Peterborough City Council : Temporary Agency Workers

UK-Peterborough: Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
Section I: Contracting Authority
      I.1) Name and addresses
             Peterborough City Council
             Manor Drive, Peterborough, PE4 7AP, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 1733747474, Email: commercialandprocurementunit@peterborough.gov.uk
             Main Address: https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: http://peterborough.g2b.info/
             NUTS Code: UKH11
      I.2) Joint procurement
      The contract involves joint procurement: No.
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided       
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No.
      I.3) Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://secure.supplierforce.com/RFXs/External/AltReg.Asp?RFXId=967
      Additional information can be obtained from: the abovementioned address
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically via https://secure.supplierforce.com/RFXs/External/AltReg.Asp?RFXId=967 to the abovementioned address       
      Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: Not provided
      I.4) Type of the contracting authority
            Regional or local authority
      I.5) Main activity
            General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
      II.1.1) Title: Temporary Agency Workers       
      Reference Number: P0008
      II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
      79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.

      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
      II.1.4) Short description: Peterborough City Council (the “Council”) requires the provision of Temporary Agency Workers to cover periods of sickness, long term absence, or unplanned shortfall in its internal resource levels, where there are pressures on service levels during peak periods of demand or where the recruitment process is delayed. The Council employs a significant number of Temporary Agency Workers in a wide variety of Assignments within Children’s and Adult Social Care. These Assignments contribute to the Council delivering its strategic objectives, ensure the Council continues to deliver its services and meet its statutory obligations. The Council on completion of a tendering exercise will set up a Framework Agreement with a number of successful employment businesses for the provision of Temporary Agency Workers within Children’s and Adult Social Care.       
      II.1.5) Estimated total value:
      Value excluding VAT: 12,000,000       
      Currency: GBP
      II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: Yes       
      Tenders may be submitted for: All lots
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 2
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Lot 1 - Temporary Agency Workers: Social Care Specialists

Lot 2 - Temporary Agency Workers: Children’s Residential Workers

Lot 3 - Temporary Agency Workers: Social Care Specialists AND Children’s Residential Workers

II.2) Description
II.2) Description Lot No. 1
      
      II.2.1) Title: Temporary Agency Workers : Social Care Specialists       
      Lot No: 1       
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
      
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKH11 Peterborough
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: This lot contains all posts referred to in the PQQ except for Residential Workers
Tenderers are requested to indicate on the PQQ whether they wish to bid for Lot 1 - Social Care Specialists, Lot 2 - Children's Residential Workers, or Both Lots 1 and 2.
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Criteria below
            Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
                        
            Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 20
            Cost criterion - Name: Assumptions / Weighting: 10
                              
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: 9,200,000       
      Currency: GBP       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Start: 01/08/2016 / End: 31/07/2019       
      This contract is subject to renewal: Yes       
      Description of renewals: One period of 12 months
      II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited:
       Not provided
      Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of cadidates: Not provided
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       No             
      Description of options: Not provided
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: None       
II.2) Description Lot No. 2
      
      II.2.1) Title: Temporary Agency Workers : Residential Workers       
      Lot No: 2       
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff.
      
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKH11 Peterborough
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: This Lot refers to Residential Workers as stated in the PQQ
Tenderers are requested to indicate whether they wish to bid for Lot 1 - Social Care Specialists, Lot 2 - Residential Workers or Both Lots 1 and 2
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents            
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: 2,400,000       
      Currency: GBP       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Start: 01/08/2016 / End: 31/07/2019       
      This contract is subject to renewal: Yes       
      Description of renewals: 1 period of 12 months
      II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited:
       Not provided
      Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of cadidates: Not provided
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       No             
      Description of options: Not provided
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: None       


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1) Conditions for participation
      III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
      The Pre-Qualifying Criteria in the PQQ at Clauses 37-42 inclusive, and associated tables indicating pass or fail questions, grounds for mandatory or discretionary exclusion and scoring questions including references outline the conditions for participation.

Refer to the Invitation To Tender at Document A, Section 6 for details of the Tender Evaluation and Award Criteria and at Document B, Section 2 for questions/method statements to be evaluated.

The successful tenderers will be economic operators who have the technical and professional ability relevant to the Council’s requirements, systems, processes and human resources in place to be able to supply to the Council appropriately qualified and experienced social care and children’s residential workers to cover periods of sickness, long term absence, or unplanned shortfall in its internal resource levels, where there are pressures on service levels during peak periods of demand or where the recruitment process is delayed. These Assignments will contribute to the Council delivering its strategic objectives, ensure continued delivery of its services and meeting its statutory obligations.

Economic operators must be either registered with the R.E.C. or equivalent body or confirm how and when they will become registered if they are not already.    
      III.1.2) Economic and financial standing          
      Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :       
      Not Provided    
      III.1.3) Technical and professional ability    
      Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
      Not Provided   
      III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)   
      The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No       
      The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No    
      
   III.2) Conditions related to the contract
      III.2.1) Information about a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
      Not Provided    
      III.2.2) Contract performance conditions       
      Please refer to Appendix A of Document A – “Service Specification”, and Appendix B of Document A – “Terms and Conditions of Contract” for details of the services and performance conditions for this procurement.          
      III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No

Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Description
      IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted   
   
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system    
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement    
         Framework agreement with several operators       
         Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 8               
         The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system - NO    
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided    
   
   
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
      An electronic auction will be used: No
      Additional information about electronic auction: Not provided
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No       
   IV.2) Administrative information
      IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: Not provided       
      IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
       Date: 18/05/2016 Time: 23:59
      IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 26/05/2016       
      IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,       
      IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
         Duration in month(s): 6
      
      

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1) Information about recurrence
   This is a recurrent procurement: No    
   Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
   VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
   Electronic ordering will be used No       
   Electronic invoicing will be accepted No       
   Electronic payment will be used 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.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review
   VI.4.1) Review body:
             Peterborough City Council
       Peterborough, United Kingdom
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not provided
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
   Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:    
    Not Provided    
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Not provided
   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 18/04/2016

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