Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting 
        authority        
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Civic Centre
  Civic Centre, Castle Street
  Merthyr Tydfil
  CF47 8AN
  UK
  
            Contact person: Gareth Richards
  
            E-mail: gareth.richards@merthyr.gov.uk
  
            NUTS: UKL15
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: http://www.merthyr.gov.uk
  
              Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0347
 
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
Families First Keyworking 2023
II.1.2) Main CPV code
  85000000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (“The Council”) is inviting tenders from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the Keyworking  elements of its Families First Programme as detailed in the Contract documents and upon the terms and conditions contained in the attached Conditions of Contract.
  The aim is to provide a dedicated key working delivery service through the Team Around the Family model to:
  - Flying Start families (attributed to the Flying Start element)
  - Non Flying Start families, with children aged 0-18 (attributed to the Families First element including part of the ring-fenced disability allocation) up to the age of 25
  II.1.5) Estimated total value
  Value excluding VAT: 
			2 065 000.00 
			  GBP
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKL15
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    Provide a dedicated key working (as described in this contract) delivery service through the TAF model to:
    - Flying Start families (attributed to the Flying Start element)
    - Non Flying Start families, with children aged 0-18 (attributed to the Families First element including part of the ring-fenced disability allocation) up to the age of 25
    The service will support a minimum of 300 families through the delivery of a minimum of 2450 face-to-face sessions a year through individual support and group work per year.
    II.2.6) Estimated value
    Value excluding VAT: 
			2 065 000.00 
			  GBP
    II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
    
                Duration in months: 60
    II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
    
            The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
            
              No
            
   
 
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
  III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
  As outlined in the tender documentation
 
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
  III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
  As outlined in the tender documentation
 
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
  IV.1.1) Type of procedure
  
                        Open procedure
                        
  IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
  As outlined in the tender documentation
 
IV.2) Administrative information
  IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
  
              Date:
              22/06/2023
  
                Local time: 12:00
  IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
  EN
 
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=131558
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
As outlined in the tender documentation
(WA Ref:131558)
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    High Court
    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
    London
    WC2A 2LL
    UK
    
            Telephone: +44 2079477501
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/05/2023