Salford City Council : Work Programme Leavers

UK-Salford: Education and training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Salford City Council
      Unity House, Chorley Road, Salford, M27 5AW, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1616866292, Email: andrew.briffa@salford.gov.uk, URL: www.salford.gov.uk
      Attn: Andrew Briffa
      Electronic Access URL: www.the-chest.org.uk
      Electronic Submission URL: www.the-chest.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:
      Education

   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: Work Programme Leavers
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 24

         Region Codes: UKD3 - Greater Manchester         
      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:
      Education and training services. Work Programme Leavers is a high profile co-funded and co-commissioned service between Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Whitehall, designed to tackle the persistently high levels of workless residents in Greater Manchester. The pilot programme will draw on best practice from welfare to work provision alongside evidence from the Greater Manchester public service reform programme. In particular, the Troubled Families principles of a family assessment, a key worker role and sequencing of interventions should be key components of the model. There will be a robust evaluation of the Pilot to ensure wider application of successful delivery and outcomes.

This provision will align with a range of local provision as detailed in the specification, including Troubled Families programmes. It will provide a continuum of support for those leaving DWP Work Programme (WP). ESA claimants cannot participate in Work Programme leavers and ESF Support for Families with Multiple Problems at the same time.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         

      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: Yes          
         If yes, tenders should be submitted for: One or more lots

      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:
      Not Provided                  
         Estimated value excluding VAT:
         Range between: 8,424,000 and 14,400,000
         Currency: GBP
               
      
      II.2.2)Options: No          
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: No          
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Bolton

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Bolton. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Bury

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Bury . The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment.

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 3
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Manchester

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Manchester. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 4
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Oldham

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Oldham. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 5
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Rochdale

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Rochdale. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 6
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Salford

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Salford. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 7
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Stockport

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Stockport. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 8
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Tameside

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Tameside. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 9
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Trafford

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Trafford. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                        
         Duration in months: 60
                                          
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 10
      Title: Work Programme Leavers - Wigan

      1)Short Description:      
      The Work Programme Leavers will be delivered in the geographical area of Wigan. The services involves supporting Employment Support Allowance who have been on the Work Programme into sustained employment

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         80000000 - Education and training services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope: Not Provided
               
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract Not Provided
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
                  
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:
      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: Not Provided      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
      Not Provided      
      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;
         (c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         (a) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;
         (b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;
         (c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work;
         (d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities;
         (f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work;
         (g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the contract;
         (h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years;
         (j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract;
         (k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting the conformity of products clearly identified by references to specifications or standards.
      
      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: No
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: 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: No

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



         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 07/01/2014
         Time: 14:00      
      IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:         English
         
      IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
         Duration in month(s): 6
      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 07/01/2014
         Time: 14:00


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.Work Programme Leavers is a high profile co-funded and co-commissioned service between Greater Manchester Local Authorities and Whitehall, designed to tackle the persistently high levels of workless residents in Greater Manchester. The pilot programme will draw on best practice from welfare to work provision alongside evidence from the Greater Manchester public service reform programme. In particular, the Troubled Families principles of a family assessment, a key worker role and sequencing of interventions should be key components of the model. There will be a robust evaluation of the Pilot to ensure wider application of successful delivery and outcomes.

This provision will align with a range of local provision as detailed in the specification, including Troubled Families programmes. It will provide a continuum of support for those leaving DWP Work Programme (WP). ESA claimants cannot participate in Work Programme leavers and ESF Support for Families with Multiple Problems at the same time.

The Council confirms this requirement is a Part B service and is therefore outside the full scope of the Public Contract Regulations. The Council is voluntarily advertising this Part B service in OJEU to increase competition and to ensure that the procurement process is conducted in a fair and open manner. The submission of this notice is not an indication that the Council considers the contract to be a Part A service and accordingly the Council shall not be restricted to those Regulations which are exclusively applicable to Part A services such as the mandatory timescales.

Full details of the contract requirements are provided within the tender pack which is available from www.the-chest.org.uk
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=80783838
GO-20131122-PRO-5286133 TKR-20131122-PRO-5286132
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Salford City Council
      Unity House, Civic Campus, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 6AW, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1616866292, Email: procurement@salford.gov.uk, URL: www.salford.gov.uk

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 22/11/2013

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