UK-Cambridge: social work services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

KAIMPRITZ

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:159990-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 21, 2008

Deadline:

Aug 4, 2008

Buyer:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
CAMBRIDGE , Cambridgeshire CC
United Kingdom

Web Site:

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 120/2008
, #
159990-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Cambridgeshire County Council,
ELH1504, Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Attn: Graham Arnold, UK-Cambridge CB3
0AP. Tel. (44) 012 23 71 79 66. E-mail:
graham.arnold@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Fax (44) 012 23 71 85 69.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/business/
selling/opportunities/ccc_ads.htm.
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-Cambridge: childminding development and support services.
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: Cambridgeshire CC.
NUTS code: UKH12.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Office of
Children and Young People's Services of Cambridgeshire County Council
wishes to award a contract for the provision of support services to
support and challenge registered childminders in Cambridgeshire. This must
include: Development of new childminders across the county from initial
expressions of interest through to registration. Targeted development of
new childminding places in defined areas of unmet demand (as detailed in
Cambridgeshire's Childcare Sufficiency Action Plan) Support and challenge
for existing childminders, including the convening of regular support
sessions to meet the needs of childminders, and individual advice on
sustainability.
Maintenance and quality assurance of existing childminder networks.
Co-ordination of respite care on behalf of County Council social care
staff.
Integration of Networks and cluster support sessions into Children's
Centres (where operational) to ensure optimum use of resources.
The contract will be offered for 3 years from the 1.10.2008 and may be
extended for up to 2 further one-year periods.
Social work services. Child daycare services.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85310000, 85312110.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 320 000
GBP.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
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: (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 26.5.1972 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.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
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.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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:
4.8.2008 - 16:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 08061936/01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 19.6.2008.

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