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Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   NEWTON MEARNS
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:302176-2009
Publication Date:   Mar 11, 2010
Deadline:   Nov 30, 2009
Buyer:   EAST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   EAST RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL
NEWTON MEARNS, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
United Kingdom
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Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2220 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 210/2009, #302176-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender


Update: Mar 11, 2010


Notice Type: 8098 - Additional information
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 49/2010, #71443-2010
Referenced Document Number: 302176-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): East Renfrewshire Council,
Corporate Procurement Unit, Capelrig House, Capelrig Road, Contact:
Finance, Attn: Debbie Hill, UK-Newton Mearns G77 6NH. E-mail:
debbie.hill@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority:
http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00183.
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:
See Further Information. URL: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: See Further
Information. URL: http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Provision of Carers 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: East Renfrewshire.
NUTS code: UKM35.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): This Contract
is being let by East Renfrewshire Council and is to provide a carers
service for adults and young people for a period of three years with an
optional extension of one further year. The successful Provider will be
required to provide a comprehensive range of support for carers of all
ages residing in the area coterminous with East Renfrewshire Council. This
service is being arranged for the Community Health and Care Partnership,
CHCP.
As a guide the Council has historically spent approximately 200 000 per
annum on Carers Services.
Interested organisations should note this exercise will be conducted using
the Restricted Procedure. Stage 1 will be the Pre Qualification
Questionnaire with successful Tenderers moving onto stage 2 - Tender
Document.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 98000000, 85000000,
85300000, 85310000, 85320000.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: As a guide the Council has historically
spent approximately 200 000 per annum on Carers Services.
This Contract is being let for a period of three years with an optional
extension of one further year.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: N/a.
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: See contract
documentation.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial
years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in
respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject
matter of this notice.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
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: Restricted.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 5.
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: F
08 268.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
30.11.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 14.12.2009.
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: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 36 months.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The pre-qualification questionnaire for the
Provision of Carers Services can now be downloaded from the BiP Solutions
website. To be able to access this document you will firstly need to
register your company details at www.delta-ets.com and thereafter you will
be issued with a username and password. You must then log back into
Delta-ets and click on the Vault tab. You will be able to view and
download the ITT documentation, please ensure that you download all
documents.
If you have 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.
Your tender response should be uploaded into the Vault by 12:00 noon on
Monday 30.11.2009. It is recommended that your PQQ response should be
uploaded to the Vault at least 3 hours before the closing time designated.
In the event that any difficulty is encountered this must be brought to
the immediate attention of the BiP solutions helpdesk on 0845 270 7050
(email helpdesk@delta-ets.com) and the Councils Corporate Procurement
Office on 0141 577 8486.
It is the sole responsibility of the tenderer to ensure that tender
documentation is submitted by the closing time on the date specified.
Tender Access Code ( TAC) 04T828786.
(SC Ref:180944).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: see section - name and
address of contracting authority.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
as above.
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: East Renfrewshire Council incorporate a standstill period
of 10 calendar days from the date that information on the award of the
contract is communicated to the tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful
tenderers to challenge the proposed contract award before the contract is
entered into. Such challenge should be intimated to Corporate Procurement
at the address specified in part 1.1 of the contract notice. If a
challenge regarding the award of contract has not been successfully
resolved, the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 3006 (SSI 2006 No.1)
provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm
by a breach of the rules to take action in the Sheriff Court or Court of
Session. Any such action must be brought promptly, generally within 3
months. Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the
setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any
document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the
court may only award damages. The purpose of the standstill period
referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the courts to set aside
award decisions before the contract is entered into.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: see section - name and address of contracting authority.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 29.10.2009.


East Renfrewshire Council, Corporate Procurement Unit, Capelrig House,
Capelrig Road, Finance, attn: Debbie Hill, UK-G77 6NH Newton Mearns.
E-mail: debbie.hill@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
(Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 30.10.2009,
2009/S 210-302176)
RE: CPV: 98000000, 85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85320000.
Other community, social and personal services.
Health and social work services.
Social work and related services.
Incomplete procedureThe awarding procedure has been discontinued.
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