UK-Leicester: welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LEICESTER

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:247640-2008

Publication Date:

Sept 26, 2008

Deadline:

Nov 10, 2008

Buyer:

LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL
LEICESTER , Leicester
United Kingdom

Email:

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Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 187/2008
, #
247640-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open 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,
Planning and Commissioning (Housing Related), A2, New Walk Centre, Welford
Place, Attn: Ms Nicola Hobbs, UK-Leicester LE1 6ZG. Tel. 011 62 52 75 02.
E-mail: nicola.hobbs@leicester.gov.uk. Fax 011 62 52 75 63.
Further information can be obtained at: See section ii.2.1 below.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
See section ii.2.1 below.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: See section ii.2.1
below.
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: housing related floating 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: Leicester.
Leicester.
NUTS code: UKF21.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 9.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 2
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 656 630 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Leicester City
Council is seeking to establish a framework of providers to deliver
housing related floating support services to a range of users.
Social work and related services. Guidance services. Welfare services not
delivered through residential institutions.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85312400, 85300000,
85312310.
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: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The agreement relates to the provision
of housing related support services to people who need them under the
central funding programme known as Supporting People. Contracts will be
for a period of 24 months in duration. Contracts under the framework
agreement may extend beyond the period of the framework agreement itself,
depending on the service need. The Council intends that an initial
contract be called off under this framework for a period of 2 years
commencing approximately 1.4.2009. Your tender must be completed and
submitted electronically by using Vault through BiPs Delta-ets by the due
date of 10.11.2008 (12:00) noon. The information and documents for this
tender will be accessible at the following website www.delta-ets.com. To
be able to access these documents you will firstly need to register your
company details and enter the following Tender Access Code (TAC) 04T468924
at the bottom of the registration page, thereafter you will be issued with
a USERNAME and PASSWORD. If you have already registered with Delta
previously, please follow the link shown and click on the 'Delta-ets Home'
tab instead. This will redirect you to the home page where you can log on
using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents.
You must then log back into Delta-ets and then click on the Vault tab, if
you have added the TAC code to your registration you will automatically
view the tender title, click on this link and you will be taken to the
tender documents. If you have previously accessed Vault then please enter
the TAC code into vault and you will then be able to access the
documentation. Please check that you are able to access these online ITT
documents, if you are experiencing problems, then please contact the Delta
helpdesk @ helpdesk@delta-ets.com or call 0845 270 7050 for further
assistance. If you have registered and have forgotten your Username and
Password, please click on the forgotten password link on the Delta-ets
homepage. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when
responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time. If you are
uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one
document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an
application like WinZip or WinRar. Please keep this USERNAME and PASSWORD
secure, and do not pass it to any third parties Remember your tender must
be completed and submitted electronically by using Vault through BiPs
Delta-ets by the due date detailed above. Submissions must be made via the
above Vault method.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: The framework agreement will be for 2 years
with an option to extend the duration for a further 2 years.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: UK-Leicester: floating support services to the black and ethnic
minority community - city wide (minimum number = 24 units)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This is a service aimed at providing floating
support services to a generic client group and homeless families. Social
work and related services. Social work services without accommodation.
Guidance services. Welfare services not delivered through residential
institutions.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85300000, 85312000, 85312310,
85312400.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: UK-Leicester: floating support service for people with mental
health problems (minimum number =18 units)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This is a service aimed at enabling people with
mental health problems to maintain their independence, retain choice in
their lives; feel safe, secure and valued in their community; developing
confidence in managing the practicalities of life minimising the reduction
in independence to the individual. Social work and related services.
Social work services without accommodation. Guidance services. Welfare
services not delivered through residential institutions.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85300000, 85312000, 85312310,
85312400.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: UK-Leicester: floating support service to people with hiv/aids -
citywide (minimum number =17 units)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This is a service aimed at enabling people with
HIV/AIDS to maintain their independence, retain choice in their lives;
feel safe, secure and valued in their community; developing confidence in
managing the practicalities of life minimising the reduction in
independence to the individual. Social work and related services. Social
work services without accommodation. Guidance services. Welfare services
not delivered through residential institutions.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 85300000, 85312400, 85312310,
85312000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: A performance bond or parent
company guarantee may be required.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: As set out in the
tender documents.
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: 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.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As stated in the
contract documentation.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: As stated in the contract
documentation.
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.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive document: Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
10.11.2008 - 12:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Persons authorised to be present
at the opening of tenders: yes.
Service Director or nominated Officer, Chief Finance Officer or nominated
Officer, Service Director - Legal Services or nominated Officer.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 08092424/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Body responsible for
mediation procedures:
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 24.9.2008.

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