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Contract Award

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   ISLINGTON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:50260-2010
Publication Date:   Feb 19, 2010
Buyer:   ISLINGTON
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   ISLINGTON
ISLINGTON, WALES
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 2280 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 35/2010, #50260-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD
DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN: Solace Womans Aid, 136 Royal College Street,
London NW1 0TA, UNITED KINGDOM.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Islington, Housing And Adult
Social Services, Contact: Mr Ed Coleman, Islington EC1V 7LQ, UNITED
KINGDOM. E-mail: edward.coleman@islington.gov.uk.
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: DV09/10 113 Domestic Violence
Services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Islington London UK.
NUTS code UKL.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Provision of a
women’s refuge and children’s service and a specialist domestic violence
floating support services - Contract Number: 0910 113 Islington Council’s
adults and children’s services invites expressions of interest from
suitably qualified experienced providers of high quality support services
to deliver:
1. A women’s refuge service and children’s service within the refuges 2. A
specialist domestic violence floating support service For the refuge
service, the provider must be OFSTED registered to provide children’s
services current status women’s refuge and children’s service The refuge
service will provide short-term housing related support services to 21
women with or without dependent children within two refuges in Islington
who have experienced, and who remain at risk of domestic violence. The
children’s service will support children living in refuges in Islington to
enable them to experience living and playing in a supportive environment
that strives to be free of violence, oppression and discrimination. It
will aim to reduce the impact of violence and isolation on children and
provide support to mothers in their relationships with their children.
Specialist Domestic Violence Floating Support Service The service is a
borough wide specialist domestic violence service providing support to 35
women who have experienced, or are at risk of domestic violence enabling
them to live safely in their own homes, develop their independent living
skills and link into appropriate services. The service will be flexible
and responsive to the needs of service users including women from Black
Asian Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities (BAMER) including women with
no recourse to public funds. The service will include an office facility
accessible to Islington women. The requirement Islington Council is
inviting expressions of interest for two services. It is seeking to
appoint one organisation to provide the refuge and children’s service and
one to provide the floating support service. Organisations are invited to
express an interest in providing either one or both of the services. The
contracts will run for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 24
months from 1.4.2010 to 31.3.2013. The contract value for the
refuge/children’s service will not exceed 340 000 GBP per annum. The
contract value for the floating support service will not exceed 90 000 GBP
per annum. The Local Authority believes that TUPE will apply to some or
all of the staff currently providing this service. Assessment Criteria The
assessment process and criteria will be the same for both services.
Tendering will be a two stage restricted process. The first stage will
involve completing a pre-qualification questionnaire. In the region of 5
of the highest scoring organisations will be invited to tender. The
contract will be awarded to the Most Economically Advantageous Tender
(MEAT) on the basis of 70 % quality (proposed model of service, promoting
well-being and independence, quality and performance management,
partnership working and managing risk and safety) and 30 % cost. Criteria
weighting cost 30 % quality 70 % proposed model of service 20 % promoting
well being and independence 12.5 % quality and performance management 12.5
% partnership working 12.5 % Managing Risk and Safety 12.5 % How to
express an interest If you wish to apply for this contract please follow
the steps below:
Register your company free of charge via the link on the right hand side
of this page under: ‘Useful Websites’ London Tenders Portal.
Await acceptance. You will receive an email confirming your username and
password for the London tenders portal. Use your username and password to
log into the London tenders portal and express your interest in the
relevant contract number & category. (Domestic Violence Services 0910 113
– category Health and social work services 85000000 ) shortly after you
have expressed interest, you will receive a second email containing a link
to access the pre-qualification questionnaire(s). Deadlines the deadline
for expressions of interest is: 12 noon Tuesday 18 of August 2009
submission of Pre-Qualification Questionnaire documents by: 12 noon
Wednesday 19 of August 2009. Late applications will not be accepted.
Additional information:
— In keeping with Islington’s commitment to sustainability, please do not
include any publicity material with your submissions. Islington Council
aims to provide equality of opportunity and welcomes applicants from black
and minority ethnic communities and disabled groups. In addition the
council actively seeks to use small to medium enterprises (SME) as part of
its sustainability policy,
— The pre qualification questionnaires will be marked in rounds. Only
applicants who are successful after each round will be shortlisted for the
next stage,
— Please include the contract number of this tender process when
communicating with the Council in any way.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 85000000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 1 290 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Cost. Weighting: 30 %.
2. Proposed Model of Service. Weighting: 20 %.
3. Promoting Well Being and Independence. Weighting: 12.5 %.
4. Quality and Performance Management. Weighting: 12.5 %.
5. Partnership Working. Weighting: 12.5 %.
6. Managing Risk and Safety. Weighting: 12.5 %.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction has been used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
09010 dv113.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONTRACT NO: 0910-DV113
TITLE: Provision of a women’s refuge and children’s service and a
specialist domestic violence floating support services.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 2.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT
AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN: Solace Womans Aid, 136 Royal College
Street, London NW1 0TA, UNITED KINGDOM.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 17.2.2010.
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