Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Family Group Decision Making and Associated Support Services to Families, Children and Young People
Authority: West Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Family Group Decision Making and associated support services to Families children and young people in the West Lothian locality.
The service will be provided on a referral basis.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Provision of Family Group Decision Making and associated support services to Families…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,600,000
Provision of Family Group Decision Making and associated support services to Families children and young people within the West Lothian locality.
The service will be provided on a referral basis and will include decision making including pre and post Family Group Conferencing and support.
It is expected that the service will support approximately 70 families per year.
It has been recognized that this service will be required to be procured on a long-term basis as a specific requirement is that the FGC coordinator is independent. The contract duration will make use of the flexibility of the Light Touch Regime and the duration will be for an initial period of 4 years with the potential to extend for a period of up to 48 months at the sole discretion of the Council.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Technical & professional ability
In accordance with Section 67 (5) of the Public Contacts (Scotland) Regulations (5) i.e. the cost element may also take the form of a fixed price or cost on the basis of which economic operators will compete on quality criteria only whereby price is fixed. Utilising the flexibility of the Light Touch Regime with regard to the award criteria, those providers who are prepared to accept the Council’s fixed budget will score 30% Those providers who are not prepared to accept the Council’s fixed budget will score 0% The Quality weighting will be 70%
Minimum: Requirement to evidence current or previous delivery of Family group decision making and family group conferencing services for children families and young people. Organisations must have competent and up to date Adult and child protection polices which must be submitted. This …
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Dec 2022, 08:43 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 May 2023, 08:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Jan 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CC12448- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015205- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038d38Find a Tender
- Performance terms
The provider must follow the requirements set out in the service specification and comply with all statutory requirements in the delivery of the service. This is regarded as a mandatory requirement. Notwithstanding any conditions agreed in the service specification, all terms and conditions set out in the main full contract will apply.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:726789)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Jan 2023 → 30 May 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline24 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened24 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published30 May 2023, 08:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete30 May 2023, 08:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children 1st | £1,600,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015205-2023-1 · Children 1st
- Signed
- 26 May 2023
- Value
- £1,600,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Livingston Sherriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Children 1stAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria