Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

  Lancashire County Council
  Corporate Procurement, E38, PO Box 100, County Hall
  Preston
  PR1 0LD
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Email: fin.procurement@lancashire.gov.uk
  Tel: +44 1772530407

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: http://www.lancashire.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

  Not provided

• I.3) Main activity

  Not provided

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

  Not provided

Section II: Object of the contract

• II.1) Description

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

    Contract for the delivery of social care services for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

  • 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 UKD43

  • 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

    Not provided

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

    Lancashire County Council in partnership with Blackburn with Darwen Care Trust Plus is committed to developing social care services for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS across their geographical boundaries. In Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen, commissioners have ensured HIV/AIDS social care service provision are streamlined in terms of the number of contracts and providers working in the County and borough. The commissioning aims are to increase the efficiency of the contract and performance monitoring whilst maintaining comprehensive and equitable services of a high quality across the County. The objective is to maintain a county –wide provision supported by a single contract whilst ensuring that core provision is locally accessible. Applications are invited from suitably qualified organisations to manage service provision as detailed in the tender documentation. For more background information please see the combined Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documentation, attached to this Call for Tender.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    85000000

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

    Not provided

  • 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:

    Estimated value excluding VAT: 450 000,00 EUR

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Not provided

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    Not provided

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

  Not provided

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

• III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

  • III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

    Not provided

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

    Not provided

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

    Not provided

  • 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

    Not provided

  • III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

    Not provided

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Not provided

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• 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

    Not provided

  • IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Not provided

• 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:

    Not provided

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

    Not provided

  • IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Not provided

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

    3.8.2012 - 10:00

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

    Not provided

  • IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    Not provided

  • IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    Not provided

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Date: 3.8.2012

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  Not provided

• 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

  Not provided

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Not provided

  • VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

    Not provided

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

    Not provided

• VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  6.7.2012