UK-Leicester: home-help services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LEICESTER

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:122534-2008

Publication Date:

May 9, 2008

Deadline:

Jun 6, 2008

Buyer:

LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
LEICESTER , Leicester
United Kingdom

Email:

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Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 90/2008
, #
122534-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Leicester City Council,
Service Contracting & Procurement Unit, Adults & Housing Department, B
Block, 5th Floor, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Attn: Pradeep Gadhok -
Service Manager, UK-Leicester LE1 6ZG. Tel. (44-1162) 52 83 35. E-mail:
pradeep.gadhok@leicester.gov.uk. Fax (44-1162) 99 58 97.
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:
UK-Leicester: domiciliary care services - (generic and specialist).
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 25.
Main place of performance: Leicester
NUTS code: UKF21.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Leicester City
Council invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced, CSCI
registered domiciliary care organisations wishing to tender for the
provision of person centred and enabling Domiciliary Care Services -
generic and/or specialist care i.e. neurological condition/brain injury
complex conditions for people with physical & sensory impairment, complex
care linked to mental health/dementia, challenging behaviour etc) to
deliver and meet the needs of service users residing within the City
boundaries.
The contract will initially be for three years from January 2009 with an
option to extend up to 12 months thereafter.
The Council aims to award 6 Lots:
Lot 1 is Generic Person Centred Domiciliary services (up to 4 providers
required on a Spot basis).
Lot 2 is Generic Person Centred Domiciliary services (up to 6 providers
required on a Cost and Volume basis) that will guarantee minimum weekly
hours contracts.
Lot 3 is Generic Person Centred Domiciliary services (Sheltered Schemes)
(1 provider required on a cost and volume basis) that will guarantee
minimum weekly hours contracts.
Lot 4 is Specialist Person Centred Domiciliary services (ie neurological
condition/brain injury complex conditions and challenging behaviour for
people with physical & sensory impairment(up to 3 providers required on a
Spot basis).
Lot 5 Specialist Person Centred Domiciliary services (complex care linked
to mental health/dementia) (up to 1 provider required on a cost and volume
basis) that will guarantee minimum weekly hours contracts.
Lot 6 is Domiciliary Care Services to disabled children and/or families
and carers (up to 2 providers required on a Spot basis).
Home-help services.Health and social work services.Welfare services for
the elderly.Social work services without accommodation.Welfare services
not delivered through residential institutions.Rehabilitation
services.Social services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 95133100, 85312400,
85312500, 85311100, 85312000, 85320000, 85000000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Contracts for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: UK-Leicester: domiciliary service - generic person centred
domiciliary services on a spot basis
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Lot 1 is Generic Person Centred Domiciliary
services (up to 4 providers required on a Spot basis). Home-help services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 95133100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This contract is for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: UK-Leicester: domiciliary services - generic person centred
domiciliary services on a cost and value basis
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Lot 2 is Generic Person Centred Domiciliary
services (up to 6 providers required on a Cost and Volume basis) that will
guarantee minimum weekly hours contracts. Home-help services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 95133100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This contract is for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: UK-Leicester: domiciliary services - generic peson centred
domiciliary services (sheltered schemes) on a cost and volume basis
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 is Generic Person Centred Domiciliary
services (Sheltered Schemes) (1 provider required on a cost and volume
basis) that will guarantee minimum weekly hours contracts. Home-help
services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 95133100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This contract is for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
LOT NO 4
TITLE: UK-Leicester: domiciliary services - specialist person centred
domiciliary services (neurological) on a spot basis
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Lot 4 is Specialist Person Centred Domiciliary
services (ie. neurological condition/brain injury complex conditions and
challenging behaviour for people with physical & sensory impairment(up to
3 providers required on a Spot basis). Health and social work services.
Home-help services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85000000, 95133100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This contract is for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
LOT NO 5
TITLE: UK-Leicester: domiciliary services - specialist person centred
domiciliary services (complex care) on a cost and volume basis
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Lot 5 Specialist Person Centred Domiciliary
services (complex care linked to mental health/dementia) (up to 1 provider
required on a cost and volume basis) that will guarantee minimum weekly
hours contracts.Health and social work services.Home-help services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85000000, 95133100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This contract is for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
LOT NO 6
TITLE: UK-Leicester: domiciliary services - care services to disabled
children on a spot basis
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Lot 6 is Domiciliary Care Services to disabled
children and/or families and carers (up to 2 providers required on a Spot
basis). Health and social work services. Home-help services.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85000000, 95133100.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This contract is for 3 years with an option to
extend for a further 1 year.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The provision of appropriate
guarantees, bonds and insurances is reserved.
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 liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
CSCI registered.
TUPE may apply to these contracts; however the Council is not in a
position to provide any view upon whether TUPE will apply to this
Contract. All relevant TUPE information supplied by the existing
Provider(s) will be passed on to you. The Council cannot guarantee the
accuracy of any such information, and, as such, no representation,
warranty or guarantee is given as to its accuracy or applicability. You
will need to form your own opinion as to whether TUPE applies. Ultimately
the matter of TUPE is one between the successful contractor(s) and the
existing Provider.
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: (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 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council
Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 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.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) appropriate
statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance;
(b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the
balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under
the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;
(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where
appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum
of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on
which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading,
as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: (a) a list of the works carried out
over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory
execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate
the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were
carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed.
Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates
to the contracting authority direct;
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services
provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients,
whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services
provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting
authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the
competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the
purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the
economic operator;
(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether
or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking,
especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of
public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order
to carry out the work;
(d) a description of the technical facilities and measures used by the
supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's
study and research facilities;
(e) where the products or services to be supplied are complex or,
exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by
the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official
body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is
established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production
capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service
provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are
available to it and the quality control measures it will operate;
(f) the educational and professional qualifications of the service
provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff
and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for
providing the services or managing the work;
(g) for public works contracts and public services contracts, and only in
appropriate cases, an indication of the environmental management measures
that the economic operator will be able to apply when performing the
contract;
(h) a statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or
contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last three years;
(i) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;
(j) an indication of the proportion of the contract which the services
provider intends possibly to subcontract;
(k) with regard to the products to be supplied: (i) samples, descriptions
and/or photographs, the authenticity of which must be certified if the
contracting authority so requests; (ii) certificates drawn up by official
quality control institutes or agencies of recognised competence attesting
the conformity of products clearly identified by references to
specifications or standards.
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:
Yes.
CSCI registered.
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 20.
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.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentPayable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
6.6.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 7.7.2008.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 08050610/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Body responsible for
mediation procedures:
UK-.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 6.5.2008.

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