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Published 14 Jun 2022, 14:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Carers Support Service · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published value£684,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 Jul 2022awarded 16 Aug 2022
Awarded to Voluntary Action South Leicestershire
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Oct 2026 · starts 1 Nov 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Carers Support Service has been commissioned to provide support to adults who provide unpaid care to another adult in Leicestershire and is designed to help meet the Council’s commitment to carers in accordance with the Care Act 2014.

CPV: Health and social work services · Metal

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The budget for this Service is £171,000.00 per annum, £684,000.00 over the Contract termAwarded 4 yrsPublished value£684,000

The budget for this Service is £171,000.00 per annum, £684,000.00 over the Contract term.

A target of 7,600 hours of advice, information, guidance, and one to one support to carers across Leicestershire per annum. This figure does not include the Carers Forums and Carers Groups. The total value of the contract, which is £171,000 pa, will include the Carers Forums, Carers Groups and the target of 7,600 hours per annum. These target hours should be delivered by paid staff not volunteers. It should also include Management of the Service, Administration, Staff Training, Mileage expenses, Promotion/Advertising, Room hire costs, Speaker fees.

Contract period: 1 Nov 2022 – 31 Oct 2026 (4 yrs)
Delivery: East Midlands
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
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality evaluation: 70%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality evaluation: 70%
  • Price: 30%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
14 Jun 2022, 14:55 BST
Last source update
31 Oct 2023, 09:33 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Jul 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN617033
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032073
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesMetal
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03464d 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
18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Jul 2022, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Jul 2022 → 31 Oct 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    18 Jul 2022, 13:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Nov 2022
  4. Notice published
    31 Oct 2023, 09:33 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Oct 2023, 09:33 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £684,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Voluntary Action South LeicestershireSME£684,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityCarers Services County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.