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Published 24 May 2021, 18:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Advocacy Services [3474901]

Official notice

Authority: Procurement and Logistics Service·Consortium: 3 public authorities

4 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 4 lots to bidMax 3 lots per supplier
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£267,521published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2021awarded 21 Dec 2021
Awarded to CAUSE NI LIMITED

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Mental Health and Disability Directorate is seeking tenders for the provision of independent advocacy services across the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (Trust) area for; adult mental health Service Users and young people aged 17.5+ transitioning to adult mental health services; adults with a learning disability and young people aged 16+ transitioning into adult learning disability services; adults with a physical and / or sensory disability and young people aged 16+ transitioning into adult physical and / or sensory disability services; and carers of those in receipt of mental health services - which reflect the principles and standards detailed in the ‘Developing Advocacy Services - A Policy Guide for Commissioners’ (May 2012) developed by DHSSPS.

CPV: Administrative social services · Health and social work services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£2,070,499 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 4 and win at most 3 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Adult mental health Service Users (Including Young People Transitioning to Adult mental health Service Users)RenewalPublished value£297,990
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Options for further extension periods; a) a period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months and, or b) further period(s) of up to a maximum 18 months in the circumstances described in Clause 7.9 of the SS20a Scoping and Specification documentVariant bids: not allowed
85321000 Administrative social services
Lot #2Carers of those in receipt of mental health servicesRenewalPublished value£357,057
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Options for further extension periods; a) a period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months and, or b) further period(s) of up to a maximum 18 months in the circumstances described in Clause 7.9 of the SS20a Scoping and Specification documentVariant bids: not allowed
85321000 Administrative social services
Lot #3Adults with a learning disability (Including Young People Transitioning to Adults with a learning disability)RenewalPublished value£1,141,140
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Options for further extension periods; a) a period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months and, or b) further period(s) of up to a maximum 18 months in the circumstances described in Clause 7.9 of the SS20a Scoping and Specification documentVariant bids: not allowed
85321000 Administrative social services
Lot #4Adults with a physical and / or sensory disability (Including Young People Transitioning to Adults with a physical and / or sensory disability)RenewalPublished value£274,313
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Options for further extension periods; a) a period or periods together totalling no more than 24 months and, or b) further period(s) of up to a maximum 18 months in the circumstances described in Clause 7.9 of the SS20a Scoping and Specification documentVariant bids: not allowed
85321000 Administrative social services

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    n/a

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
First published
24 May 2021, 18:24 BST
Last source update
12 Jan 2022, 12:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Jun 2021 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-000869
Classification (CPV)
Administrative social servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b47f Find a Tender

Publisher note: In section I.2), it is stated that this procurement is a joint procurement. This is not a joint procurement it is operated by BSO PaLS on. behalf of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust. The first value in V.2.4) above includes an initial contract period of 3 years. The second value in V.2.4) includes the initial contract period plus 2 x 12 month extension period options. It also includes provision for an increase in service volumes of 50% as outlined in Clause 3.4.2 of SS20a Scoping and Specification document. It is not a guarantee of uptake or minimum demand. Social care services such as the provision of Advocacy Services are classified under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as social and other specific services and fall within those services listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations. This Tender is therefore subject to the provisions of Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations otherwise known as the ‘Light Touch Regime’.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
24 Jun 2021, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Jun 2021, 15:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

24 Jun 2021 → 12 Jan 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Jun 2021, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Jun 2021, 15:30 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    21 Dec 2021, 23:59 GMT
  4. Notice published
    12 Jan 2022, 12:54 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jan 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Jan 2022, 12:54 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    12 Jan 2022, 12:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 4
Awarded value £267,5211 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Dec 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 2 · Carers of those in receipt of mental health services1 award
CAUSE NI LIMITEDSME£267,521 †—Awarded

3 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

  • Carers of those in receipt of mental health services · CAUSE NI LIMITEDSME

    Signed
    21 Dec 2021
    Value
    £267,521
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2 · Carers of those in receipt of mental health services1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Procurement and Logistics Service

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, UK, BT12 6HUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • BSO Procurement and Logistics ServiceReview body Armagh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • CAUSE NI LIMITEDAwarded supplier Unit 2 Lesley Office Park, 393 Holywood Road Bt4 2Ls, BELFAST, UK, BT4 2LSContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria