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Published 22 Mar 2021, 13:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

NAC/4314 - provision of a Supported Living Service (Supported Accommodation)

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£13,643,485total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 25 Jun 2021awarded 30 Nov 2021
Awarded to ENABLE Scotland (leading the Way), Key Housing Association Limited2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Supported Accommodation projects which relate to the proposed tender are:

  • Flatt Road, Largs (22 units:16 x 1 bed & 6 x 2 bed plus staff base). Anticipated Construction Completion: Summer 2021; and
  • Caley Court, Stevenston (15 units: 12 x 1 bed & 3 x 2 bed plus staff base). Anticipated Construction Completion April 2022.

Eligibility criteria are that potential tenants have either a Learning Disability, Physical Disability or Mental Health difficulty.

The scope of the tender exercise to be undertaken is to appoint a Service Provider to each of the developments in Largs and Stevenston. This newly tendered provider would operate the staff base and provide support to all tenants.

Service Users will have access to onsite availability of support staff on a 24-hour basis; 7 days a week; 365(6) days a year for personal and non personal care on a planned and unplanned/emergency basis. This includes provision of sleeping/waking night services.

The Provider is commissioned to provide an allocated number of care and support hours per week for both sites. The allocation of hours is set out below:

Tendered Lot 1: Flatt Road, Largs – 844 Hours

Tendered Lot 2: Caley Court, Stevenston - 620 Hours

The provider will be required to utilise all commissioned hours to its best ability. These can be used through a mixture of enhanced service provision.

Lot 1 (Flatt Road, Largs) is anticipated to commence 27th September 2021 until 26th September 2024 with the option to extend by up to 72 months until 26th September 2030.

Lot 2 (Caley Court, Stevenston) is anticipated to commence 1st April 2022 until 31st March 2025 with the option to extend by up to 72 months until 31st March 2031.

  • How the procedure runs: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work services with accommodation

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£13,643,485 together)
Lot #1Flat Road Largs Supported Accommodation developmentPublished value£8,102,064

The service will support Individuals to live as independently as possible, encouraging the Individual to participate in their local community. The ethos of the service will be to enable an Individual to have as much control as possible over their own life while protecting them and others from unnecessary harm.

Core service delivery will include:-

  • Support Planning. The Provider will consult, involve and include the Service User, Health and Social Care professionals, family and significant others, as appropriate, in all aspects of their support planning.
  • Outcomes development and measurement. Service Users will have individualised outcomes to be met in innovative and flexible ways.
  • Personal care: Direct assistance with or encouragement with tasks related to daily living and health care needs. For example, assistance with getting out of bed, washing and dressing.
  • Housing support. For example, Assistance with maintaining cleanliness, adaptions, repairs, cooking safety, and the reporting of any faults to the appropriate department.
  • Practical Support. For example, Informal day to day advice on personal hygiene and appearance; dispose of household waste; or support with SMART Technology.

It is anticipated that there are opportunities for efficiencies in the provision of sleeping/waking night services.

North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership has committed to the Charter for Involvement and the provider will be required to evidence the embodiment of the Charter’s twelve statements throughout all aspects of service delivery.

The approximate start date for this lot is 27th September 2021.

Delivery: Scotland · Largs
Lot #2Caley Court Stevenston Supported Accommodation developmentPublished value£5,541,421

The service will support Individuals to live as independently as possible, encouraging the Individual to participate in their local community. The ethos of the service will be to enable an Individual to have as much control as possible over their own life while protecting them and others from unnecessary harm.

Core service delivery will include:-

  • Support Planning. The Provider will consult, involve and include the Service User, Health and Social Care professionals, family and significant others, as appropriate, in all aspects of their support planning.
  • Outcomes development and measurement. Service Users will have individualised outcomes to be met in innovative and flexible ways.
  • Personal care: Direct assistance with or encouragement with tasks related to daily living and health care needs. For example, assistance with getting out of bed, washing and dressing.
  • Housing support. For example, Assistance with maintaining cleanliness, adaptions, repairs, cooking safety, and the reporting of any faults to the appropriate department.
  • Practical Support. For example, Informal day to day advice on personal hygiene and appearance; dispose of household waste; or support with SMART Technology.

It is anticipated that there are opportunities for efficiencies in the provision of sleeping/waking night services.

North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership has committed to the Charter for Involvement and the provider will be required to evidence the embodiment of the Charter’s twelve statements throughout all aspects of service delivery.

The approximate start date for this project is 1st April 2022.

Delivery: Scotland · Caley Court, Stevenston

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

This procurement is based on the most economically advantageous tender ("MEAT") on the basis of best price and quality ratio, where price is 10% and quality is 90%. Please see PCS-Tender for further information.

Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders must be registered with the Care Inspectorate or equivalent.

    Bidders must be registered as a Housing Support and Care at Home provider to deliver the service.

    Bidders must maintain registration throughout the duration of the contract.

    All staff are qualified to SSSC fitness to practice standards or working towards attainment of SSSC standards. All staff must be SSSC compliant on 6 months of commencement of employment

    For each lot, bidders will be required to provide a minimum of 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

    Bidders will be required to provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 services contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

Shortlisting
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover for Lot 1 of (1,800,458.67)GBP and for Lot 2 (1,231,426.89) GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract. NAC reserve the right to review the bidder’s financial information including information from credit reference agencies at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process. Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender. Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

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
22 Mar 2021, 13:56 GMT
Last source update
14 Dec 2021, 16:34 GMT
Authority reference
NAC/4314
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031131
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSocial work services with accommodation
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029df3 Find a Tender
How it runs
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic payment

Publisher note: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361 A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits will be requested on a minimum requirement basis for: Employability and Training Supply Chain Initiatives Community and Education Initiatives It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf Public Liability Insurance 10,000,000 GBP (SC Ref:676637)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
25 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 May 2021 → 14 Dec 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    3 May 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    25 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    14 Dec 2021, 16:34 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 May 2021
  1. Status changed to active
    25 May 2021, 09:35 BST
  2. Procurement method changed
    25 May 2021, 09:35 BST
  3. Deadline published: 25 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
    25 May 2021, 09:35 BST
  4. Status changed to complete
    16 Nov 2021, 11:55 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2021-03: 1 release · 22 Mar 2021

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £13,462,0762 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 203 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 30 Nov 2021

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Flat Road Largs Supported Accommodation development10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad0——
2 · Caley Court Stevenston Supported Accommodation development10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, Scotland, KA12 8EEContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.