Find a TenderAwarded
Published 21 Jun 2023, 14:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Support to return home from hospital service

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£700,000exc. VAT20% above published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Jul 2023awarded 16 Oct 2023
Awarded to Claremont Living Group

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council is looking to procure a service that will support citizens who are being discharged from hospital or an enablement bed to return home.This will include delivering the following:

  • Support on the day of discharge for individuals with follow up support within 72 hours
  • Deliver a basic food parcel
  • Benefit maximisation
  • Befriending
  • Undertake simple shopping (non-financial)
  • Making sure the home environment is warm, comfortable and safe
  • Supporting to pay bills and make appointments
  • Collecting medication prescriptions or setting up a prescription delivery
  • Practical assistance with accumulated posts, completion of forms, letter writing and posting
  • Helping to find out about and access community activities to keep people connected to their local communities The Contract will be for a period of 1 year (unless terminated under the terms and conditions of contract) with the option to extend for up to 1 year.The contract will be awarded to a single provider.

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services · Social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This will include delivering the following:• Support on the day of discharge for…Awarded

This will include delivering the following:

  • Support on the day of discharge for individuals with follow up support within 72 hours
  • Deliver a basic food parcel
  • Benefit maximisation
  • Befriending
  • Undertake simple shopping (non-financial)
  • Making sure the home environment is warm, comfortable and safe
  • Supporting to pay bills and make appointments
  • Collecting medication prescriptions or setting up a prescription delivery
  • Practical assistance with accumulated posts, completion of forms, letter writing and posting
  • Helping to find out about and access community activities to keep people connected to their local communities
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: With an option to extend for a further period of 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and budgetary availability.Variant 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 and Social Value: 50% and 20%
  • Price: Price 30%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Further details will be provided in the tender documentation.

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
21 Jun 2023, 14:50 BST
Last source update
25 Jan 2024, 23:10 GMT
Award evaluation window
24 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
P1007
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-002657
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d848 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: [email protected] completed tender submission should be returned by noon on 24th July 2023 via the ‘in-tend’ system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Jul 2023 → 25 Jan 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Jan 2024, 23:10 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Jan 2024, 23:10 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £840,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 54 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Oct 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Claremont Living GroupSME£840,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Support to return home from hospital service · Claremont Living GroupSME

    Signed
    16 Oct 2023
    Value
    £840,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 10 Woodcock Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7WBContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Claremont LivingAwarded supplier Head Office, 18-21 Summer Hill Terrace , Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 3RA

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