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Title: | Disabled Facility Grant Services |
Notice type: | Contract Notice |
Authority: | Bip Buyer de-activated users |
Nature of contract: | Services |
Procedure: | Restricted |
Short Description: | Administration of Disabled Faciloity Grants |
Published: | 17/01/2013 15:19 |
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Section I: Contracting Authority
I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 7771903964, Email: a.harper@welhat.gov.uk, URL: www.welhat.gov.uk, URL: http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta
Contact: Procurement, Attn: Andrew Harper
Further information can be obtained at: As Above
Specifications and additional documents: As Above
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above
I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
Regional or local authority
I.3) Main activity:
General Public Services
I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No
Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Disabled Facility Grant Services
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES
Service Category: 14
Region Codes: UKH23 - Hertfordshire
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system: The notice involves the setting up of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement:
Duration in year(s): 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300,000
Currency: GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
Housing services. Administrative housing services. Administration of Disabled Faciloity Grants
II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
70333000 - Housing services.
75123000 - Administrative housing services.
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Not Provided
II.1.8)Lots:
This contract is divided into lots: No
II.1.9)Information about variants:
Variants will be accepted: No
II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) is seeking expressions of interest from organisations who can both manage the application process for DFGs and discretionary grants, assessment of applications and applicants (including OT assessments) plus the delivery.
The key objective will be to provide an advice service which ensures people have information about their housing options and where the choice is made to enable older people, people with disabilities (including children) and those on low incomes to remain living in their homes safely, securely and independently. Support provided will be delivered to people in their own home, regardless of tenure type (other than our own properties, which will be provided directly via the Councils contractors
The services to be provided would include:
• Information, advice and guidance, including administration of grant applications, test of resources and income management advice/benefit checks
• Advice about housing options and other support/housing schemes plus sign posting as appropriate to schemes such as equity release
• OT assessments
• Scheme design and project management
• Decent Homes assessment and appropriate signposting
Estimated value excluding VAT: 300,000
Currency: GBP
II.2.2)Options: No
II.2.3)Information about renewals:
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Number of possible renewals: 1
II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion
Starting: 01/07/2013
Completion: 30/06/2015
Information About Lots
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
As detailed in the tender documents
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
Not Provided
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
Not Provided
III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes
If Yes, description of particular conditions:
As detailed in the tender documents
III.2)Conditions For Participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:
(a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As detailed in the tender documents
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Technical capacity - means of proof required
Not Provided
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided
III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type Of Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
Envisaged minimum number: 5 and maximum number: 7
Objective Criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As detailed in the application form
IV.2)Award Criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
The criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction:
An electronic auction will be used: No
IV.3)Administrative Information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Not Provided
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Not Provided
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Date: 21/02/2013
Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12:00
Payable documents: No
IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 22/02/2013
Time: 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 15/03/2013
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English
Section VI: Complementary Information
VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: Not Provided
VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
VI.3)Additional Information: Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has moved to a new way of e-Tendering and worked closely with the County, other Districts and Partners to create a joint procurement website called Supply Hertfordshire. This website is supported by BiP Solutions who provide a system called Delta-ets which is the background platform to Supply Hertfordshire.
The Pre-Qualification Process
This tender is a two stage process and you will only be invited to tender if you have successfully passed through the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage. If you wish to be considered as a tenderer you must complete and submit a completed PQQ via Tenderbox by 12.00hrs on 22nd February 2013 PQQs cannot be uploaded after the closing date/time. Any supporting documents should be cross-referenced to the relevant question. If the Council requires further information concerning your application form your Organisation will be contacted.
Step 1: Registering with Supply Hertfordshire
To participate in this tender you will need to go into http://supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info/hpf/ and register, thereafter you will be issued with a USERNAME and PASSWORD. (If you have already registered with Delta-ets or Supply Hertfordshire, please follow the link above where you can log on using your existing username and password. If you have registered and have forgotten your Username and Password, please click on the forgotten password link below the log in box.) Please keep this USERNAME and PASSWORD secure, and do not pass it to any third parties.
Step 2: Completing your PQQ
To complete the PQQ for this Tender you will need to go into the Tenderbox area and enter the Tender Access Code35EDX7ZYBS.You will then need to download the relevant PQQ and complete. Please complete the information as fully as possible.
Step 3: Uploading Your Completed PQQ
Once you have completed your PQQ for this Tender exercise you must then “upload” your completed response in to the Tenderbox (Tender Access Code 35EDX7ZYBS)
Please make sure you have submitted your completed PQQ to the correct Tender Access Code, the Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by a tenderer in submitting your completed PQQ.
Please note you will have to satisfactorily, pass through this pre-qualification stage to be invited to Tender via e-mail.
If you are experiencing problems, please contact the Delta helpdesk via email at support@supplyhertfordshire.g2b.info or call 0845 270 7050 Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm for further assistance.
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VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1707357371, Email: a.harper@welhat.gov.uk, URL: www.welhat.gov.uk
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)
The Campus, 70 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1EU, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 2075366000, Email: info@cedr.com, URL: www.cedr.com
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
The Campus, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6AE, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1707357371, Email: a.harper@welhat.gov.uk, URL: www.welhat.gov.uk
VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 17/01/2013
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