Personal Budget Advice Service in Somerset

Provision of a Direct Payment and Personal Health Budget Advice and Support Service in Somerset.

United Kingdom-Taunton: Health and social work services

2015/S 177-321423

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Somerset County Council
County Hall
For the attention of: Ms Catherine Logan
TA1 4DY Taunton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1823359293
E-mail: clogan@somerset.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Somerset County Council
County Hall
For the attention of: Ms Catherine Logan
TA1 4DY Taunton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1823359293
E-mail: clogan@somerset.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Somerset County Council
County Hall
For the attention of: Ms Catherine Logan
TA1 4DY Taunton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1823359293
E-mail: clogan@somerset.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Somerset County Council
County Hall
For the attention of: Ms Catherine Logan
TA1 4DY Taunton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1823359293
E-mail: clogan@somerset.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

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

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

Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group
Wynford House, Lufton Way
BA22 8HR Yeovil
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Provision of a Direct Payment and Personal Health Budget Advice and Support Service in Somerset.

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 UKK

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)

Somerset County Council (SCC) is seeking interest from organisations that would like to provide a Direct Payment and Personal Health Budget Advice and Support Service in Somerset. The key activities as part of this service will include providing information visits, setting up a Direct Payment or Personal Health Budget, helping with recruitment of Personal Assistants, providing ongoing support to DP/PHB recipients, managing the payroll for people who employ their own Personal Assistant and managed accounts. This will be a joint contract with the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group. SCC as lead commissioner is now running a procurement process in order to have a new service in place by 1.4.2016. This tender opportunity and all documentation relating to it is available on the e-Tendering system ProContract hosted via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Contract Number: 9YGK-4JANPE.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85310000, 85320000, 85321000

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:

Somerset County Council (SCC) is seeking interest from organisations that would like to provide a Direct Payment and Personal Health Budget Advice and Support Service in Somerset. The key activities as part of this service will include providing information visits, setting up a Direct Payment or Personal Health Budget, helping with recruitment of Personal Assistants, providing ongoing support to DP/PHB recipients, managing the payroll for people who employ their own Personal Assistant and managed accounts. This will be a joint contract with the Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group. SCC as lead commissioner is now running a procurement process in order to have a new service in place by 1.4.2016. This tender opportunity and all documentation relating to it is available on the eTendering system ProContract hosted via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Contract Number: 9YGK-4JANPE.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 300 000 GBP

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: 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:

Please see tender documentation.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

Please see tender documentation.

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

Please see tender documentation.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Please see terms and conditions and service specification.

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: Please see tender documentation.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see tender documentation.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Please see tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see tender documentation.

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: 1
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please see tender documentation.

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:

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

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2015/S 105-190979 of 3.6.2015

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

12.10.2015 – 09:00

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

9.9.2015

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

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 12.10.2015 – 9:00
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

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:

9.9.2015