Shropshire Council: EMC 028 - Baschurch & Shrewsbury Supported Living

UK-Shrewsbury: Social work services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Shropshire Council
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1743252993, Fax. +44 1743253910, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
      Contact: Procurement, Attn: Nigel Denton

      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: Yes

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: EMC 028 - Baschurch & Shrewsbury Supported Living
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 25

         Region Codes: UKG22 - Shropshire CC         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:Not Provided
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Social work services. Shropshire Council is seeking a service provider to manage two 3 bedroom supported living services in properties which are being built in Baschurch and Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Both contracts, which the Council wishes to award to one provider, will be for an initial 5 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

The Baschurch service is projected to commence in the late Autumn of 2015 and the Shrewsbury service in November 2016.

Whilst the final care assessments are not completed by the Council for either service as yet, the Council’s objective is for the service to be provided to individuals who have learning disabilities who will be returning from out of county placements and who may have combinations of some of the following behaviours: self-injurious; difficult to engage; poor motivation; aggressive outbursts; behaviours association with autistic spectrum disorder; obsessive/compulsive; attention seeking. It is recognised that there can be complex interpersonal relationships with family members. The vision for the majority of individuals is for reablement with a view to improving independence and the ability to manage in a less intensively supported tenancy in the longer term.

The pattern of service is anticipated to be as follows for each service:
• Three staff will be required for a 1:1 staffing/service user ratio between the hours of 8 am to 10 pm. so the total number of weekly hours for each service will be 294.
• We anticipate that the successful provider will make as much use of possible of assistive technology and depending on the levels of assessed need anticipate that 2 staff will be on at night one of which will be a wake night and one a sleep night

The service will require psychological and specialist behavioural support on a regular basis to ensure that there are robust support plans in place to enable people to regain as much independence as possible. The successful organisation will have an infrastructure that supports and trains its staff to achieve positive outcomes for the individuals involved.

The Council will have full nomination rights to the service.

As a public authority, in line with the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Council has due regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in Shropshire. Accordingly the council will be looking, in relation to the delivery of this contract, for proposals from contractors that could help provide social value benefits within Shropshire where practicable and to maximise the social and economic impact of the proposed contract.

This is a notice for Social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article74 being Public Health Services. Accordingly the Council will follow a process based on the principles of transparency. The Council will treat all economic operators equally and in a non-discriminatory way.
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         85310000 - Social work 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: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: Yes    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Not Provided         
         Estimated value excluding VAT: 2,500,000
         Currency: GBP
                        
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Starting: 01/11/2015
         Completion: 31/10/2020

   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:
      see tender documentation
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      see tender documentation
      
      III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
      Joint and severable liability
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      see tender documentation      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

      see PQQ documentation      
      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:
         see PQQ documentation
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         
         Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
         see PQQ documentation      
      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: Yes       
      If yes, reference to relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
      National Health and Community Care Act 1990 and the Health and Social Care Act 2008 or any subsequent repealing legislation.      
      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:
         Please see PQQ documentation. It is the Council's intention to select up to 7 bidders to be issued with the invitation to submit a tender, provided there are seven suitably qualified bidders at the pre-qualification stage.   
   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: EMC 028      
      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: 08/05/2015
      
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 11/05/2015
         Time: 12:00      
      IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 26/05/2015      
      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: Yes
      Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2021
   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. Applicants can view more information about this opportunity by visiting (link to be inserted).To respond to this opportunity, please click here (link to be inserted)The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award a contract or to award any option(s) it so wishes. Closing date for the submission of tenders is 12 noon 22 June 2015.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Shrewsbury:-Social-work-services./AM6H6SXHR6

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/AM6H6SXHR6
GO-2015410-PRO-6513378 TKR-2015410-PRO-6513377
   
   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      Shropshire Council
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1743252992, Email: procurement@shropshire.gov.uk

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 day calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Additional information should be requested from the contact in Section 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (S1 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England and Wales).   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Shropshire Council

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 10/04/2015

ANNEX A

   IV) Address of the other contracting authority on behalf of which the contracting authority is purchasing
      Purchased on behalf of other contracting authority details:
         1: Contracting Authority
      Shropshire Council is purchasing on behalf of itself and any wholly owned local authority company or other entity that is deemed to be a contracting authority by virtue of the Council’s involvement.
      Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom