Payroll and Pension Auto-enrolment Oldbury
Provision of Direct Payment Support Service for Adults inclusive of Managed Accounts and Payroll and Pension Auto-enrolment and Employer Support to people living within the Borough of Sandwell.
United Kingdom-Oldbury: Payroll management services
2016/S 180-323935
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
The Council House
For the attention of: Richard Lowe
Oldbury
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1215695597
E-mail: richard_lowe@sandwell.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.sandwell.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.sandwell.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Sandwell MBC In-Tend Supplier Portal (please see Internet address URL below)
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:Sandwell MBC In-Tend Supplier Portal (please see Internet address URL below)
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Sandwell MBC In-Tend Supplier Portal (please see Internet address URL below)
Internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc
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
NUTS code UKG34
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)
The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wishes to appoint up to three Contractors to provide up to three Direct Payments Support Services to adults living within the Borough of Sandwell. The Direct Payment Support Service consists of three service areas or lots and the Council may award more than one lot to an individual Contractor. Contractors may bid to deliver 1,2 or all 3 Lots.
The services will be provided to individuals who are in receipt of a personal budget and wish to use a direct payment to retain choice and control over the services they receive. The services will be:
Lot 1: Payroll service: to provide a comprehensive payroll service to Direct Payments recipients within Sandwell including payroll calculation, registration with HMRC, administration of Pension Auto Enrolment and assistance with accounting for tax and National Insurance.
Lot 2: Managed Account service: to administer the Direct Payment accounts for individuals who are in need of such assistance. The type of account may be one where the client employs a Personal Assistant or one where they engage with an agency for the provision of their care. The service will include managing the receipt of the clients assessed charge into the account.
Lot 3: Employer Support Service: to provide advice, information and training to all eligible individuals to enable them to employ Personal Assistants using their Direct Payment and assisting them with the complexities of becoming an employer.
It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 6 April 2017 and run for a period of 3 years (until 5 April 2020) with an option to extend, (subject to the Council’s needs for the services) for a further year.
Suitably qualified and experienced Contractors are invited to respond to the Invitation to Tender documents, and submit proposals for the delivery of 1, 2 or all 3 lots. These must be submitted no later than 12.00 noon on 24.10.2016- via InTend.
The deadline for the submission of any clarification questions is 17:00 on 7.10.2016 via InTend.
The Council intends to use an evaluation model based on quality and price. The criteria, on which the tender will be evaluated, inclusive of weighting attached to each, will be included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.
NB The contract reflects services currently being provided by existing organisations, and therefore the EC Acquired Rights Directive 77/187 as amended under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 may apply to this contract.
The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.
From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.
In Order To View the On-Line Questionnaire and Submit a Tender, you will be required to’ Opt-In’.
Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.
For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the ‘Guidance for Suppliers’ section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.
If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.
Closing date: 24.10.2016 at 12 noon.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79211110, 85000000, 79631000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Lots
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 330 000 GBP
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Payroll and Pension Auto-Enrolment Service
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79211110, 85000000, 79631000
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Managed Account service
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85000000
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Employer Support Service
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85000000
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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.3.3)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
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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