UK-Bournemouth: social services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

BOURNEMOUTH

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:147868-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 10, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 1, 2008

Buyer:

BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL
BOURNEMOUTH , Bournemouth and Poole
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.bournemouth.gov.uk

85320000 - Social services

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 110/2008
, #
147868-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Bournemouth Borough Council,
Town Hall Bourne Avenue, Contact: Zodwa Chasokela, Attn: Zodwa Chasokela,
UK-Bournemouth BH2 6DY. Tel. 012 02 45 88 97. E-mail:
zodwa.chasokela@bournemouth.gov.uk. Fax 012 02 45 10 32.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.bournemouth.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: www.bournemouth.gov.uk/Business/Procurement.
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:
Zodwa Chasokela, Bournemouth Borough Council Town Hall Room 112, 3rd Floor
Bourne Avenue., Contact: Bournemouth Borough Council, Attn: Zodwa
Chasokela, UK-Bournemouth BH2 6DY. Tel. 012 02 45 88 97. E-mail:
zodwa.chasokela@bournemouth.gov.uk. Fax 012 02 45 10 32. URL:
www.bournemouth.gov.uk.
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: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of a Hospital Discharge Screening Service (at The Royal
Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals).
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: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust.
NUTS code: UKK21.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Bournemouth
Borough Council on behalf of Dorset County Council, Hampshire County
Council, Borough of Poole and the Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, wish to invite suitably experienced
Organisations / Registered Charities to tender for the Provision of a
Hospital Discharge Screening Service. The service involves working with
patients and carers who will be referred to the Provider by clinical
staff, providing advice and guidance on services available in the
community, setting up certain services for patients and referring some
patients onto social work services as necessary. The service involves
working with patients, carers, social workers and clinical staff in
identifying Patients/Service Users ready for discharge from Hospital,
providing advice and guidance on services available in the community. It
is envisaged that the Contract will commence 1.4.2009 for 3 years, with an
option for the Council to extend for a further period of up to 2 years, in
one-yearly increments. TUPE Regulations may apply.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85320000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
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: Contract is being tendered on behalf of
Bournemouth Borough Council, Borough of Poole, Hampshire County Council,
Dorset County Council and Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust who are currently joint service commissioners.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between and EUR.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: There is an option to extend the contract by
up to 2 years in yearly increments (subject to provider performance).
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options: in months: 36 (from
the award of the contract)
Number of possible renewals: 2.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 60 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payment for the
service will be made 28 days in arrears of a monthly undisputed Invoice.
The current Provision of a Hospital Discharge Screening Service, under a
Joint-Purchasing Agreement is funded as below (for the period 1.4.2008 to
31.3.2009): Bournemouth Borough Council 45 %; Dorset County Council 23 %;
The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 19 %;
Hampshire County Council 8 % and Borough of Poole 5 %; Each Authority is
fully responsible and separately liable for payment of the service they
receive. For the avoidance of doubt no Authority will be liable for
another Authority’s debt.
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: Information
and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met. Please
see Invitation to Tender Documentation for this Contract, downloadable
from Bournemouth Borough Council Website:
http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/business/Contracts/show_current.asp or
electronically from Contact Point in Section I.1.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Information and
formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met. Please see
Invitation to Tender Documentation for this Contract, downloadable from
Bournemouth Borough Council Website: http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/
business/Contracts/show_current.asp or electronically from Contact Point
in Section I.1.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: Information and formalities necessary
for evaluating if requirements are met. Please see Invitation to Tender
Documentation for this Contract, downloadable from Bournemouth Borough
Council Website: http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk/business/Contracts/
show_current.asp or electronically from Contact Point in Section I.1.
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:
Yes.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
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:
CCS/001/HDSS/2009.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentTime limit for receipt of requests for documents or
for accessing documents: 1.8.2008 - 16:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
1.8.2008 - 16:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 11.7.2008.
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: Until: 31.12.2008.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 4.8.2008.
Place: Town Hall, Bournemouth.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.
A Democratic Services Officer, a Finance Officer and an Officer from Adult
& Community Services.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Scope is dependent
on the availability of funding and changes in social care legislation.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Shortlisted organisations will be invited
for a presentation and interview either Thursday 23.10.2008 or Friday
24.10.2008 and will be duly notified by Thursday 2.10.2008. Applicants
should note the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Regulations 2006 may apply to any transfer of the contract from the
current Service Provider to a new Provider.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Local Government
Ombudsman, The Oaks, No2 Westwood Way. Westwood Business Park.,
UK-Coventry CV4 8JB. E-mail: enquries@lgo.org.uk. Tel. 024 76 82 00 00.
URL: http://www.lgo.org.uk. Fax 024 76 82 00 01.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Local Government Ombudsman, The Oaks, No2 Westwood Way.
Westwood Business Park., UK-Coventry CV4 8JB. E-mail: enquries@lgo.org.uk.
Tel. 024 76 82 00 00. URL: http://www.lgo.org.uk. Fax 024 76 82 00 01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 5.6.2008.

Update: Jun 10, 2008

Notice Type: 8098
-
Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 111/2008
, #
148163-2008
Referenced Document Number: 147868-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
Bournemouth Borough Council, Town Hall Bourne Avenue, attn: Zodwa
Chasokela, UK-BH2 6DY Bournemouth. Tel. (44) 12 02 45 88 97. E-mail:
zodwa.chasokela@bournemouth.gov.uk. Fax (44) 12 02 45 10 32.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 7.6.2008,
2008/S 110-147868)
RE: CPV: 85320000.
Provision of a Hospital Discharge Screening Service (at The Royal
Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals).
Instead of: II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The Bournemouth Borough Council on behalf of Dorset County Council,
Hampshire County Council, Borough of Poole and the Royal Bournemouth &
Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, wish to invite suitably
experienced Organisations / Registered Charities to tender for the
Provision of a Hospital Discharge Screening Service. The service involves
working with patients and carers who will be referred to the Provider by
clinical staff, providing advice and guidance on services available in the
community, setting up certain services for patients and referring some
patients onto social work services as necessary. The service involves
working with patients, carers, social workers and clinical staff in
identifying Patients/Service Users ready for discharge from Hospital,
providing advice and guidance on services available in the community. It
is envisaged that the Contract will commence 1.4.2009 for 3 years, with an
option for the Council to extend for a further period of up to 2 years, in
one-yearly increments. TUPE Regulations may apply.
Read: II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The Bournemouth Borough Council on behalf of Dorset County Council,
Hampshire County Council, Borough of Poole and the Royal Bournemouth &
Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, wish to invite suitably
experienced Organisations / Registered Charities to tender for the
Provision of a Hospital Discharge Screening Service. The service involves
working with patients and carers who will be referred to the Provider by
clinical staff, providing advice and guidance on services available in the
community, setting up certain services for patients and referring some
patients onto social work services as necessary. It is envisaged that the
Contract will commence 1.4.2009 for 3 years, with an option for the
Council to extend for a further period of up to 2 years, in one-yearly
increments. TUPE Regulations may apply.
Date of dispatch of this notice: 5.6.2008.

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