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Published 8 Jun 2021, 12:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Advocacy Services

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North West (UKD72)
Framework ceiling (notional)£3,660,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 6 Jul 2021awarded 25 Aug 2021
Lots 2see the lot list below
Framework period 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2024 · starts 1 Oct 2021

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The purpose of this procurement is to commission statutory and non-statutory advocacy

services across Liverpool.

The Care Act 2014 places a duty on Local Authorities to involve people in decisions made

about them and their care and support. No matter how complex a person’s needs, Local

Authorities are required to help people express their wishes and feelings, support them in

weighing up their options, and assist them in making their own decisions.

In order to facilitate the involvement and engagement of people who would otherwise have

difficulty, the Care Act 2014 introduced a requirement to arrange independent advocacy for

people,

  • Who have substantial difficulty in being involved/ engaged in these processes
  • Where there is no one available to help facilitate this involvement and engagement.

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 2 suppliers · 5 bids received (2.5 per place) · 1 appointed
Framework period

3 yrs from 1 Oct 2021, Open procedure under Light Touch Regime as per regulations 74-77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Statutory Advocacy ServicesAwarded 3 yrsPublished value£3,180,000

Liverpool City Council (the Commissioning Authority) for the following statutory services:

  • Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)
  • Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
  • Relevant Person’s Representative (RPR)
  • Care Act Advocacy
Contract period: 1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sept 2024 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #2Non-Statutory Issue Based AdvocacyCancelled 3 yrsPublished value£480,000

This service is intended to be non-statutory and not intended to deliver Independent Mental

Health Advocacy (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) or Care Act 2014

advocacy. Nor it is intended to deliver the role of the Relevant Person’s Representative (or

replacement following anticipated legislation changes), or the role of the Litigation Friend.

The service may however, support people to initially access public services.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sept 2024 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal 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 2 lots
Quality: 55%Price: 35%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 55
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 35
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Provision of Advocacy Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
8 Jun 2021, 12:10 BST
Last source update
27 Sept 2021, 15:17 BST
Award evaluation window
6 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN537838
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023962
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b960 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
6 Jul 2021, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Jul 2021, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

6 Jul 2021 → 1 Oct 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    6 Jul 2021, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    6 Jul 2021, 14:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    27 Sept 2021, 15:17 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Sept 2021, 15:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 52 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Aug 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 023962-2021-DN537838-1

    Signed
    25 Aug 2021
    Value
    £2,928,047
    Period
    … – 30 Sept 2024
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Statutory Advocacy Services5bids · 5 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 4th Floor, Cunard Building, Liverpool, UK, L3 1DSContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Court of JusticeReview body LondonContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.