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Published 24 Mar 2022, 08:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Carers Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

4 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 4 lots per supplier
Published estimate£4,894,265total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 27 Apr 2022awarded 1 Sept 2022
Awarded to LOCAL SOLUTIONS +2 more4 awards

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Carers Services:

The aim is to procure a range of services for carers that supports the Council to fulfil its statutory duties in respect of carers under the Care Act 2014 and Children and Families Act 2014 by ensuring they are identified as early as possible and are able to access:

  • Information, advice and support
  • A carers assessment and support plan
  • A range of personalised support and services
  • Advocacy support

Lot 1: Adult Carers’ Service (18+)

Lot 2: Young Carers’ Service (aged up to 25)

Lot 3: Carers’ Advocacy Service

Lot 4: Carers’ Health and Wellbeing Service

CPV: Health and social work services · Health services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£4,894,265 together) · win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Adult Carers Service (18+)AwardedPublished value£2,330,040

Lot 1 – Adult Carers Service (18+)

A community-based service that will:

  • Ensure adult carers who are caring for other adults in Liverpool are identified
  • Ensure adult carers can receive a carers assessment under the statutory duty of Liverpool City Council
  • Ensure that adult carers who have been assessed have a support plan which is reviewed on at least an annual basis
  • Provide personalised information and advice to adult carers and support to access a range of support and services that meet their identified needs
  • Operate the service on a city-wide basis
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Young Carers Service (up to and including 25 years of age)AwardedPublished value£1,208,010

Lot 2 – Young Carers Service (up to and including 25 years of age)

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Carers Advocacy ServiceAwardedPublished value£496,205

Lot 3 - Carers Advocacy Service

Advocacy support that will:

  • Provide free, independent, professional issue-based advocacy support
  • Support all adult carers (18 years +) who are caring for other adults over the age of 16, plus family carers who are caring for children with additional needs
  • Promote self-advocacy to enable carers to advocate on their own behalf
  • Operate the service on a city-wide basis
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Carers Health and Wellbeing ServiceAwardedPublished value£860,010

Lot 4 – Carers Health and Wellbeing Service

A community-based service that will:

  • Deliver a programme of activities that will ensure a range of support is available to carers in Liverpool that reduces the negative impact of caring on them
  • Work in partnership with Primary Care Networks (PCN’s) and GP practices in Liverpool to support them to develop effective processes to identify and support carers
  • Promote carers health and wellbeing by working collaboratively with other businesses, service providers and organisations to:

o Identify carers early in their caring journey to improve outcomes

o Promote the health and wellbeing of carers including mental wellbeing

o Facilitate education and training sessions for carers

o Facilitate self-managing carers peer support groups and befriending opportunities

o Support discharge from hospital and the reablement process

o Provide opportunities for a break

  • Operate the service on a city-wide basis
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
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. 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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Mar 2022, 08:35 GMT
Last source update
31 Oct 2022, 09:21 GMT
Award evaluation window
27 Apr 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN600910
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030605
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesHealth services
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0325a0 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
Submission deadline
27 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Apr 2022 → 31 Oct 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    27 Apr 2022, 16:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    31 Oct 2022, 09:21 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Oct 2022, 09:21 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4
Awarded value £4,863,2974 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 104 from SMEs
Contracts signed 4latest 1 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Adult Carers Service (18+)1 award
LOCAL SOLUTIONSSMECarers Services Lot 1 – Adult Carers Service (18+)£2,321,808 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Young Carers Service (up to and including 25 years of age)1 award
Barnardo Services Limited£1,204,524 †—Awarded
Lot 3 · Carers Advocacy Service1 award
The Brain CharitySME£480,243 †—Awarded
Lot 4 · Carers Health and Wellbeing Service1 award
LOCAL SOLUTIONSSME£856,722 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Carers Services Lot 1 – Adult Carers Service (18+) · LOCAL SOLUTIONSSME

    Signed
    1 Sept 2022
    Value
    £2,321,808
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 – Young Carers Service (up to and including 25 years of age) · Barnardo Services Limited

    Signed
    1 Sept 2022
    Value
    £1,204,524
    Status
    active
  • Lot 3 - Carers Advocacy Service · The Brain CharitySME

    Signed
    1 Sept 2022
    Value
    £480,243
    Status
    active
  • Lot 4 – Carers Health and Wellbeing Service · LOCAL SOLUTIONSSME

    Signed
    1 Sept 2022
    Value
    £856,722
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Adult Carers Service (18+)3bids · 3 electronic1——
2 · Young Carers Service (up to and including 25 years of age)2bids · 2 electronic0——
3 · Carers Advocacy Service2bids · 2 electronic2——
4 · Carers Health and Wellbeing Service3bids · 3 electronic1——

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

  • The Royal Court of JusticeReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • Barnardo Services LimitedAwarded supplier Barnardo House Tanners Lane Barkingside Ilford, Essex, North West, IG6 1QGContact email
  • Local SolutionsAwarded supplier Suite A, 1st Floor Building 2000 Vortex Court Enterprise Way, Liverpool, North West, L13 1FBContact email
  • The Brain CharityAwarded supplier Norton Street, Liverpool, North West, L3 8LRContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.