Supported Housing and Outreach Services Warrington

The Provision of Supported Housing and Outreach Services for adults with learning disabilities.

United Kingdom-Warrington: Social work and related services

2016/S 046-076272

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Warrington Borough Council
New Town House, Buttermarket Street
For the attention of: Mrs Gill Thornhill
WA1 2NH Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1925443235
E-mail: gthornhill@warrington.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1925443586

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.warrington.gov.uk

Electronic access to information: www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.the-chest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Warrington Borough Council
New Town House, Buttermarket Street
For the attention of: Mrs Gill Thornhill
WA1 2NH Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1925443235
E-mail: gthornhill@warrington.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1925443586

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Warrington Borough Council
New Town House, Buttermarket Street
For the attention of: Mrs Gill Thornhill
WA1 2NH Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1925443235
E-mail: gthornhill@warrington.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1925443586

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Warrington Borough Council
New Town House, Buttermarket Street
For the attention of: Mrs Gill Thornhill
WA1 2NH Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1925443235
E-mail: gthornhill@warrington.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1925443586

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

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

The Provision of Supported Housing and Outreach Services for adults with learning disabilities.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services

NUTS code UKD21

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with a single operator

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT: 20 000 000 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Warrington Borough Council is looking for Providers who are able to offer flexible support services to individuals with learning disabilities across Warrington to join a Framework. The service will promote independence, enablement and inclusion with service users who have moderate, severe and profound learning disabilities.
Service Users may be living in individual or shared supported tenancies or with parents or family carers.
The aim of the framework will be to provide high quality, effective and safe services that support people to lead their own lives in the community. There should be a strong emphasis on person centred approaches that deliver meaningful outcomes for individuals in line with the personalisation agenda.
Warrington Borough Council expects the Providers to work alongside the Council over the framework period to deliver and promote independence, deliver efficiencies and improve quality of services within Warrington. The Provider should demonstrate the ability to engage effectively with families, carers and a range of professionals.
Some Service Users will require personal care, but the main emphasis of the service will be to promote independence, enablement and inclusion.
The service will be provided within the Borough of Warrington.
The framework will be for a period of four years. It is anticipated that there will be a maximum of six Providers on the framework.
All Service Users will have a learning disability but some may have additional conditions such as autism/Asperger’s, mental health conditions, physical disabilities, dementia and profound and multiple learning disabilities.
Currently there are approximately 180 Service Users in receipt of approximately 7 800 hours of support per week. Most of whom live in shared tenancies that are sourced via a Registered Social Landlord.
Forecasting and needs analysis shows that there will be a significant number of young people leaving care in the next few years requiring substantial care packages in the future.
A decision has been taken to enter into a competitive procedure with negotiation, to allow the market to assist in determining the vehicle for service delivery and any new technology that will assist us in delivering this service.
The Council is interested in receiving proposals which include some form of collaboration/joint working. For example through the use of shared services, assistive technology as this would then reduce direct costs, whilst maintaining quality.
The Council reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations.
The Council reserves the right to reduce the number of tenderers in accordance with the evaluation criteria contained within the Invitation to Tender.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85300000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

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:

As described in the Invitation to Tender.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 20 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

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 3.2.2017. Completion 31.1.2021

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

The Council may require a performance bond or parent company guarantee.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

As described in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Joint and Several Liability.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: The successful Tenderer(s) must be either appropriately registered with the Care Quality Commission or be in the process of registering with the Care Quality Commission.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As described in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As described in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As described in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services 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

Negotiated
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures) no

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged number of operators: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As described in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire. Type of procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation. The Council reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations. The Council reserves the right to reduce the number of tenderers in accordance with the evaluation criteria contained within the Invitation to Tender.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated yes

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:

DN109183

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 29.3.2016 – 17:00
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

30.3.2016 – 17:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

20.4.2016

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

in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 22.5.2016 – 12:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

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

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Warrington Borough Council
New Town House Buttermarket Street
WA1 2NH Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: gthornhill@warrrington.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1925443235
Internet address: www.warrington.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1925443586

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Warrington Borough Council
New Town House, Buttermarket Street
WA1 2NH Warrington
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: gthornhill@warrington.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1925443235
Internet address: www.warrrington.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1925443586

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

2.3.2016