

Contract Start Date

17/03/2025

Contract End Date

17/03/2032

Optional Extension Period 1

36 months (3
Years)

Optional Extension Period 2

months

Who will approve each Extension
Period?

Procurement Board
(extension > £150k)

Contact Officer (Name &
number)

Lead Service Group

People
Services

How the contract was procured?

(to be supplied by
procurement)

Competitive
Dialogue process led by Greater Manchester Combined
Authority

Framework Details (where
applicable)

(procurement body, framework reference
& title, start/ end date

GMCA 693 Project
Skyline: Greater Manchester Shared Children’s Residential
Care Services
 
 
DN658801 procurement
body is us Greater Manchester combined Authority 
start date we are
saying notification is the 10th march then final award will be 21st
march (or monday 24th) for 7year with option to extend for a
further 3 x12 month periods 
 

Funding Source

External Funding Source (please identify
below)

Ethical Contractor (EC): Mayor’s
Employment Charter

Lot 1 contractor:
No
Lot 2 and 3
contractor: Yes, supporter

EC: Committed to sign Charter

Lot 1
contractor:
Lot 2 and 3
contractor:

EC: Accredited Living Wage
Employer

Lot 1 contractor:
Yes
Lot 2 and 3
contractor: Yes

 
The
Reasons are:
GMCA held the
first market engagement session on 20th March
2023. A number of further sessions have followed
throughout the process to inform the market of the vision of the
project and help equip all bidders when the tender process becomes
live.
 
Detailed
discussions were undertaken on the best procurement route and it
was decided that due to the complexity and risk of this project a
Competitive dialogue process should be followed. We secured
independent legal advice to support on this
project.
 
Approved
Competitive Dialogue process

1) 
Supplier Question
stage with evaluation questions based on historical
experience

2) 
Dialogue
stage

3) 
Final tender
submissions with weighted assessment questions
 
A Supplier
questionnaire went live on the Chest as an open advert on 1st May
24 with a deadline of 31st May 24.
 
A tender pack was
issued on 3rd Sept 24 along with invitations to the
dialogue sessions.
 
Dialogue sessions
were held from 15th – 25th August
24.
 
By the final tender
deadline on 1st October 2, 3 bidders had submitted bids
for a number of lots.
 
Options
considered and rejected were:
Due to the
innovative nature of Project Skyline, no additional routes to
market were considered. Operating away from any framework has
allowed us to consider the market in it’s entirety and ensure
the best outcomes for children and young people in
care.
 
Assessment of Risk: Medium/High Risk.
 
The
source of funding is:
The contract will enable 10 GM LAs
to place cared for children in Skyline Homes. The placing local
authority will pay the pre-agreed placement cost, as submitted
during the procurement process.
 
Legal
Advice obtained:
Greater Manchester Combined
Authority commissioned Weightmans LLP to provide all legal support
during the procurement of the Skyline providers. Weightmans LLP
published the following procurement documents in consultation with
GMCA and 10 GM LAs:
-    
Care Services Agreement (CSA)
-    
Iindividual Purchase Agreement (IPA)
-    
Agreement for Lease (Relating to
property)
-    
Lease (Relating to property)
-    
Partnership Agreement
 
Legal officers representing 10
GM LAs have also had sight of all documents.
 
Financial Advice obtained:
Treasurers from 10 GM LAs and
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have worked
collaboratively to ensure the financial viability of Project
Skyline. Treasurers have nominated a lead treasurers: Rachel
Rosewell.
 
In addition to consultation
with treasurers, the commercial investment team within GMCA have
built the investment model and evaluated provider financial
bids.
 
Procurement Advice obtained:
The procurement was led by GMCA
procurement business partners, in consultation with commissioners
across Greater Manchester. In addition, GMCA commissioned
Weightmans LLP to provide procurement guidance.
 
HR
Advice obtained:
Advice from HR colleagues has
not been deemed necessary for this contract.
 
Climate Change Implications obtained:
Beyond the existing climate
change impacts of similar contracts within this sector, there are
no additional climate change implications as a result of this
contract.
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process.
-    
SQ
Questions:

o 
Q1 - Experience of
caring for children and young people - 40%

o 
Q2 - Occupancy and
Matching - 20%

o 
Q3 –
Mobilisation – 20%                                 

o 
Q4 – Workforce -
20%

-    
Tender pack assessment
criteria
 

-    
The pricing is split
as follows:
 

 

Overall Weighting
 

Sub-Weightings

Lot
1

Price – 30%
 

SSC – 25%      Gainshare –
5%

Lot
2

Price – 40%
 

SSC – 30%      Gainshare –
10%

Lot
3

Price – 40%

SSC – 30%      Gainshare –
10%

 
The relevant documents contain
exempt or confidential information and are not available for public
inspection.

Contact Officer: Debbie Blackburn Director Childrens
Commissioning, Nursing and Wellbeing/ Telephone number: 0161 6066678.
 
Please delete from the bullets
below any which are not relevant:
·     
This matter is also subject to consideration by the
Lead Member for   . The Lead Member
has been consulted and is supportive of the proposed
contract.
·     
This matter is not subject to consideration by
another Lead Member.
·     
This document records a key decision but the matter
was not included in the Council’s Forward Plan and it has
been dealt with under the emergency procedure.
·     
This decision is urgent and is not subject to
call-in, in accordance with the Decision Making Procedure
Rules.
·     
The appropriate Scrutiny Committee to call-in the
decision is the
 
Signed:   Paul Dennett        Dated:   10 March 2025.
           
    City Mayor

 

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This decision was published on 13 March
2025
This decision will come in force at 4pm on 20
March 2025 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision
Making Process Rules.