Official UK procurement notice
CT0983 - Adult Counselling and Psychological Therapies
Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)
The City of Edinburgh Council (on behalf of the Edinburgh Alcohol and Drugs Partnership), require a service for counselling and psychological therapies to aid the sustained recovery from Drugs and/or Alcohol use across the city. The service is also required in the local prison where the service is to support prisoners to recover for drug and/or alcohol use. And have organisational expertise in relation to each of these areas of need to contribute to the strategic development of the system of care.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Edinburgh Council (on behalf of the Edinburgh Alcohol and Drugs Partnership), require a service for counselling and psychological therapies to aid the sustained recovery from Drugs and/or Alcohol use across the city. The service is also required in the local prison where the service is to support prisoners to recover for drug and/or alcohol use.
- How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/contents/made
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Edinburgh Alcohol and Drug Partnership (EADP) require a service to:Published value£3,974,898
The Edinburgh Alcohol and Drug Partnership (EADP) require a service to:
Provide integrated counselling interventions which incorporate evidence based psychosocial interventions and therapies. These will be delivered within boundaried, therapeutic relationships and informed by an understanding of attachment, trauma and the process of recovery from addiction;
Provide demonstrably high quality and effective interventions within the professional governance structure of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)/ Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA) or equivalent. Have a very strong, specific understanding of recovery from the misuse of alcohol, of psycho-stimulants and of other drugs. And have organisational expertise in relation to each of these areas of need to contribute to the strategic development of the system of care.
Be able to provide additional non counselling interventions to complement the primary 1:1 interventions.
Deliver services from an easily accessible location in central Edinburgh and across the local areas of the city and within HM Prison Edinburgh. Online services should also be a component of the service.
Be demonstrably high quality and effective organisation (or organisations), able to contribute to the development of the local recovery orientated system of care as well as delivering a service. Additional information: This opportunity is open to single organisations or partnerships / consortia.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
The Contract will be awarded on the basis of the Most Economically Advantageous Tender with 20% of the overall evaluation score given to price and 80% of the overall evaluation score given to quality (cost:quality ratio).
- Shortlisting
- Economic operators may be excluded if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 B ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STANDING: 4B.1.1 Yearly turnover - minimum of 1,000,000GBP 4B.1.4 Financial Ratios - minimum current ratio of 1.15 4B.5.1a Professional Indemnity insurance, limit of indemnity of not less than 1,000,000GBP 4B.5.1b Employer's liability insurance, limit of indemnity of not less than 5,000,000GBP 4B.5.2 Public liability insurance, limit of indemnity of not less than 5,000,000GBP D QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEMES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS: 4D.1 (1) Health and Safety Procedures – Confirmation of maintain Health and Safety management 4D.1(2) Disclosure – ensure relevant staff have the appropriate disclosure check 4D.1 (3) Registration - Registered with British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) or equivalent More detail on each area can be found in the procurement documents
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Procedure involving negotiations
- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Jan 2022, 12:35 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010228- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03086cFind a Tender
- How it runs
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Appeals Procedure - A tenderer that suffers loss as a result of a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) will have a minimum standstill period of 10 days before awarding the contract. The communication of the award decision notice will be sent by fax or e-mail to all tenderers with the standstill period commencing on the next working day. If proceedings are started in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session against the Council in respect of the decision to award the contract within the standstill period then the Council is prevented from awarding the contract. Post contract award the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session may (1) award damages provided proceedings are brought within 3 months from the date when the grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose (2) be entitled to issue an ineffectiveness order or impose a financial penalty on the Council. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published in the OJEU or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21028. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Details of the types of community benefits being sought are contained in the ITT. The type and level of benefits will be in direct relation to the value of the contract and the Service Provider will be asked to submit Community Benefits response indicating the types of Community Benefits they will deliver as part of the tender evaluation process. Service Providers will be expected to utilise the City of Edinburgh Council’s community benefit tracking system CENEFITS. (SC Ref:689832)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 Feb 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected21 Feb 2022
- Notice published19 Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
- Submission deadline25 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Apr 2022- Published value published: £3,974,89819 Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
- Status changed to active19 Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
- Deadline published: 25 May 2022, 12:00 BST19 Apr 2022, 16:30 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Court of SessionMediation body
- Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.