Block Contracts for Home Support Services Norfolk

Norfolk County Council wishes to enter into block contracts for the provision of Home Support Services for the area within the Eastern Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group of the County.

United Kingdom-Norwich: Health and social work services

2015/S 144-266269

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Norfolk County Council
RM 117 County Hall, Martineau Lane
For the attention of: Annie Southgate
NR1 1DH Norwich
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

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

Address of the buyer profile: www.In-Tendhost.co.uk

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

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:

Home Support in Great Yarmouth Norfolk.

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 UKH13

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

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

Norfolk County Council wishes to enter into block contracts for the provision of Home Support Services for the area within the Eastern Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group of the County. Continuing Health Care (CHC) Provision has been incorporated in this tender and we expect that the organisation(s) who are awarded the Home Support block contract in these three lots will also be the preferred provider for Continuing Health Care Provision.
It is our intention to tender for these services in lots. Applicants may apply for 1 or more lots.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85312000, 85100000, 85320000, 85323000, 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

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may 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:

The initial contract length will be 60 months. At the Council”s discretion up to an additional 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance, may be granted at the end of the initial contract term and beyond that an additional 2 years may be granted to give an overall possible 9 years term.
The intention is for each bidder to be awarded no more than 1 lot. However, we reserve the right to award up to 3 lots, to ensure there is sufficient coverage over this area.
In the tender documents are details of the number of hours per lot available. There is also the opportunity to offer additional services such as night sits and sleep-ins which will stand outside of the block contracts.

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 108 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1Lot title: East 3

1)Short description

Norfolk County Council wishes to enter into block contracts for the provision of Home Support Services for the areas within the Eastern Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group of the County.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 2Lot title: East 4

1)Short description

Norfolk County Council wishes to enter into block contracts for the provision of Home Support Services for the areas within the Eastern Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group of the County.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

Lot No: 3Lot title: East 5

1)Short description

Norfolk County Council wishes to enter into block contracts for the provision of Home Support Services for the areas within the Eastern Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group of the County.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional 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:

None.

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

None.

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

None.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

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 per the tender documents.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per the tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per the tender documents.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As per the tender documents.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As per the tender documents.

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

Restricted

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

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: All those applicants who pass the short-listing stage (as detailed in the PQQ) will be invited to tender.

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

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:

NCCT40849A

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

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 30-050615

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: 2.9.2015 – 10:00
Payable documents: no

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

2.9.2015 – 14:00

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

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 2.9.2015 – 14:00
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

This is a procurement for services specified in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as those covered by the Light Touch Regime (LTR). The procurement exercise will be conducted in accordance with the information contained in the Invitation to Tender and associated documents.
The Authority has been constrained by the forms used by the Publications Office to describe the procurement procedure as Restricted. This will be a two stage procurement process, but the Authority does not bind itself to conduct the procurement process in accordance with the Restricted procedure, as described in the Regulations, nor to abide by any other part of the Regulations which does not expressly apply to procurements under the LTR.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Councils procurement system. To participate in this procurement, Applicants must first be registered on the procurement system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found athttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles Once registered you will need to express an interest in this procurement to obtain the procurement documentation. You will be able to view the procurement project under the tenders section and express an interest. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the support team.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point when information on the proposed award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the Contract is entered into. Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by any breach of the Councils obligations may take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

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

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

24.7.2015