Independent Supported Living Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities
This Framework is for adults aged 18 and over resident within the City of Newcastle who have; Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities and Autism or Autistic Spectrum Conditions. It will be delivered in the Lots.
UK-Newcastle upon Tyne: Social work and related services
2013/S 004-004392
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
Newcastle City Council
Room 310, Civic Centre, Barras Bridge
For the attention of: John Collins
NE99 2BN Newcastle upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1912116924
E-mail: corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1912114832
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.newcastle.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.nepoportal.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)
Section II: Object of the contract
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Newcastle upon Tyne.
NUTS code UKC22
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 99
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 48
within the City of Newcastle who have; Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities and Autism or Autistic
Spectrum Conditions.
85300000, 85311000
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
below and will be for a period of 36 months commencing 1.4.2013 until 31.3.2016, with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months.
The Framework is made up with the following three lots.
Lot 1 Non Complex Independent Supported Living and specialist care at home
Lot 2 Complex Independent Supported Living
Lot 3 Floating Support (previously known as Community Enabling)
The Council is carrying out the procurement of this contract as an open tender. This contract involves the service category of “Education and vocational health services” under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts
Regulations 2006 and is therefore classified as a Part B Contract. This contract is not subject to the full application of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 or the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009.
Further information and associated documents are available on our e-tendering web portal at www.nepoportal.org
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 100 000 000 and 150 000 000 GBP
Description of these options: The initial contract period is 36 months commencing 1.4.2013 until 31.3.2016, with an option to
extend for up to a further 12 months.
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Non complex independent supported living and specialist care at home
85300000, 85311000
85300000, 85311000
85300000, 85311000
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
form of appropriate security.
Description of particular conditions: To be set out in the contract documents.
the Contracting Authority and provide such supporting evidence as may be requested by the deadline stated in
IV.3.4.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire.
As set out in the Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As set out in the Contractor Evaluation Questionnaire.
Section IV: Procedure
Payable documents: no
Section VI: Complementary information
Please go to our web site located at www.nepoportal.org to register and download the documents. This Contract Notice is for a Part B service and is published on a voluntary basis and is therefore not subject to full application of the public contract regulations.”
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 5) as amended by the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI
2009No. 2992) 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 which does EN Standard form 02 – Contract notice 12 / 18 not seek a declaration of ineffectiveness must be brought within 30 days beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen.
An application for ineffectiveness must be made within 30 days of publication of a contract award notice or notification of the conclusion of the contract with a summary of relevant reasons, or in any other case within 6 months of the date the contract was entered into. 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 make a declaration of ineffectiveness and order payment of a civil financial penalty. 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. The commencement of proceedings before the contract has been entered into requires the authority to refrain from entering into the contract.