Tender: UK-Stafford: social work and related services

UK-Stafford: social work and related services

2010/S 171-262291

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Social Care & Health Directorate
  Staffordshire County Counicl, Wedgwood Building, Tipping Street
  Ian Benson
  ST16 2DHStafford
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1785277387
  domcare@staffordshire.gov.uk
  +44 1785277411

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority www.staffordshire.gov.uk/purchasing

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

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

  Regional or local authority

  General public services

  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

  SCG9000 Provision of generic domiciliary care in Cannock (primary contract).

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

  Services

  Service category: No 25

  NUTS code UKG24

• 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)

  Provision of generic domiciliary care in Cannock (primary contract).

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  85300000, 98000000

• 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

  No

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

  The provision of generic domiciliary care in Cannock (primary contract) in accordance with the service specification provided in the tender documentation and the terms as stated in the conditions of contract.

  The contract will be for a period of three years commencing 1.4.2011 with the option to extend for a period of 12 months plus a further 12 months (at the sole discretion of the County Council).

  The estimated value of the contract is based on the potential total contract period of 5 years, therefore, the value will reduce if the options to extend the period are not exercised.

  Excluding VAT

  Range between 10 900 000 and 11 900 000 GBP

• II.2.2)
  Options

  Yes

  description of these options: The initial period is 1.4.2011 to 31.3.2014 (with 2 x 12 month options to extend, therefore options may be taken up for the period 1.4.2014 to 31.3.2015 and 1.4.2015 to 31.3.2016). The options will be exercised at the sole discretion of the County Council.

• II.3)
  DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

  Starting 1.4.2011. Completion 31.3.2014

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

  Payments may be made following acceptance by the banking agents of the County Council.

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

  No special legal form is required by the grouping of providers but each provider will be required to become jointly or severally responsible for the contract before acceptance.

• 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: The requirements for minimum economic, financial and technical capacity will be included in the tender documents.

  Any tender may be rejected from a company/organisation who interalia:

  (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

  (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

  (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

  (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1997 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA respectively;

  (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

  (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

  Please refer to Regulation no 23 of the Public Procurement Regulations 2006 (SI No 5) for additional rejection criteria (see link).

  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20060005.htm

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using the Councils current financial assessors n2check (www.n2check.com). Economic operators will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by n2checkEconomic. Any Economic Operator being given an above average risk rating or poorer may be rejected.

  Economic Operators must not express an interest to supply a single contract that has a year 1 annual value exceeding 50 percent of their previous annual turnover (from last audited accounts). The year 1 annual value for this contract is 2 118 000 GBP.

  Economic Operators should hold as a minimum the following insurance levels or be able to provide with their response, a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract.

  Public Liability 5 000 000 GBP.

  Employers Liability 10 000 000 GBP.

  Medical Malpractice Insurance 5 000 000 GBP.

• III.2.3)
  Technical capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  Economic Operators must provide the information requested in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.

  Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required

  Economic Operators must be registered with the Care Quality Commission and be rated as One Star Adequate or above, rating to be maintained or improved during the period of the contract. Economic Operators must comply with the National Minimum Standards of the Care Standards Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation. Any additional minimum requirements will be stated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire documents.

• III.2.4)
  Reserved contracts

  No

• III.3)
  CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
• III.3.1)
  Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

  No

• III.3.2)
  Legal entities 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 6

  Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Criteria as stated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire documents.

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

  Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated No

• 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

  SCG9000

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

  Other previous publications

  Notice number in OJ: 2010/S 28-040279 of 8.2.2010

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

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 17.9.2010 - 15:00

  Payable documents No

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

  17.9.2010 - 15:00

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

  Date: 17.9.2010 - 15:00

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders No

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)
  THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

  Yes

  estimated timing for further notices to be published: June 2013 or June 2014 or June 2015.

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

  No

• VI.3)
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  This is a voluntary notice for a part B service, therefore, the full Public Contract Regulations will not be applied to this procurement procedure.

  For further details of forthcoming tenders/contracts please visit http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/procurement/.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  UNITED KINGDOM

  Body responsible for mediation procedures

  UNITED KINGDOM

• VI.4.2)
  Lodging of appeals

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non-electronic or fax methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers. The award decision notice will specify the criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender; and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the contracting authority will not conclude the contract/framework agreement. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract/framework agreement has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2009 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If a framework agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages. The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.

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

  UNITED KINGDOM

• VI.5)
  DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  31.8.2010