Student Counselling Service Tender – Edinburgh
The bidder must offer the counselling service over four college campuses and offer virtual access if appropriate.
United Kingdom-Edinburgh: Counselling services
2020/S 076-181061
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Postal address: Bankhead Drive, Sighthill
Town: Edinburgh
NUTS code: UKM75
Postal code: EH11 4DE
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: procurement@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1315354764
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00210
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Student Counselling Service
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The authority is therefore seeking bids from those able to provide the specified student counselling services to the authority. The bidder must be capable of meeting the demands of a large College, with an extensive student population. The bidder must offer the counselling service over four College Campuses and offer virtual access if appropriate.
Counsellors must be on a register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA). The registered counsellors must have met the accredited register’s professional standards to practise.
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
II.2.3)Place of performance
Four Campuses in Edinburgh and Midlothian as detailed in tender document.
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
The authority is therefore seeking bids from those able to provide the specified student counselling services to the authority. The bidder must be capable of meeting the demands of a large College, with an extensive student population. The bidder must offer the counselling service over four College Campuses and offer virtual access if appropriate.
Counsellors must be on a register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA). The registered counsellors must have met the accredited register’s professional standards to practise.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Two 12 month extensions available.
II.2.9)Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
As detailed in the documents, all tenderers who meet the minimum selection criteria of three marks out of the available four for each selection question will be taken forward.
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
See qualification and selection document.
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about electronic workflows
VI.3)Additional information:
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VI.4.1)Review body
Postal address: Sheriff Court House, 27 Chambers Street
Town: Edinburgh
Postal code: EH1 1LB
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: