European Social Fund Lancashire

Department for Work and Pensions
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Contact point(s): All communications must be via the e-sourcing portal at https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk — Please see Section VI.3) Additional Information for details on how to register
For the attention of: Gratton Christopher
LS2 4UA Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +49 12345678
E-mail: christopher.gratton@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Fax: +49 12345678

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions

Electronic access to information: https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://dwp.bravosolution.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)

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

Social protection
Other: employment related training

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Lancashire
European Social Fund (England) 2014-20.

Services
Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: This Provision is voluntary and will aim to reduce the worklessness of disadvantaged people, particularly in those wards across Lancashire that demonstrate the highest levels of out of work claimants.
The Provision will provide tailored support through individual ‘Key Workers’ and an Action Plan for Participants which will contain activities that will tackle barriers to employment.
The ultimate purpose of the Provision is to achieve sustained employment outcomes.
Lancashire’s Local Economic Partnership (LEP) is an area which includes Blackburn with Darwen Unitary Authority, Blackpool Unitary Authority, Lancashire County Council and 12 borough councils.

NUTS code UKE43

The notice involves a public contract

This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Article 24.
Service delivery under this contract is expected to commence in October 2016 and continue until September 2019. There will be a further 64 week payment tail. The contract value is 2 700 000 GBP and there is a requirement for a minimum of 1714 Participants to start on this provision.
The aim of this Provision is to help unemployed people enter and sustain employment. Through tailored, personalised packages of support, it will deliver additional, individual support to enhance and wrap around existing DWP mainstream provision, helping to ensure Sustained Job Outcomes for disadvantaged people who face multiple barriers to work.
The Provider must meet ESF specific requirements set by the European Commission and failure to comply can result in a high financial risk for both the Provider and DWP, as funds used inappropriately or for ineligible Participants or purposes and/or where the ESF requirements have not been met are recoverable from Providers.
The Provider will use the Provider Referral and Payment (PRaP) system to receive their referrals and to record claimant activity. The Provider will therefore need to have met relevant security requirements when contracts go live.
This contract will be for the use of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), its Executive Agencies and those Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) sponsored by DWP. Further information including a list of such Agencies and Public Bodies can be viewed by selecting ‘Ministerial Departments’ on the Departmental website.

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The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

This contract is divided into lots: no

Variants will be accepted: no

DWP intends to award 1 contract for the delivery of services across the Lancashire Local Authority areas. The value of this contract is estimated to be 2 700 000 GBP
DWP may increase the volume of referrals where there is an increased demand and additional funding is made available by the Managing Authority. DWP will also have the option to extend the contract for up to a further two years, subject to satisfactory performance of the contract and availability of funding. Any variations or extensions will be subject to discussion and agreement between the Provider, LEP, MA and DWP at the appropriate time. The contract value may also increase in proportion to the scale and/or duration of any extension or variation. All contract values provided within this Contract Notice are indicative contract values.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 700 000 GBP

Options: yes
Description of these options: DWP may increase the volume of referrals where there is an increased demand and where additional funding is made available by the Managing Authority. DWP also reserves the option to extend the contract for up to a further 2 years. The contract value may also increase in proportion to any variation and/or extension.

Duration in months: 54 (from the award of the contract)

Parent company guarantees, performance bonds or deposits may be required in appropriate circumstances.

See tender documents.

If a consortium of Providers is formed to tender for this Provision, a lead contractor must be nominated. If successful, DWP will contract with the lead contractor, who in turn must contract with other Providers within the consortia (unless the consortium is a legal entity in its own right, in which case, DWP will contract with the legal entity).

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Suppliers will be assessed against the selection and exclusion criteria as detailed within the ITT.

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the Invitation to Tender documents, which are available to download from https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to the Invitation to Tender documents, which are available to download fromhttps://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Please refer to the Invitation to Tender documents, which are available to download from https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Please refer to the Invitation to Tender documents, which are available to download from https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

Open

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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

An electronic auction will be used: no

Prior information notice

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 22.4.2016 – 10:00
Payable documents: no

22.4.2016 – 10:00

English.

Duration in months: 10 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Date: 22.4.2016 – 10:00

Place:

e-procurement

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

This is a recurrent procurement: no

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): European Social Fund (England) 2014 — 2020. The allocation of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), including ESF money for the full seven-year period.

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once):https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details — Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the e-Tendering help desk.

This is a procurement for services under the Light Touch Regime and DWP will not be bound by Public Contracts Regulations 2015 except as such Regulations are applicable to the Light Touch Regime.
DWP expressly reserves the rights: (i) to use a reverse auction; (ii)to cancel this procurement at any stage; (iii) to not award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (iv) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; (v) and in no circumstances will DWP be liable for any costs incurred by potential suppliers.
The Provider will use the Provider Referral and Payment (PRaP) system to receive their referrals and to record claimant activity. The Provider will therefore need to have met relevant security requirements when contracts go live.

Department for Work and Pensions
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
LS2 7UA Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate, on a voluntary basis, a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 87) 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, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court may award damages and in the case of specified breaches of the rules may also order the termination or shortening of the contract and the levying of fines. Economic Operators seeking the termination of a contract (where this is permitted) may be required to bring action within 30-days, although this period is extended to 6-months in specified circumstances. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
You may also care to note the information provided via the DWP commercial complaints process.

Department for Work and Pensions
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
LS2 7UA Leeds
UNITED KINGDOM

14.3.2016