Independent Advocacy Services for Newcastle City Council
Newcastle City Council is seeking to deliver the requirements for an advocate under the following legislations: Independent advocacy under the Care Act 2014.
United Kingdom-Newcastle upon Tyne: Health and social work services
2015/S 057-100191
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Newcastle City Council
Room 104, Civic Centre, Barras Bridge
For the attention of: Stacey Urwin
NE1 8QH Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1912116366
E-mail: corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1912114832
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.newcastle.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.neportal.org
Electronic access to information: http://www.neportal.org
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://www.neportal.org
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
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Newcastle City Council.
NUTS code UKC22
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This notice is a call for competition in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 48(2). Tenders or requests to participate are to be sent viahttp://www.neportal.org Variants are not accepted.
There are statutory obligations placed on local authorities to provide independent advocates in certain circumstances and eligibility to enable an individual to have their voice heard and represented. Newcastle City Council is seeking to deliver the requirements for an advocate under the following legislations:
— Independent advocacy under the Care Act 2014;
— Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs) under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 including the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS);
— Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR) which is covered in the Mental Capacity (Deprivation of Liberty: Appointment of Relevant Person’s Representative) Regulations 2008; and;
— Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHAs) under the Mental Health Act 1983, as amended 2007.
The purpose of this Contract is to fulfil the statutory obligations on the local authority to commission independent advocacy under these particular Acts.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85000000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 480 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Description of these options: Option to extend for up to 2 x 12 months, commencing 1.9.2017 up to 31.8.2019.
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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
Description of particular conditions: Details to be included in the Invitation to Tender.
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
All applicants are required to complete and return a detailed Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire prepared by the Contracting Authority and provide such supporting evidence as may be requested by the deadline stated in the Invitation to Tender.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
As set out in the Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As set out in the Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
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
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: