Tender: UK-Morpeth: housing services

UK-Morpeth: housing services

2010/S 54-080430

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)
  NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

  Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Northumberland County Council
  County Hall, Northumberland
  Procurement
  Mark Dodd
  NE61 2EFMorpeth
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1670533127
  Mark.Dodd@northumberland.gov.uk

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.northumberland.gov.uk

  Address of the buyer profile http://ipf.klickstream.com/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0641

  Further information can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: Northumberland County Council
  County Hall, Morpeth
  Procurement
  See Website address below
  NE61 2EFNorthumberland
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1670533127
  Mark.Dodd@northumberland.gov.uk
  www.nepoportal.org

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: Northumberland County Council
  County Hall, Morpeth
  Procurement
  See Website address below
  NE61 2EFNorthumberland
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1670533127
  mark.dodd@northumberland.gov.uk
  www.nepoportal.org

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact: Attn: Tel. E-mail: Internet: Northumberland County Council
  County Hall , Morpeth
  Procurement
  See Website address below
  Northumberland
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1670533127
  mark.dodd@northumberland.gov.uk
  www.nepoportal.org

• I.2)
  TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES

  Regional or local authority

  General public services

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)
  DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)
  Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

  Provision of a Homelessness and Housing Options Service in Northumberland.

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

  Services

  Service category: No 27

  Main place of performance Northumberland.

  NUTS code UKC21

• II.1.3)
  The notice involves

  A public contract

II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement

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

  Northumberland County Council invites organisations with experience of providing a Homelessness and Housing Options Services in Northumberland.

  Local housing authorities are required under Housing Act 1996, Part VII, as amended by Homelessness Act 2002 and the Homelessness (Priority Need for Accommodation) (England) to investigate the circumstances of households claiming to be homeless or threatened with homelessness and assess whether a legal duty arises to provide housing or other advice and assistance.

  Local authorities are required by law to ensure that advice and information aimed at homelessness prevention is available free of charge to its residents.

  In addition to the statutory housing duty, the Council wants to ensure that accurate and appropriate information on a broad range of housing matters is available to everyone in the County.

  The Council wants to ensure a focus on Homelessness Prevention through housing advice and proactive casework.

  The Council does not want the primary function of homelessness and advice services to be a reactionary service focussing on the resolution of crisis situations.

  Local Government Review has recently taken place in Northumberland resulting in a restructure from two tier authorities to one single tier: Northumberland County Council. A review of Homelessness Strategies across the district has been undertaken, which identified all homelessness services available within Northumberland, as well as identifying any gaps in service provision. This has led to the development of a Northumberland Homelessness Strategy which focuses on four key target areas:

  — Reducing homelessness through prevention,

  — Reducing the use of temporary accommodation and improving the quality,

  — Tackling youth homelessness,

  — Partnership working and service user involvement.

  One of the actions identified as a result of the strategic review was a review of the operational homelessness services currently being provided on behalf of Northumberland County Council, as the authority responsible for the provision of Housing Options and Homelessness Services across the county. The review concluded that current service delivery follows the format inherited from the six former districts with a number of separate contracts and therefore the service is fragmented and unaligned.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  70333000

• II.1.7)
  Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

  Yes

• II.1.8)
  Division into lots

  No

II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted

• II.2)
  QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)
  Total quantity or scope

  The contract is to run for 24 months with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.

• II.2.2)
  Options

  Yes

  description of these options: The contract is to run for 24 months with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.

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 regulating them

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

  Any consortia will be required to form a legal entity prior to award of conttract in which each member is jointly and severally liable.

• III.1.4)
  Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

  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 requirements are met: Full details of the information to be provided are detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire which must be sought and returned by the closing deadline.

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Full details of the information to be provided are detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire which must be sought and returned by the closing deadline.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Full details of the information to be provided are detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire which must be sought and returned by the closing deadline.

III.2.4)
Reserved contracts

• III.3)
  CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

• III.3.2)
  Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

  Yes

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 number of operators 5

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Full details of the information to be provided are detailed in the Pre Qualification Questionnaire which must be sought and returned by the closing deadline.

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 in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

• IV.2.2)
  An electronic auction will be used

  No

• 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

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

  19.4.2010 - 12:00

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

  30.4.2010

• 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)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  Yes

  estimated timing for further notices to be published: The initial duration of the contract will be until 2012, however the contract will be let with the option of 2 x 12 month extensions. Further notices may therefore be published in March 2012, March 2013 or March 2014.

VI.2)
CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  Please follow these instructions to electronically register your interest in this contract:

  1. Input the following internet address into your web browser: www.nepoportal.org,

  2. Go to the Suppliers Area, click on the link to ‘Log In’ or ‘Register’,

  3. If you have a log in, Select Log In if not, select 'Register Free',

  4. To register against a contract, select the binoculars beside Latest Opportunities Section,

  5. Select Northumberland County Council under organisation,

  6. Click on highlighted link for the contract that you are interested in,

  7. Click on ‘Register Interest’.

  (IPF Ref:11008).

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:

  15.3.2010