Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults

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        "periodRationale": "These services come within the ‘Social and Other Specific Services’ category as defined in, and subject to, the procurement regimes set out in section 7 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, commonly known as the Light Touch Regime. The duration of the Flexible Framework Agreement is a maximum of 84 months, for the purposes of business continuity and sustainability."
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      "performanceTerms": "It is a condition of this contract that as at the Commencement Date and throughout the entire contract period the Provider shall have a current certificate of registration under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 as a Care at Home Service.  The Provider must maintain a minimum score of 3 (adequate) in each key questions inspected. Any Provider who is newly registered must obtain at its first inspection a minimum score of 3 (adequate) across all key questions inspected and thereafter maintain a score of 3 (adequate) or higher for the duration of the contract.",
      "hasElectronicPayment": true,
      "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed"
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      "scheme": "CPV",
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    "otherRequirements": {
      "reductionCriteria": "Please refer to section VI.3 for financial checks and insurance requirements under this Contract."
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    "procurementMethod": "open",
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          "type": "technical",
          "description": "It is a material condition of this Contract that as at the Commencement Date and throughout the contract period the Provider shall have in respect of the Services a current certificate of registration under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 as a Care at Home Service.\nThe Provider must have at the time of submission of the tender and at the time of the award being issued Care Inspectorate grades of 3 (adequate) and above across all areas of performance examined during inspections which cover “Quality of Care and Support”, “Quality of Staffing” and “Quality of Management and Leadership” or an equivalent Care Inspectorate framework criteria.\nAny Provider who is newly registered must obtain at its first inspection and thereafter maintain the aforementioned Care Inspectorate grades.\nTenderers should provide Registration number(s) and any supporting information at Section 4A.2 in the SPD"
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk",
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      "name": "West Dunbartonshire Council",
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      "address": {
        "region": "UKM81",
        "locality": "Dumbarton",
        "postalCode": "G82 1QL",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "16 Church Street"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/business/suppliers/procurement/",
        "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00153",
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        "legalName": "West Dunbartonshire Council"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "url": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk",
        "name": "Jennifer Darkins",
        "email": "Corporate.Procurement@west-dunbarton.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1389737000"
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      "id": "GB-FTS-113696",
      "name": "Dumbarton Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court",
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      "address": {
        "locality": "Dumbarton",
        "postalCode": "G82 1QQ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Sheriff Court House, Church Street"
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      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Dumbarton Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court"
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  "description": "Minimum level(s) of standards required:\nTurnover - Bidders must demonstrate and annual turnover for each of the 2 previous years of greater than 50,000.00 GBP.\nRatios - a Pass in any two of the three ratios as an overall Pass for Economic and Financial standing.\n- (Ratio 1) Acid Test – (Current Assets-stock)/Current Liabilities. To pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1.\n- (Ratio 2) Return on Capital Employed %– Profit/Capital employed. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to score a\npositive figure/Percentage.\n- (Ratio 3) Current Ratio – Current Assets/Liabilities. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to achieve a score of greater than 1.\nInsurance\nIt is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract,\nthe types and levels of insurance indicated below:\nQ4B.5.1a Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance - 5 million GBP\nQ4B5.1b Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance – 10 million GBP\nQ4B.5.2 Public Liability Insurance – 10 million GBP\nQ4B 5.2 Professional Indemnity (Including Administration of Medication) = 5 million GBP\nDocumentation requested for the above insurances should include name of insurers, policy numbers, expiry date and limits of any one incident and annual aggregate caps and the excesses under the policies.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27858. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nA sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nIf the spend with a provider is more then 50,000GBP per year Social Benefits will be required.\n(SC Ref:791256)",
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