Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Independent Advocacy Services
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Health and Care (OHAC) in partnership with NHS Orkney and the Council’s Housing Services the (” Health and Social Care Partnership”) has a requirement to meet its statutory duty to provide independent advocacy services to people who are in receipt of health and/or social care services, or who would benefit from the receipt of such services.
- Recurrence: summer 2027
CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Provision of services to the community · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services without accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledRenewalPublished value£291,680
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 sub-criteria (4)
- Service Delivery: 40%
- Contract Management: 25%
- Contract Implementation and Exit Strategy: 15%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
- Service Delivery: 40%
- Contract Management: 25%
- Contract Implementation and Exit Strategy: 15%
- Price: 20
- Suitability
As detailed in the tender documentation
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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
- Cancelled
- 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 · summer 2027
- First published
- 30 Aug 2022, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 31 May 2023, 08:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/1226- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015320- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03642bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As detailed in the tender documentation
Publisher note: Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Contract value is based on a five year contract duration and estimated on the available budget for 2022 to 2023. Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court of Court of Session. (SC Ref:733828)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 30 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
Timeline
30 Sept 2022 → 31 May 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline30 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened30 Sept 2022, 14:00 BST
- Notice published31 May 2023, 08:38 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled31 May 2023, 08:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS OrkneyContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sherriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria