Nilesh Shukla: Early Intervention & Prevention (EIP) - Carers Services 2015

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Notice Summary
Title: Early Intervention & Prevention (EIP) - Carers Services 2015
Notice type: Contract Notice
Authority: Nilesh Shukla
Nature of contract: Services
Procedure: Open
Short Description: To support the Council to deliver the Leicester City Carers Strategy actions; to meet the requirements of the Care Act 2014 with the aim of helping to support Carers and prevent crisis. The Council recognises the valuable role of Carers in Leicester and is looking to establish high quality, person-centred, culturally appropriate low level Carers support services to promote health, well-being and independence amongst carers. In addition we are seeking specialist counselling support for Carers and services which will support partnership, engagement and Carer involvement in service development. The service requirements are described more fully in Section 3 - Service Specifications of this document and consist of several lots. The service will be available to residents of Leicester.
Published: 07/10/2015 15:21
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UK-Leicester: Social services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Leicester City Council
      Bosworth House, 9-15 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TH, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1164542318, Email: procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk
      Contact: Adult Social Care - Procurement, Attn: Nilesh Shukla

      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: Early Intervention & Prevention (EIP) - Carers Services 2015
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 25

         Region Codes: UKF21 - Leicester         
      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:
      Social services. Health and social work services. Social work and related services. Provision of services to the community. Other community, social and personal services. To support the Council to deliver the Leicester City Carers Strategy actions; to meet the requirements of the Care Act 2014 with the aim of helping to support Carers and prevent crisis. The Council recognises the valuable role of Carers in Leicester and is looking to establish high quality, person-centred, culturally appropriate low level Carers support services to promote health, well-being and independence amongst carers. In addition we are seeking specialist counselling support for Carers and services which will support partnership, engagement and Carer involvement in service development.

The service requirements are described more fully in Section 3 - Service Specifications of this document and consist of several lots.

The service will be available to residents of Leicester.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85320000 - Social services.
         
         85000000 - Health and social work services.
         
         85300000 - Social work and related services.
         
         75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
         
         98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): Yes       
      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:
      LOT 1 - Carers Partnership and Support Services [£660,000]
LOT 2 - Carers Support, Breaks and Information (Older Asian Carers) [£100,000]
LOT 3 - Carers Support, Breaks, Information and Training for Carers of People with Mental Health Needs [200,000]
LOT 4 - Carers Support, Breaks and Information for Carers of People with Mental Health Issues from Asian Communities [£100,000]
LOT 5 - Carers Support, Breaks and Information Targeted at Carers of People with Learning Disabilities from Asian Communities. [240,000]         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 1,300,000
         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      
         Starting: 01/04/2016
         Completion: 31/03/2021

   Information About Lots
            
      Lot No: 1
      Title: Carers Partnership and Support Services

      1)Short Description:      
      The service is aimed at carers who live in the City of Leicester including parent carers who will have support needs after the person they are caring for is 18 years old and young carers who care for an adult and will have needs for support after they are 18 years old.

This service compromises four distinct elements:
1. Carers partnership working
2. Information, advice and guidance (IAG) outreach ( GP health focus )
3. Carers breaks, peer support and drop-ins
4. Carers training

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85320000 - Social services.
                  85000000 - Health and social work services.
                  85300000 - Social work and related services.
                  75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
                  98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Refer to LOT 1 Specification            
         If known, estimated cost of works excluding VAT: 660,000
         Currency: GBP
                           
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                                          
         Scheduled date for:
            Start of works: 01/04/2016
            Completion of works: 31/03/2021
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 2
      Title: Carers Support, Breaks and Information (Older Asian Carers)

      1)Short Description:      
      The service is aimed at older carers over 60 years old who live in the City of Leicester targeted at Asian communities but not exclusively, if there are other carers who would benefit from the service.

This service compromises two distinct elements:
• Carers breaks, peer support, contacts and drop-ins
• Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and outreach

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85320000 - Social services.
                  85000000 - Health and social work services.
                  85300000 - Social work and related services.
                  75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
                  98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Refer to LOT 2 Specification            
         If known, estimated cost of works excluding VAT: 100,000
         Currency: GBP
                           
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                                          
         Scheduled date for:
            Start of works: 01/04/2016
            Completion of works: 31/03/2021
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 3
      Title: Carers Support, Breaks, Information and Training for Carers of people with Mental Health needs

      1)Short Description:      
      The service is aimed at carers of people with mental health needs who live in the City of Leicester including parent carers who will have support needs after the person they are caring for is 18 years old and young carers who care for an adult and will have needs for support after they are 18 years old.

A separate service is being commissioned which targets carers of people with mental health issues from Leicester’s Asian communities.

This service compromises three distinct elements:
• Carers breaks, peer support, contact and drop-ins
• Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and outreach
• Training for carers of people with mental health needs

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85320000 - Social services.
                  85000000 - Health and social work services.
                  85300000 - Social work and related services.
                  75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
                  98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Refer to LOT 3 Specification            
         If known, estimated cost of works excluding VAT: 200,000
         Currency: GBP
                           
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                                          
         Scheduled date for:
            Start of works: 01/04/2016
            Completion of works: 31/03/2021
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 4
      Title: Carers Support, Breaks and Information for Carers of people with mental health needs from Asian communities

      1)Short Description:      
      The service is aimed at carers of people with mental health needs who live in the City of Leicester including parent carers who will have support needs after the person they are caring for is 18 years old and young carers who care for an adult and will have needs for support, after they are 18 years old.

It is targeted at Asian communities but not exclusively, if there are other carers who would benefit from the service.

A separate service is being commissioned for carers of people with mental health needs not from the Asian communities.

This service compromises two distinct elements:
• Carers breaks, peer support, contact and drop-ins
• Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and outreach

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85320000 - Social services.
                  85000000 - Health and social work services.
                  85300000 - Social work and related services.
                  75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
                  98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Refer to LOT 4 Specification            
         If known, estimated cost of works excluding VAT: 100,000
         Currency: GBP
                           
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                                          
         Scheduled date for:
            Start of works: 01/04/2016
            Completion of works: 31/03/2021
                        
                  
         5)Additional Information About Lots: Not Provided
               
      Lot No: 5
      Title: Carers Support, Breaks and Information targeted at Carers of People with Learning Disabilities from Asian Communities

      1)Short Description:      
      The service is aimed at carers of people with learning disabilities who live in the City of Leicester including parent carers who will have support needs after the person they are caring for is 18 years old and young carers who care for an adult and will have needs for support after they are 18 years old.

This service compromises two distinct elements:
• Carers breaks, peer support and drop-ins
• Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) and outreach

      2)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85320000 - Social services.
                  85000000 - Health and social work services.
                  85300000 - Social work and related services.
                  75200000 - Provision of services to the community.
                  98000000 - Other community, social and personal services.
         
      3)Quantity Or Scope:      
      Refer to LOT 5 Specification            
         If known, estimated cost of works excluding VAT: 240,000
         Currency: GBP
                           
      4)Indication About Different Date For Start Of Award Procedures And/Or Duration Of The Contract                                          
         Scheduled date for:
            Start of works: 01/04/2016
            Completion of works: 31/03/2021
                        
                  
         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:         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         Refer to the ITT - 5.1 Supplier Suitability Questionnaire (Section 6 - Financial Information)
      
      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: 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: 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: 05/11/2015
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 23:00      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 06/11/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      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 Not Provided      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Not Provided

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: Not Provided      
   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:
      Not Provided

      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: 07/10/2015

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