UK-Maidstone: welfare services for children and young people

Summary

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Threshold:

OJEU

Organisation:

Kent County Council

Main activities:

General public/services

NUTS Code:

Kent (UKJ4)

Type:

Contract notice

CPV Code:

85311300 Welfare services for children and young people

85000000 Health and social work services

Market:

Service contract

Award criteria:

The most economic tender

Published:

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Deadline:

Saturday, September 1, 2012 - 23:59

Tender ID:

2012/S 131-217954

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

For the attention of: Miss Katie Luscombe
Contact: Miss Katie Luscombe
Kent County Council
Procurement, Sessions House, County Road
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: Katie.Luscombe@kent.gov.uk
Tel: +44 7917038212

Internet address(es):

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

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk
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: yes

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1) Description
- II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
  
  Independent Fostering Agency Framework.
- II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
  
  Services
  
  NUTS code UKJ4
- 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: 100
- II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
  
  Tendering on behalf of themselves and Medway Unitary Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TR, Kent County Council wishes to create a framework of Independent Foster Providers. The agreement will allow other Authorities that belong to the SE7 group, which are a group of Councils in the South East that have made a clear intent to collaborate, to access this framework should they so wish to throughout the contractual term. This group includes Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, Hampshire Surrey and Medway.
  
  Kent County Council and Medway Council are working together to improve placement choice and quality for the children they look after. They are committed to significantly improving outcomes for Looked After Children and ensuring that these improvements are sustainable.
  
  The two Local Authorities are inviting expressions of interest from Independent Fostering Providers. The aim is to develop a framework of providers with whom each of the local authorities will use to ensure children and young people’s needs are best met through the provision of good quality services. These services must offer best value and ideally foster carers should be locally situated, except were it may not be in the child’s or young person’s best interest.
  
  The framework agreement will be for a four year period and commence on 1.2.2013.
  
  Greater detail on the services the two Local Authorities will be seeking Independent Fostering Providers to offer will be specified in the service specification document within the tender documentation.
  
  This framework will also be open to other purchasing authorities seeking to join.
  
  Interested providers will be required to register via the advert on the South East Business Portal (https://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk) Expressions of interest must be made no later than the 1.9.2012.
  
  On receipt of your expression of interest you will receive an email from the South East Business Portal confirming your interest.
  
  Tender documentation will be issued during the week commencing 24th September 2012.
- II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
  
  85311300, 85000000
- II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
  
  Not provided
- II.1.8) Lots
  
  Not provided
- II.1.9) Information about variants
  
  Not provided
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
- II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
  
  Estimated value excluding VAT: 15 000 000 GBP
- II.2.2) Information about options
  
  Options: no
- II.2.3) Information about renewals
  
  Not provided
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 48 (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:
  
  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
  
  Not provided
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
  
  Not provided
- III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
  
  Not provided

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: yes
  
  Additional information about electronic auction: The Council reserves the right to carry out electronic auction should it feel it is necessary.
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
  
  1.9.2012 - 23:59
- IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
  
  24.9.2012
- 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
  
  Not provided
- IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
  
  Date: 16.11.2012 - 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

Not provided
VI.2) Information about European Union funds

Not provided
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

UK-Maidstone: welfare services for children and young people

Summary

Section I: Contracting authority

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

I.2) Type of the contracting authority

I.3) Main activity

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

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1) Description

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

II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

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

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)

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

II.1.8) Lots

II.1.9) Information about variants

II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2) Information about options

II.2.3) Information about renewals

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

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

III.2) Conditions for participation

III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

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

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

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

IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

IV.3) Administrative information

IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

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

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

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

VI.2) Information about European Union funds

VI.3) Additional information

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:

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