Official UK procurement notice
Intensive Family Support Service in South Lanarkshire
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Lanarkshire Council (the Council) are looking to commission an Intensive Family Support Service that will support families with young people aged 12 to 18 years.
The service will be delivered to children currently in residential care settings such as residential schools, internal and external children’s houses and foster placements to support children to return to their communities in a safe way. This will involve intensive work with identified young people, to actively work with key stake holders and families to return young people appropriate for their needs to their families or alternative community options. Also, to work intensively to prevent young people aged between 12 - 18 years of age at risk of becoming accommodated. This will involve intensive crisis intervention in a preventative way with young people at risk of accommodation or accommodated on an emergency basis for an intensive rehabilitation to the family home.
- Recurrence: September 2029
CPV: Health and social work services · Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The procurement will be conducted via the Open Tendering procedure and the ITT will be…AwardedRenewal
The procurement will be conducted via the Open Tendering procedure and the ITT will be published in Public Contract Scotland Tender. Additional information: Quality Award criteria listed below:
Service model and organisational structure
Experience
Implementation Plan
Service Delivery
Staff training and promotion of good practice (include staff management)
Referrals/timescales/outputs
Partnership working
Quality assurance
Data Sharing
Fair Work First
Community Benefits
Sustainability
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 80
- Price: 20
- Suitability
SPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers
It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Councils satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.
If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Question 4A.2 Authorisation/Membership
Where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships
- Economic & financial standing
SPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing
The Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status:
Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio;
Liquidity – this is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or equal to one then it is a pass for this ratio
Gearing – this is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a percentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100% it is considered a pass for this ratio.
Bidders must provide the name and value of each of the 3 ratios within their response to SPD question 4B.4.
The Council requires bidders to pass 2 out of the 3 financial ratios above.
Where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, the Council may take the undernoted into consideration when assessing financial viability and the risk to the Council, providing that the Bidder can supply evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria when requested to do so.
The following list is not exhaustive and other criteria may be considered where proposed by a bidder as mitigating factors:
Would the bidder have passed the checks if prior year accounts had been used?
Were any of the poor appraisal outcomes "marginal"?
Does the bidder operate in a market which, traditionally, requir…
- Technical & professional ability
SPD Question 4C.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability
With reference to the nature and details of the services that are the subject matter of this tender, relevant examples are to be provided of the services undertaken by the bidder in the last 3 years. Bidders should have held contracts of a similar nature, size and value to those mentioned in the Specification. A minimum of 3 examples and a maximum of 5 should be provided. The Council reserves the right to verify any information supplied with the relevant Company / Authority.
SPD Question 4C.6 Technical and Professional Ability (Qualifications)
It is a requirement of the contract that all individuals who will be engaged in the delivery of the contract must be appropriately vetted in accordance with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
The bidder must confirm in 4C.6, that they agree to submit the PVG Declaration document when requested by the Council.
It is a minimum requirement of this tender that Bidders can demonstrate that where required, staff are registered with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
Bidders must confirm within their response to 4C.6 that this requirement can be met. The Bidder will be required to provide this information to the Council in relation to the relevant staff who deliver the Services when requested to by the Council.
- 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 · 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · September 2029
- First published
- 12 Jan 2024, 11:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jan 2025, 12:30 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
SLC/SW/23/107- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001347- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042ca6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
- Performance terms
Please refer to the Performance Appraisal document within the ITT
- Review procedure
Please note, the alternative review body to the local Sheriff Court detailed in VI.4.1 is:
Court of Session
Parliament House
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
+44 1312252595
Publisher note: SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon. SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on Exclusion Criteria Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016. SPD Questions 3A and 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3B and 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be dealt with on a PASS/FAIL basis. In respect of the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where a bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. In respect of the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where a bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken. Declarations and Certificates In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T.x SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4B.4 Audited Accounts for Previous 2 Years SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Question 4C.6 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act Declaration Declaration Section Form of Offer to Tender* Declaration Section SOC Protocol Form *The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope. In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. (SC Ref:787530)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
27 Mar 2024 → 15 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected27 Mar 2024
- Submission deadline27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published15 Jan 2025, 12:30 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Apr 2024- Published value updated to £1,155,00025 Apr 2024, 14:05 BSTwas £1,500,000
- Status changed to active25 Apr 2024, 14:05 BST
- Procurement method changed25 Apr 2024, 14:05 BST
- Deadline published: 27 May 2024, 12:00 BST25 Apr 2024, 14:05 BST
- Status changed to complete15 Jan 2025, 12:30 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action for ChildrenSME | £633,464 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001347-2025-SLC/SW/23/107-1 · Action for ChildrenSME
- Signed
- 6 Jan 2025
- Value
- £633,464
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Action for Children Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.