Official UK procurement notice
2021 Social Care - Framework agreement for the provision of Support at Home Services in Aberdeenshire
Authority: Aberdeenshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeenshire Council on behalf of the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership require to tender for a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Support at Home Services for people who meet eligibility criteria aged 16 years and over with a range of needs, who require assistance through support to live independently and to develop, regain or retain their daily living skills, through provision of personal care, personal support and/or housing support, providing the right care and support in the right place. The requirement is for the provision of support at home services in supported accommodation. Support will include personal care, housing support, and social care. The services will be provided to adults with moderate, substantial and critical levels of need linked to eligibility criteria that are principal house-holders in tenancies in a range of settings that include dispersed single occupancy properties; shared tenancies; houses of multiple occupation; and core and cluster, project-based and extra-care model resources.
There is a requirement for low level visiting support for over 2000 adults in the community. The commissioned Support at Home service works alongside Aberdeenshire Council’s in-house Care at Home service to support the needs of individuals assessed as requiring services to continue to live as independently as possible in their own homes.Support at home services will be registered with the Care Inspectorate as Support Services – Care at Home and/or Housing Support Services; and compliance with Health and Social Care Standards is required.
Services will be commissioned under flexible and responsive, co-produced contractual arrangements that are outcome-focused.
CPV: Social work and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 35 bids received · 31 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£159,700,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Stage 1: assessment of Responses to the SPD (Scotland), in the Qualification Envelope, in order to select the Tenderers to be taken forward to stage 2. Tenderers will only be taken forward to stage 2 if the Council determines that they have sufficient capacity and capability to deliver the contract.
Stage 2 – Award:
Responses to the Technical and Commercial envelopes will be evaluated weighted Technical - quality criteria 90% and Commercial - price criteria 10%
- Shortlisting
- Question 4A.2 – Care Inspectorate registration Question 4C.1.2 - Relevant experience Bidders must confirm that they are appropriately registered with the Care Inspectorate for the services required. Bidders will be required to provide examples of services carried out during the last three years and that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described. A minimum of two examples will be required.
- “2021 Social Care - Framework agreement for the provision of Support at…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Sept 2021, 15:24 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Mar 2022, 16:59 GMT
- Authority reference
Project 19596- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006210- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dd9dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed
Publisher note: SPD Questions. Please note Question 4B.4 – Financial Assessment of Providers 1.The Council shall obtain a Creditsafe credit check and will score bidders accordingly: 71 - 100 Very Low Risk – Accept 51 - 70 Low Risk - Accept 30 - 50 Moderate Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject. 21-29 High Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject. 1-20 Very High Risk – Reject. 2. Please state current turnover (if contract value is over 50% of reported turnover, further discussion will be had internally with the option to reject). 3. If you are under no obligation to publish accounts on Companies House and/or do not have a comprehensive credit rating then provide audited financial accounts for the previous two years. Both quick and current ratios should be a minimum of 1:1.5 for the two successive years. Bidders whose ratios do not meet the minimum criteria will be rejected. Bidders who can provide audited accounts but chose not to do so shall be rejected. 4. Bidders who have been trading for less than one year and cannot provide audited accounts must submit the cash flow for the current year and a letter from the bank outlining the current cash and credit position for the current year and subsequent year. This will be subject to internal discussion with the option to reject. 5. If bidder still does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their submission is supported by a parent company guarantee. 4.B.5 Insurance It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s Liability Insurance = 10m Public Liability Insurance = 5m The Council may choose to admit additional providers during the framework term. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SC Ref:685954)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 22 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 Oct 2021 → 7 Mar 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published7 Mar 2022, 16:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete7 Mar 2022, 16:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 006210-2022-1
- Signed
- 28 Feb 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35bids · 35 electronic · 35 from abroad | 21 | — | £19 – £20 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtMediation bodyReview body
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Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.