Substance Misuse Service Portsmouth

To provide a holistically-focussed, person-centre programme of care adapted to meet the recovery needs of the individual prisoner, consisting of a range of effective evidence-based clinical and psychosocial interventions.

UK-Portsmouth: health and social work services

2012/S 50-081705

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Portsmouth City Council
ASC Contracts, Navigators Centre, Portsmouth PO1 2EP
For the attention of: Contracts Team
PO1 2BJ Portsmouth
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2392831748
E-mail: SCAContractsTeam@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Fax: +44 2392834996

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/procurement/index.html

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

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:

Substance Misuse Service HM Prison Kingston.

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 UKJ31

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)

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85100000, 85312500

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: no

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:

The scope of this service will be to respond to all dependent and recreational substance misusing behaviours, particularly where these link to offending behaviours.
Substances of misuse, in this context, are defined as:
— any drug controlled by the misuse of drugs act (1971),
— any psychoactive substance that has an effect similar to a controlled drug (but is not currently controlled),
— any medication used other than in accordance with its prescribed purpose or its licensed use as described by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) or the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA),
— alcohol where used at hazardous, harmful or dependent levels (as determined by the WHO AUDIT screening tool) or is identified as a significant factor in a prisoner’s offending behaviour.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 600 000,00 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

Duration in months: 36 (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:

As specified within the tender documents.

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

As specified within the tender documents.

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

Joint and several.

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: As specified within the pre-qualification questionnaire which can be accessed at the following internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As specified within the pre-qualification questionnaire which can be accessed at the following internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As specified within the pre-qualification questionnaire which can be accessed at the following internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/.

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As specified within the pre-qualification questionnaire which can be accessed at the following internet address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/.

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

Restricted

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

Envisaged minimum number 5: and maximum number 8

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 below

1. Quality. Weighting 60

2. Price. Weighting 40

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:

SCA/121DSPR/11034/T

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: 16.3.2012 – 16:00
Payable documents: no

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

16.3.2012 – 16:00

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 tenders

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

The Contracting Authority has chosen to advertise this contract OJEU voluntarily, in accordance with the spirit of the.
EU public procurement regime and to conduct the process in an open and fair manner so as to increase competition. The submission of this notice and any subsequent advertisement of the contract is not an indication that the Contracting Authority considers itself bound by the provision in the regulations that are applicable to Part A Services.

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:8.3.2012