I-0852 - LD Supported Living - HOWDAB Pt 2

In commissioning these services, Oxfordshire County Council have gone out to the market for supported living services for people with a learning disability at properties in Oxfordshire. The subject matter of this procurement process and the resultant contracts relate to the delivery of services which are listed in Schedule 3 to the regulations. As such the full regime set out in the regulations does not apply to the award of the service contracts. Consequently, the procurement process adopted by the Commissioners was developed in accordance with Regulation 76 of the regulations and in particular in accordance with the fundamental public procurement principles of transparency and equal treatment. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the Commissioners have not adopted the open procedure (as such term is defined in the regulations) for the undertaking of this procurement process. The fact that in this Contract Notice at Section IV.1) the field/box relating to type of procedure may default to the term ‘Open’ does not mean that this procedure was followed by the Commissioners.