Care at home and housing support Paisley

UK-Paisley: social work and related services

2012/S 224-369094

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Contact point(s): Corporate Procurement Unit
For the attention of: John Woods
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1416187036
E-mail: john.woods@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00400

Further information can be obtained from: Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Contact point(s): Corporate Procurement Unit
For the attention of: John Woods
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1416187036
E-mail: john.woods@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Contact point(s): Corporate Procurement Unit
For the attention of: John Woods
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1416187036
E-mail: john.woods@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Contact point(s): Corporate Procurement Unit
For the attention of: John Woods
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1416187036
E-mail: john.woods@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Internet address: http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

Social protection

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:

Care at home and housing support.

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
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Renfrewshire Council Area.
NUTS code UK

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

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 8
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: 8 000 000 GBP

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

Care at home and housing support services across the Council area for a range of service users including predominately older people and by exception adults with needs arising from a learning disability, physical disability, mental health issues or addiction, families with children and other vulnerable groups with housing support needs.
Any decision on selecting companies for inclusion in the tender panel will be based on an assesment of responses to the PQQ. The assessment will be in two stages. The First stage will be PASS or FAIL. If any section is assessed as FAIL the application will be deemed unacceptable and will not progress to Stage 2. Stage 2 will assess the responses received in respect of the completeness, relevance and clarity of the response received. Responses will be scored against the maximum weighted scores detailed below. Areas covered in the assessment are as follows:
Stage 1.
— Eligibility to Contract,
— Completeness of submission,
— Capacity to contract,
— Financial capacity and stability,
— Insurance provision assessed by the Council as adequate,
— Professional Registration.
Stage 2.
— Capacity and capability in delivering similar services 50 %,
— Compliance with Professional Standards 5 %,
— Previous conditions imposed for professional registration 5 %,
— Training Standards 10 %,
— Health & Safety Compliance and standards 8 %,
— Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 5 %,
— Quaility Management and Assurance 10 %,
— Equal Opportunities statutory compliance and policy 5 %,
— Environmental Management and statutory compliance 2 %.
Note: the authority has indicated that it is using the PCS-Tender Module to carry out this procurement process. To access the PCS-Tender Module and record your interest in this notice please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

If you are not already registered with the PCS-Tender Module registration will be required.
If you are already registered with Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) and PCS-Tender and have paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through the link in your PCS Control Panel: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/membership/member_controlpanel.aspx.

Note: the authority has indicated that they are using the PCS-Tender Module to carry out this procurement process. To access the PCS-Tender Module and record your interest in this notice please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

If you are not already registered with the PCS-Tender Module registration will be required.

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): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

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:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 8 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: Period of Framework Agreement is 3 years plus an option to extend for up to 1 year.

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: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

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

All prices in the tender must be in Sterling (GBP). Payments will be made to the appointed contractor in Sterling (GBP), all as detailed within the tender documentation.

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

Tenderers will require to form a legal entity recognised by Scots law. There is no preferred form of economic operator but each individual in any group is to be jointly and severally liable for the contract. In the event of an associated group of companies being successful, the Council will require each company to be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract. This assurance will be required in writing before any contract can be awarded to such a group.
Tenderers will be required to confirm that none of the factors listed in Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 23 of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) are applicable to their organisation.

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

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

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 number of operators: 16
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please see assessment criteria above Sect II. 1.5.

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:

RC1206_285 (PQQ_290)

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

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2012/S 199-327606 of 16.10.2012

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

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

5.12.2012 – 12:00

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

31.1.2013

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 tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Note: the authority has indicated that it is using the PCS-Tender Module to carry out this procurement process. To access the PCS-Tender Module please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

(SC Ref:245281).

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

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:19.11.2012