Hampshire Employment Service

This service will support people (16 years+) with Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health issues.

United Kingdom-Winchester: Health and social work services

2016/S 011-015358

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Hampshire County Council
Adult Services, 3rd Floor Elizabeth II Court (West), The Castle
For the attention of: Nick Buchanan
SO23 8UQ Winchester
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1962813874
E-mail: nick.buchanan@hants.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.hants.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

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:

Hampshire Employment Service.

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: Hampshire.

NUTS code UKJ33

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)

Hampshire County Council invite suitably experienced providers to tender for the Hampshire Employment Service. This service will support people (16 years+) with Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health issues, Autism and other support needs to source a variety of work and work related opportunities. The service aims to improve individuals’ overall well-being and increased inclusion in their community.
Hampshire County Council wants to commission a service which will encourage people with support needs to make employment a realistic goal. The service will source, create and support sustainable work opportunities for service users which recognise and respond to the business needs of employers and benefit wider communities.
The contract for this service will be for 3 years initially with the option to extend, at the Council’s discretion, for up to an additional year and a further additional year on a 1+1 basis.
The county wide maximum annual budget for this service will be up to 320 000 GBP per annum.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 79600000

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

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:
Range: between 510 000 and 1 600 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: Payment by results — please see documentation.

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes

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

Starting 4.7.2016. Completion 3.7.2019

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

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

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

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:

AS08042

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: 17.3.2016 – 14:00

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

17.3.2016 – 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

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

Please see Hampshire County Council’s In-Tend procurement portal for further details.

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:

14.1.2016