Official UK procurement notice
Aberdeen City Advocacy Services
Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)
Re-procurement open2026 - Aberdeen City - Integrated Children with Disabilities Services · bids close
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership have a future service requirement for a service to provide a flexible, responsive and effective independent advocacy service in accordance with Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance principles, standards and codes of practice. The service will support the Partnership's statutory duties to provide independent advocacy services to adults from different client groups in different circumstances including those with: a mental disorder; a learning disability; those who are using drugs and/or alcohol; or those such as unpaid carers; and individuals involved in the Adult Support & Protection process.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£2,012,507
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Mandatory Questions: 10%
- Community Benefits: 10%
- Service Delivery: 80%
- price: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Mandatory Questions: 10
- Community Benefits: 10
- Service Delivery: 80
- Price: 10
- Shortlisting
- The Provider shall be a member of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA). Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described. A minimum of two examples will be required.
- Price carries 10 of 110 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Apr 2023, 15:00 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2024, 08:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Jun 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-019607- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c46dFind a Tender
Publisher note: 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. *The following applies if no credit check can be undertaken: 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. 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 (add any others in the same format) (SC Ref:770671)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jun 2023, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Jun 2023 → 27 Jun 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline9 Jun 2023, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published27 Jun 2024, 08:50 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete21 Aug 2023, 12:03 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advocacy Service AberdeenSME | £2,059,612 † | — | Awarded |
| Advocacy Service AberdeenSME | £2,008,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 019607-2024-1 · Advocacy Service AberdeenSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2023
- Value
- £2,059,612
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2028
- Status
- active
Contract 024486-2023-000-PMJK1256-1 · Advocacy Service AberdeenSME
- Signed
- 21 Aug 2023
- Value
- £2,008,500
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Advocacy Service AberdeenAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.