Provision of Neighbourhood Care Prevention Services
Cumbria County Council Adult Social Care in Partnership with Primary Care Trust is seeking to establish a Neighbourhood Care Prevention Service for all adults across the whole of Cumbria. UK-Carlisle: health and social work services
2012/S 60-097877
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Cumbria County Council
Adult and Local Services, 3rd Floor, Civic Centre, Rickergate
For the attention of: Mr Brian Ruddie
CA3 8QG Carlisle
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1228226131
E-mail: brian.ruddie@cumbriacc.gov.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
Social protection
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of Neighbourhood Care Prevention Services.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Throughout Cumbria in England in the United Kingdom.
NUTS code UKD
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Throughout Cumbria in England in the United Kingdom.
NUTS code UKD
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
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 60
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 300 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Primarily we are commissioning an MSP to act as a Management Agent on behalf of Cumbria County Council, and will not be delivering services direct to the client groups.
Cumbria County Council Adult Social Care in Partnership with Primary Care Trust is seeking to establish a Neighbourhood Care Prevention Service for all adults across the whole of Cumbria.
The council delivers a number of services directly or through third party organisations which support caring neighbourhoods. The new service to be tendered will build upon existing prevention services which currently focus on older people as well as a number of other services currently relating primarily to people with disabilities and will enable provision of a broader range of advice and information initiatives for adults of all ages and their informal carers. It will assist in building caring neighbourhoods and sustainable communities. Whilst prevention services will have some impact on shorter term demand, they can have a significant beneficial impact on people’s sense of wellbeing and improve quality of life. This will reduce potential demand for longer term health and social care services in particular but also a range of other services provided by the Council. It will also help to maintain the current public perception that, in Cumbria, there are services in place that help people to live independently.
Cumbria County Council Adult Social Care in Partnership with Primary Care Trust is seeking to establish a Neighbourhood Care Prevention Service for all adults across the whole of Cumbria.
The council delivers a number of services directly or through third party organisations which support caring neighbourhoods. The new service to be tendered will build upon existing prevention services which currently focus on older people as well as a number of other services currently relating primarily to people with disabilities and will enable provision of a broader range of advice and information initiatives for adults of all ages and their informal carers. It will assist in building caring neighbourhoods and sustainable communities. Whilst prevention services will have some impact on shorter term demand, they can have a significant beneficial impact on people’s sense of wellbeing and improve quality of life. This will reduce potential demand for longer term health and social care services in particular but also a range of other services provided by the Council. It will also help to maintain the current public perception that, in Cumbria, there are services in place that help people to live independently.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85000000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
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 300 000 and 500 000 GBP
Range: between 300 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 60 (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:
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
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As specified in the bidders questionnaire.
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j)has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As specified in the bidders questionnaire.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As specified in the bidders questionnaire.
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking’s overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information of these turnovers is available.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
As specified in the bidders questionnaire.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As specified in the bidders questionnaire.
As specified in the bidders questionnaire.
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
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators: 1
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As specified in the bidders questionnaire and the ITT document.
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: As specified in the bidders questionnaire and the ITT document.
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:
NWCE-8SMMTL
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
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: 26.3.2012 – 12:00
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
2.5.2012 – 09:00
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 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
Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference NWCE-8SMMTL in the box labelled” contains” then click search.
Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity.
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Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector.
Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the Authority’s supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Mr Conway Stewart
Cumbria County Council SCPU, Barras Lane, Dalston
CA5 7NY Carlisle
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: conway.stewart@cumbria.gov.uk
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Please see above.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
22.3.2012