Swindon Borough Council: Provision of a Healthwatch Swindon

UK-Swindon: Community action programme.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Swindon Borough Council
      Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1793466503, Email: MBFeeny@swindon.gov.uk, URL: www.swindon.gov.uk
      Contact: UKK14, Attn: Mark Feeny
      Electronic Access URL: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

      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: Provision of a Healthwatch Swindon
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 25

         Region Codes: UKK14 - Swindon         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Community action programme. Healthwatch Swindon will support and encourage service users, carers and residents in Swindon to become engaged in the planning and operation of Health and Social Care services. The aim of increased public involvement is to improve public satisfaction with health and social care services. Better engagement is part of a public investment in services that will improve the quality of services and public satisfaction. The successful tenderer will need to be a Social Enterprise. The contract will be for an initial period of 36 months with an option to extend for a further 24 months.
All tender documents are available in the attachments section on the tender advert on the South West portal available on the link below www.supplyingtothesouthwest.org.uk
Contract ID: A2KM-7GDf30
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85322000 - Community action programme.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      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:
      The initial contract period is for three years with an option to extend for a further two years.         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 750,000
         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
                           
      If known, in the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time-frame for subsequent contracts:
         Duration in months: 24
         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

   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:
      Not provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      Payment quarterly in arrears
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Social Enterprise
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      Swindon Borough Councils contract terms and conditions will apply      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      All criteria that are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder      
      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:
         All criteria that are stated within the tender documents to become the Preferred Bidder
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Full technical assessment if the selection criteria are passed.      
      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: Not Provided      
      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: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
   
   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: Not Provided
   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: C1806      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 02/11/2015
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12:00      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 05/11/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Not Provided         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
         Until: 2016-03-04 00:00:00.0
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 05/11/2015
         Time: 12:00


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.1)This Is A Recurrent Procurement: No
   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: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Swindon Borough Council
      Euclid Street, Swindon, SN2 2JH, United Kingdom

      Body responsible for mediation procedures:
               Swindon Borough Council
         Swindon

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Swindon Borough Council
      Euclid Street, Swindon, SN2 2JH, United Kingdom

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 23/09/2015

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