Criminal Justice Support Service for High Risk Offenders

The Council is commissioning this Criminal Justice Support Service for High Risk Offenders to be delivered across South Ayrshire. This service is expected to commence on 1.10.2014.

United Kingdom-Ayr: Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals

2014/S 102-179225

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

South Ayrshire Council
Newton House, 30 Green Street Lane
Contact point(s): Resource, Governance and Organisation; Corporate Procurement
KA8 8BH Ayr
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3001230900
E-mail: procurement@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/procurement/

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00405

Electronic access to information: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.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

Social protection

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

North Ayrshire Council

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

CE-48-13 Criminal Justice Support Service for High Risk Offenders.

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: Ayrshire.

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 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: 100 000 GBP

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

South Ayrshire Council is committed to providing high quality services to protect the public in the management of high risk sex and violent Offenders.
Activities undertaken by the successful organisation shall comply with Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2005 and be in accordance with the following local and national documents:-
Local Documents:

South West Scotland Community Justice Authority Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Annual Report 2012-2013 available fromwww.swscja.org.uk

National Documents:

National Outcomes and Standards for Social Work Services within the Criminal Justice System (2010) available fromwww.scotland.gov.uk/Publications

MAPPA National Guidance version 1 (2012) http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/01/12094716

The Council is commissioning this Criminal Justice Support Service for High Risk Offenders to be delivered across South Ayrshire. This service is expected to commence on 1.10.2014.
This tender is for a Framework Agreement, with services procured at a flat hourly rate, inclusive of any mileage costs and travel time. The Framework Agreement will be for 4 years.
We will only consider tenders from organisations who can evidence that they have experience and who have carried out work previously in this field.

Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=305630.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available athttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

75231200, 75230000

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:

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

Duration in months: 48 (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:

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

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

Open

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

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:

CE-48-13

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

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

2.7.2014 – 12:00

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

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

Any questions relating to this tender should be addressed though the Public Contracts Scotland Questions and Answer facility. This facility allows companies to submit queries online giving full transparency and a robust audit trail. It also removes the risk of a question being overlooked and allows the Council to circulate questions and answers more efficiently.
To submit a query online, open the notice that you’re interested in and click on the Q&A tab where you can view all previously submitted questions and select “Ask a Question”. Any queries will be submitted automatically to the awarding authority for a response.
Please ensure there is no reference to your company name or confidential information in the question as it will be published on the website exactly as it has been asked.
You will be automatically notified by email when the contracting authority has posted an answer to the question along with a link to the response. The question will not be visible online until a response has been posted.
If you consider the question to be “commercial in confidence” ie specific to your tender response only and not a clarification, please state this in your question and the response will not be made available to the other interested parties.
(SC Ref:305630)

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:

23.5.2014