Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Powys County Council
County Hall
Llandrindod Wells
LD1 5LG
UK
Contact person: Angela Williams
Telephone: +44 01597826000
E-mail: angela.williams1@powys.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL24
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.powys.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0354
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Social protection
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Tender for a Framework Agreement for Accommodation and Support for Living a Good Life
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council is seeking to engage with suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender to be awarded on to a Framework Agreement for Accommodation and Support for Living a Good Life.
The purpose of this tender exercise is to put in place a Framework Agreement with a number of service providers for the provision of safe and reliable, high quality support services that meet minimum standards as detailed within the Service Specification.
The Framework Agreement shall be for the duration of 5 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years which will be at the sole discretion of the Council.
The existing provision comprises of 23 contracts with a large proportion due to expire between November 2019 and April 2020 with an estimated annual contract value of 10,200,000 GBP.
All qualifying providers will be added to the framework and invited to bid for mini competitions or make a direct award during the framework period.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
51 000 000.00
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:
UKL24
Main site or place of performance:
Framework Agreement for Accommodation and Support for Living a Good Life (Supported Living / Supported Housing)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Framework Agreement for Accommodation and Support for Living a Good Life (Supported Living / Supported Housing)
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
See Tender documentation
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.1) Information about a particular profession
Participation is reserved to a particular profession: Yes
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
As per the ITT documents
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Providers must be registered with the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) within Powys.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years: The procurement is being run under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) with an option for the Council to re-fresh or re-open the framework at any time should it be required, at the Council’s sole discretion. There is justification for the framework to 5 years.
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
As per the Council's constitution
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 110-268683
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
09/08/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Instructions for Suppliers – Registration on etenderwales
Powys County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. This can be found at www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk, all information may be downloaded and returned through this channel.
Internet address(es): http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.u
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender
1. Register your company on the eTenderwales portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
2. Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the “Open Access ITTs” link.
- Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the ITT into your “My ITTs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
3. Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8am – 6pm) on:
- eMail: help@bravosolution.co.uk
- Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7080 0480
Tenders or Requests to Participate must be sent to:
Official name: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=86571
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=93789
(WA Ref:93789)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Powys County Council
County Hall
Llandrindod Wells
LD1 5LG
UK
Telephone: +44 01597826000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/07/2019