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Published 26 May 2023, 17:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

AC1710_The Good Lives Alliance GLA 2023 DPS

Official notice

Authority: Wiltshire Council (Local council)

Dynamic marketServicesRestricted procedure
Dynamic market estimate£230,000,000market-wide estimate, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 1 Sept 2026
Market period 3 yrs 3 moends 1 Sept 2026 · starts 26 May 2023
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Wiltshire Council is seeking to establish a Good Lives Alliance GLA2023 from which the Council and Integrated Care Board (ICB) can purchase Specialist Services for people with a learning disability or a mental health illness; Supported Living, Short Term Transitional Services and Residential and Nursing Care. The Good Lives Alliance GLA 2023 will be created by establishing a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure these services which fall within the light-touch regime (LTR - PCR 2015 Regulations 74-77). The Council anticipates that it will, over time, extend the Pseudo DPS to procure further categories of specialist services.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wiltshire Council is seeking to establish a Good Lives Alliance GLA2023 from which the Council and Integrated Care Board (ICB) can purchase Specialist Services for people with a learning disability or a mental health illness; Supported Living, Short Term Transitional Services and Residential and Nursing Care.

The Good Lives Alliance GLA 2023 will be created by establishing a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure these services which fall within the light-touch regime (LTR - PCR 2015 Regulations 74-77). The Pseudo DPS will in many respects look and feel like a DPS set up under PCR 2015 Regulation 34, but the flexibility of the LTR will apply. None of the formal procedural rules have any direct application including the requirements of Regulation 34. Wiltshire Council makes this distinction to avoid implying that it will follow, or be bound by, the full procurement regime under PCR 2015 for this procurement.

CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Social work and related services

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Market period
3 yrs 3 mo from 26 May 2023

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The service is for those individuals living within the boundaries of Wiltshire Council… 3 yrs 3 mo

The service is for those individuals living within the boundaries of Wiltshire Council (not Swindon) who are eligible to receive support as determined following a Care Act 2014 assessment, NHS funding eligibility assessment and younger people in transition from the age of 16 following a Children & families Act assessment.

The Alliance will encompass support services for adults of working age who may present with mental health needs, learning disability (with or without dementia), autistic spectrum condition, physical or sensory needs, social, emotional and behavioural needs, speech, language and communication needs. This may cover young adults (16-25). Providers may be commissioned to provide services that support individuals in a family environment. This is especially important for avoiding the “transitions cliff edge” (18-25 years) for those transferring from children’s services to adult services.

It is the intention of the Council for the Good Lives Alliance to remain open to new Providers for a 3-year period, with an anticipated service commencement date of the 4th September 2023.

The Council anticipates that it will, over time, extend the Pseudo DPS to procure further categories of specialist services. These further services may include Individual Service Funds and Specialist Day Opportunities.

Contract period: 26 May 2023 – 1 Sept 2026 (3 yrs 3 mo)
Delivery: South West
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: Lot 1- Learning Disability and Autism Residential Lot 2- AOWA Nursing Lot 3- Mental Health Residential Lot 4 - Short Term Transitional Lot 5 - Supported Living
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

    Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:

    Registration with the Care Quality Commission where the service requirement includes personal care

What this means for your bid
  • “AC1710_The Good Lives Alliance GLA 2023 DPS” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
26 May 2023, 17:59 BST
Last source update
26 May 2023, 17:59 BST
Authority reference
DN672097
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015172
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesHealth servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
South West (UKK15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d003 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Admission period ends
1 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 May 2023 → 1 Sept 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Contract starts
    26 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    26 May 2023, 17:59 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period ends66 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown
    1 Sept 2026, 15:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wiltshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Trowbridge, South West, BA14 8JNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria