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Published 24 Aug 2023, 17:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Accommodation and Support including Emergency Accommodation for Vulnerable Groups

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

Framework agreement6 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£26,803,000total for 6 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 22 Sept 2023awarded 11 Dec 2023
Lots 6see the lot list below

What is being bought6 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

To support the Council's statutory duty to provide temporary accommodation to priority needs households under the housing Act 1996, the Homelessness Act 2002 and the Homeless Reduction Act 2017. These Acts require the Council to provide accommodation on a temporary basis for a minimum of 56 days to relieve or prevent homelessness or for a longer term while permanent accommodation is secured.

CPV: Accommodation services · Social work and related services · Social work services with accommodation

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 14 suppliers · 26 bids on the busiest of 5 lots (1.9 per place) · 5 appointed

Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure

6 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £1,816,500: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Accommodation and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) aged 16 -18 and beyond age 18 where their asylum claim is still pendingAwardedPublished value£14,700,000

Accommodation and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) aged 16 -18 and beyond age 18 where their asylum claim is still pending

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Adults with No Recourse to Public Funds with Eligible Care NeedsAwardedceiling above

Accommodation for Adults with No Recourse to Public Funds with Eligible Care Needs

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Supported Lodgings for Young People aged 16 to 17 Preparing to Leave CareAwardedPublished value£1,358,000

Supported Lodgings for Young People aged 16 to 17 Preparing to Leave Care

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Emergency Accommodation for Single People and Families (same day)AwardedPublished value£6,972,000

Emergency Accommodation for Single People and Families (same day)

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #5Emergency Accommodation for Adults with Care and Support Needs (Care Act Eligible)Awardedceiling above

Emergency Accommodation for Adults with Care and Support Needs (Care Act Eligible)

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #6Emergency Accommodation for young people at risk of being made homeless (same day)Published value£140,000

Provision of same day emergency / short term accommodation and support to vulnerable young people for the prevention of homelessness. The service will be required to offer same day placements and to operate on a 24-hour basis during weekends and bank holidays including Christmas Day.

1.5 This Service is intended to be used as short-term emergency accommodation for young people at risk of being made homeless. Placements will not usually last for more than 24 hours. The aim is to safeguard any young person who is assessed as being at risk of immediate and significant harm due to homelessness or housing related issues.

Successful providers will be required to be registered with Ofsted for the category of service that best describes their provision Guide to Supported Accommodation Regulations Including Quality Standards and to have received their Unique Registration Number Department of Education Supported Accommodation Registration with Ofsted by the 27 October 2023 to be eligible to deliver this service. From this date Providers will be subject to regulation by the Department of Education and Ofsted and must keep to the conditions of your registration and comply with the relevant regulations, such as the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023.

Delivery: North 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
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
  • “Accommodation and Support including Emergency Accommodation for…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 14 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Aug 2023, 17:42 BST
Last source update
5 Feb 2024, 10:57 GMT
Award evaluation window
22 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN658473
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003655
Classification (CPV)
Accommodation servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work services with accommodation
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f6d3 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
Appointment period ends
22 Sept 2023, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Sept 2023, 16:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Sept 2023 → 5 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    22 Sept 2023, 16:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Sept 2023, 16:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    5 Feb 2024, 10:57 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Feb 2024, 10:57 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 5admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2615 from SMEs · busiest of 5 lots
Contracts signed 8latest 11 Dec 2023

8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Accommodation and Support including Emergency Accommodation for Vulnerable Groups

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Accommodation and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) aged 16 -18 and beyond age 18 where their asylum claim is still pending

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Adults with No Recourse to Public Funds with Eligible Care Needs

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Supported Lodgings for Young People aged 16 to 17 Preparing to Leave Care

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Emergency Accommodation for Single People and Families (same day)

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Emergency Accommodation for Single People and Families (same day)

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Emergency Accommodation for Single People and Families (same day)

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 003655-2024-DN658473-8

    Signed
    11 Dec 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Accommodation and Support for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) aged 16 -18 and beyond age 18 where their asylum claim is still pending26bids · 26 electronic15—£2,000,000 – £2,100,000
2 · Adults with No Recourse to Public Funds with Eligible Care Needs26bids · 26 electronic15—£250,000 – £259,500
3 · Supported Lodgings for Young People aged 16 to 17 Preparing to Leave Care26bids · 26 electronic15—£180,000 – £194,000
4 · Emergency Accommodation for Single People and Families (same day)26bids · 26 electronic15—£900,000 – £996,000
5 · Emergency Accommodation for Adults with Care and Support Needs (Care Act Eligible)26bids · 26 electronic15—£200,000 – £259,500
Whole notice———£26,000,000 – £27,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 4th Floor, Cunard Building, Liverpool, North West, L3 1DSContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

5 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.