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Published 9 Jun 2021, 16:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NHSGGC - Advocacy Services

Official notice

Authority: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£4,472,775exc. VAT
Submissions closed 12 Jul 2021awarded 30 Aug 2021
Awarded to The Advocacy Project

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGGC) wish to commission an Advocacy Service to concentrate activity on supporting the following specific Service User Groups

Adult Mental Health

Dementia Services

Learning Disability

Physical Disability

Prison Healthcare

Alcohol & Drug

This tender seeks to ensure the ability of service users to be able to influence services and to be adequately supported to do so.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGG&C) and Glasgow City Council (GCC) promote, support…AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,472,775

NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGG&C) and Glasgow City Council (GCC) promote, support and defend the principles and practice of Independent Professional Advocacy across the City of Glasgow. The aim is to ensure that when the right to an independent lifestyle and choice presents a degree of risk, the individual concerned receives appropriate help including advice, protection and support from relevant agencies, in particular Independent Professional Advocacy. Assisting and enabling individuals is essential to the development of the Personalisation professional advocacy ensures equality of access to services particularly for those groups which may otherwise be excluded.

This Tender process seeks to ensure the ability of service users to be able to influence services and to be adequately supported to do so. The successful supplier will provide a service for people aged 16 or over (including people over 65) and this include those subject to NHS Prison Healthcare)

Have a level of disability which impairs their ability to advocate on their own behalf.

Are Carers to someone resident in Glasgow with eligible needs

Have complex needs and are experiencing situations which they are unable to cope with without professional support.

Prison Healthcare

In providing an Advocacy service within a Prison setting, providers must be aware of the safety/security constraints which they will be required to follow in providing a service.

Access to the service within HMP Barlinnie (within Glasgow City HSCP area) will be assisted via the Prison Healthcare Mental Health Team. The population within HMP Barlinnie can vary but averages around 1,200 individuals.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: 2 x 12 month extension optionalVariant 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: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Cost: 0
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    With reference to question SPD 4B.6 NHSGGC will use its financial evaluation matrix which can be uploaded from the attachments area on PCS-Tender to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers should complete the evaluation matrix spreadsheet included in the tender documents and confirm they meet the minimum requirement score. Tenderers with a score of 50 and above will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. This is a pass/fail question. Failure to achieve a score of 50 or failure to provide this information will result in your tender being rejected. Tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested by NHSGGC. If a minus or 0.00GBP turnover applies, please include your last 3 years financial accounts to allow your financial validity to be evidenced. Should this not be available or should this show financial instability of the organisation, this may result in a fail.

    Minimum: With reference to SPD question 4B.5.1b Tenderers must hold and evidence Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = GBP5m. If tenderers do not currently have this level of insurance, they must agree to put it in place prior to contract commencement. With reference to SPD questi…
  • Technical & professional ability

    With reference to SPD question 4C.1.2 Tenderers are required to provide examples that demonstrate they have the relevant experience to deliver the service. Examples must be from within the last 3 years. You should use the attached template to provide 2 examples that demonstrates experience that is relevant to this procurement exercise. Your completed response should be no more than 2 pages of A4. The completed response should be uploaded to question 4C.1.2. This is pass/fail question. If examples are not provided, this will result in a fail. If the examples provided do not demonstrate the required level of experience, this will result in a fail.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Jun 2021, 16:25 BST
Last source update
29 Nov 2021, 10:34 GMT
Award evaluation window
12 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
GGC0690
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029548
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ba17 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Reserved execution
delivery reserved to a designated type of organisation

Publisher note: (SC Ref:675232)

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

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline
12 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
12 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

12 Jul 2021 → 29 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    12 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    12 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    29 Nov 2021, 10:34 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Nov 2021, 10:34 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £4,472,7751 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Advocacy ProjectSME£4,472,775 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 029548-2021-GGC0690-1 · The Advocacy ProjectSME

    Signed
    30 Aug 2021
    Value
    £4,472,775
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Procurement Department, Walton Annexe, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G4 0SFContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • The Advocacy ProjectAwarded supplier Cumbrae House, 15 Carlton Court, Glasgow, Scotland, G59JPContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.