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Thursday, 14 November 2013, 11:32

Residential Nursing Care Services South Ayrshire

Framework for Care and Support at Home Services to South Ayrshire Council.

United Kingdom-Ayr: Residential nursing care services

2013/S 221-385260

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

South Ayrshire Council
Newton House, 30 Green Street Lane
Contact point(s): Resource, Governance and Organisation
For the attention of: Corporate Procurement
KA8 8BH Ayr
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 3001230900
E-mail: procurement@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/procurement/

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00405

Electronic access to information: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity

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

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

CE-39-13 Framework for Care and Support at Home Services to South Ayrshire Council.
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
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: South Ayrshire Council.
NUTS code UK

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 20
Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in months: 48
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 24 039 797 and 26 443 776 GBP

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

South Ayrshire Council is committed to providing high quality services. By working to provide timely, proportionate support, we aim to ensure that individuals can be maintained in their own homes, as long as is reasonable and practical.
Activities undertaken by the successful organisation should be compatible with the ethos of the following local and national documents:
— Reshaping Care for Older People. Reshaping Care for Older People;
— Policy on Management and Administration of Medication South Ayrshire Council Medication Policy;
— South Ayrshire Council’s Food Handling Procedure;
— South Ayrshire Council Health and Safety Policy Corporate Health and Safety;
— Draft Ten Year Vision for Reshaping Care for Older People’s Services;
— South Ayrshire Council Care at Home Service – Financial Handling Policy;
— South Ayrshire Council Care at Home – Risk Assessment Policy;
— South Ayrshire Council Policy and Operational Framework Document – Engaging With Independent Sector Care and Support Providers 2012;
— South Ayrshire Council – Adult Support and Protection Procedures;
— South Ayrshire Council – Child Protection Procedures;
— Draft South Ayrshire Dementia Action Plan. (2013-2016);
— South Ayrshire Council – Learning Disability Strategy;
— South Ayrshire Council – Mental health Strategy Mental Health Strategy;
— National Care Standards National Care Standards.
The Council wishes to establish a framework of support services, to deliver a Care and Support at home Service across South Ayrshire. The duration of this framework will be 4 years, at the sole discretion of the Council. This service is expected to fully commence by 1.7.2014.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=284314

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85144100, 85141210, 85141200, 85112200, 85000000, 85112200, 85300000, 85312200, 85311000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more 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:

See ITT Document.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 24 039 797 and 26 443 776 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: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Ballantrae, Pinmore, Pinwherry, Colmonell, Barrhill, Lendalfoot

1)Short description

See ITT Document
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85144100

3)Quantity or scope

See ITT Document
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Girvan, Dailly, Old Dailly, Turnberry, Maidens, Barr, Kirkoswald, Maybole, Kirkmichael, Crosshill, Straiton, Minishant, Dunure/Fisherton

1)Short description

See ITT Document
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85141210

3)Quantity or scope

See ITT Document
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Alloway, Seafield, Ayr (South of river), Coylton

1)Short description

See ITT Document
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85141200

3)Quantity or scope

See ITT Document
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Ayr (North of River), Whittletts, St Quivox, Annbank, Mossblown, Tarbolton, Failford

1)Short description

See ITT Document
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85112200

3)Quantity or scope

See ITT Document
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 5 Lot title: Heathfield, Prestwick, Monkton

1)Short description

See ITT Document
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000

3)Quantity or scope

See ITT Document
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 6 Lot title: Troon, Dundonald, Loans, Symington

1)Short description

See ITT Document
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85300000

3)Quantity or scope

See ITT Document
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots

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

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: See ITT Document.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See ITT Document.
III.2.3)Technical capacity

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See ITT Document.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
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

Open
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
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:

CE-39-13
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

23.12.2013 – 12:00
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 of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information

Any questions relating to this tender should be addressed though the Public Contracts Scotland Questions and Answer facility. This facility allows companies to submit queries online giving full transparency and a robust audit trail. It also removes the risk of a question being overlooked and allows the Council to circulate questions and answers more efficiently.
To submit a query online, open the notice that you’re interested in and click on the Q&A tab where you can view all previously submitted questions and select “Ask a Question”. Any queries will be submitted automatically to the awarding authority for a response.
Please ensure there is no reference to your company name or confidential information in the question as it will be published on the website exactly as it has been asked.
You will be automatically notified by email when the contracting authority has posted an answer to the question along with a link to the response. The question will not be visible online until a response has been posted.
If you consider the question to be “commercial in confidence” ie specific to your tender response only and not a clarification, please state this in your question and the response will not be made available to the other interested parties.
(SC Ref:284314)
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:13.11.2013