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Published 20 Jul 2022, 15:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services

Official notice

Authority: Lothian Health Board

4 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£980,000total for 4 lots
Submissions closed 22 Aug 2022
Lots 4see the lot list below
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Oct 2022

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Lothian Health Board is seeking suppliers who can deliver welfare advice services at our main hospital sites in the Lothian area. These comprise the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the Western General Hospital, the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, St John's, Livingston, the Midlothian Community Hospital and the East Lothian Community Hospital. The service will support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues. The service will operate from all the aforementioned hospital sites and support patients and carers/families who are attending the hospital as either inpatients or outpatients and Lothian Health Board staff working at these sites.

CPV: Community health services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£980,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services -EdinburghRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£530,000

Lothian Health Board is seeking suppliers who can deliver a welfare advice service at the main hospital sites in Edinburgh. These comprise the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the Western General Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues. The service will operate from the aforementioned hospital sites and support patients and carers/families who are attending the hospital as either inpatients or outpatients and Lothian Health Board staff working at these sites

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh
Extensions: Initial 3 year contract from 1st Oct 2022 to 30th Sept 2025 with the option to extend by two further 12 month periods to 30th Sept 2027Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services - West LothianRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£220,000

Lothian Health Board is seeking bidders who can deliver a welfare advice service at St.John’s Hospital in Livingston. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues. The service will support patients and carers/families who are attending the hospital as either inpatients or outpatients and Lothian Health Board staff working at this site

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · St John's Hospital, Livingston
Extensions: Initial 3 year contract from 1st Oct 2022 to 30th Sept 2025 with the option of two further 12 month periods to 30th Sept 2027Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services - East LothianRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£115,000

Lothian Health Board is seeking bidders who can deliver a welfare advice service at the East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues. The service will support patients and carers/families who are attending the hospital as either inpatients or outpatients and Lothian Health Board staff working at this site.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · East Lothian Community Hospital. Haddington
Extensions: Initial 3 year contract from 1st Oct 2022 to 30th Sept 2025 with the option of two further 12 month periods to 30th Sept 2027Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4Lothian Health Board - Hospital Welfare Advice Services - MidlothianRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£115,000

Lothian Health Board is seeking bidders who can deliver a welfare advice service at the Midlothian Community Hospital in Dalkeith including Highbank Intermediate Care Facility. The service will work to support patients, carers and Lothian Health Board staff with welfare rights advice issues. The service will support patients and carers/families who are attending the hospital as either inpatients or outpatients and Lothian Health Board staff working at this site.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Midlothian Community Hospital, Dalkeith (including Highbank Intermediate Care Facility
Extensions: Initial 3 year contract from 1st Oct 2022 to 30th Sept 2025 with the option of two further 12 month periods to 30th Sept 2027Variant 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 sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Criteria: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Criteria: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: The value of any new contract award(s) must not exceed one third of the bidder's total annual turnover inclusive of the new contract(s) Insurance - min GBP 5m Public Liability: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability as per statutory levels required
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
20 Jul 2022, 15:38 BST
Last source update
20 Jul 2022, 15:38 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
LOTL340-22
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019789
Classification (CPV)
Community health services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM73)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0353f5 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 21880. 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 to be supplied in Specification Document (SC Ref:700379)

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
22 Aug 2022, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
22 Aug 2022, 16:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Jul 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Jul 2022, 15:38 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Aug 2022, 16:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    22 Aug 2022, 16:30 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lothian Health Board

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Waverley Gate , 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 3EGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Sheriff Court HouseReview body Edinburgh

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.