Short Breaks and Shared Care Services for Disabled Children

Short Breaks and Shared Care Services for Disabled Children – Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council is inviting Tenders for the supply of services in respect of three residential homes for disabled children and young people.

United Kingdom-Northampton: Social work and related services

2015/S 052-090777

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
For the attention of: Mr Gary James
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1604365671
E-mail: gary.james@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Electronic access to information: https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf/vLiveDocs/SD-DEVV-6UGE9Y?OpenDocument&contentid=1.001

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf/vLiveDocs/SD-DEVV-6UGE9Y?OpenDocument&contentid=1.001

Further information can be obtained from: LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
For the attention of: Mr Gary James
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1604365671
E-mail: gary.james@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
For the attention of: Mr Gary James
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1604365671
E-mail: gary.james@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: See Due North Web Address
See Due North Web Address
NN4 7YD See Due North Web Address
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: dnotuse@donotuse.com

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: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Cambridgeshire County Council Residential, Short Breaks, and Shared Care Services for Disabled Children and Young People.

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 UKH12

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)

Cambridgeshire County Council is inviting Tenders for the supply of services in respect of three residential homes for disabled children and young people. 2 homes in the Cambridge area providing shared and longer term residential care and one home near Huntingdon which will provide a residential short breaks service.
There are currently approximately 65 children and young people accessing this service. These children and young people have a range of disabilities and varying needs and range in age between 0 and 18 years.

Please go to https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf/vLiveDocs/SD-DEVV-6UGE9Y?OpenDocument&contentid=1.001

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85300000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

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:

This contract is for 4 years, with an option for 2 extensions of 2 years, making 8 years in total.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 18 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 0
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in days: 0 (from the award of the contract)

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 96 (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:

The Authority may wish to obtain a Parent Company Guarantee, from organisations with a Parent Company, Performance Bond or any other sureties.

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:https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf/vLiveDocs/SD-DEVV-6UGE9Y?OpenDocument&contentid=1.001

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

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: 0

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:

9UBM-224E7X

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

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: 22.4.2015 – 12:00
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

22.4.2015 – 12:00

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

9.3.2015

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 23.4.2015 – 11:00
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

https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk/procontract/NBC/portal.nsf/vLiveDocs/SD-DEVV-6UGE9Y?OpenDocument&contentid=1.001

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

The Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2079476000

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Paul White, Head of Procurement, LGSS
LGSS, John Dryden House
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The duration of this standstill will be disclosed at this point. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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 must be brought promptly. 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.

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Paul White, Head of Procurement, LGSS
LGSS, John Dryden House
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

9.3.2015