Independent Mental Health Advocacy Rotherham

For clarification purposes the advocacy service provider’s contractual relationship will be with Rotherham MBC as Lead Commissioner.

United Kingdom-Rotherham: Health and social work services

2015/S 062-109101

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Rotherham MBC
Riverside House, Main Street
For the attention of: Miss Lizzy Grayson
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1709255307
E-mail: lizzy.grayson@rotherham.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1709376285

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.yortender.co.uk

Electronic access to information: www.yortender.co.uk — search for the tender titled IMHA 15-047

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.yortender.co.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Rotherham MBC
Riverside House, Main Street
For the attention of: Miss Lizzy Grayson
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1709255307
E-mail: lizzy.grayson@rotherham.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1709376285

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Rotherham MBC
Riverside House, Main Street
For the attention of: Miss Lizzy Grayson
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1709255307
E-mail: lizzy.grayson@rotherham.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1709376285

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Rotherham MBC
Riverside House, Main Street
For the attention of: Miss Lizzy Grayson
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1709255307
E-mail: lizzy.grayson@rotherham.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1709376285

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services
Health

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

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

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Civic Office
DN1 3BU Doncaster
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

15-047 IMHA (Independent Mental Health Advocacy).

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
NUTS code

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)

Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) Service for qualifying patients mandated under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Generic Mental Health Advocacy Service for Rotherham MBC only.
For clarification purposes the following is the definition of Advocacy:
‘Advocacy is taking action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need. Advocates and advocacy schemes work in partnership with the people they support and take their side. Advocacy promotes social inclusion, equality and social injustice’ Advocacy charter 2000
Rotherham MBC as Lead Commissioner and Doncaster MBC wishes to ensure that Independent mental health advocacy services IMHA is being commissioned for Adults Service Users/ Patients are made available for all qualifying patients.
The Service will be delivered in partnership with Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) and with the Rotherham Joint Learning Disability Service, where the vast majority of Service Users/Patients will be supported.
Rotherham MBC (only) wishes to commission a Generic Advocacy Service for those people registered with a GP in the Borough of Rotherham.
For clarification purposes the advocacy service provider’s contractual relationship will be with Rotherham MBC as Lead Commissioner. They will be responsible for monitoring, the service. However, Doncaster MBC commissioners will be involved when reviews take place at quarterly or 6-monthly contract monitoring meetings and when negotiating the operation of the service as required.
For clarification purposes the Advocacy Service Provider’s contractual relationship will be with Rotherham MBC as Lead Commissioner, Doncaster MBC will hold a Memorandum of Agreement with Rotherham MBC for the provision of Independent Mental Health Advocacy through this Contract. Rotherham MBC will be responsible for monitoring, the service. However, Doncaster MBC commissioners will be involved when reviews take place at quarterly or 6-monthly contract monitoring meetings and when negotiating the operation of the service as required. Tenderers should be aware that although the contracting authority for the purposes of this procurement is Rotherham Borough Council and Doncaster MBC, one or more of the other 22 Local Authorities within the Yorkshire and Humber Region may choose to access the concluded contract subject to the capacity of the tenderer, without creating any obligation on behalf of any of them to do so. Where any of the 22 Local Authorities within the Yorkshire and Humber Region elects to do so a legally binding contract shall be created between the Contractor and that Local Authority on the terms and conditions contained herein. Details of the Local Authorities can be found at http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/MapLocationSearch.do?mode=1.1&map=4 Other local authorities in the United Kingdom who will be entitled to call-off orders under the agreement can be found at http://openlylocal.com/councils/all

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 75122000, 85100000, 85300000, 85320000, 85323000

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

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

II.1.8)Lots

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:

Please see the Documents at www.yortender.co.uk

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

Please see the Documents at www.yortender.co.uk

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see the Documents at www.yortender.co.uk

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see the Documents at www.yortender.co.uk

III.2.3)Technical capacity

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

Please see the Documents at www.yortender.co.uk

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Please see the Documents at www.yortender.co.uk

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

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

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

Envisaged number of operators: 0

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

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

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:

15-047

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

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

Payable documents: no

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

4.5.2015 – 12:00

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

23.3.2015

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

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

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

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Simon Bradley
Riverside House, Main Street
S65 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: simon.bradley@rotherham.gov.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Simon Bradley
Riverside House, Main Street
S65 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: simon.bradley@rotherham.gov.uk

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:

23.3.2015