Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Scotland Excel
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Paisley
PA1 1AR
UK
Telephone: +44 3003001200
E-mail: socialcare@scotland-excel.org.uk
Fax: +44 1416187423
NUTS: UKM83
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10383
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Secure Care Services
Reference number: 0219
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85311300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
See II.2.4 (below) for a description of the procurement. In response to ESPD (Scotland) question 4A.2 where it is required, within a bidder’s country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service.
Bidders must confirm if they hold the following particular authorisation or memberships:
— Approval by Scottish Ministers under the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Requirements for Care Services) Regulations 2011 for accommodations to be provided for the sole purpose of restricting the liberty of children in residential premises where care services are provided;
— Registration in accordance with the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, as amended, with the Registrar of Independent Schools;
— Registration with the Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (‘Care Inspectorate’) as the provider of a secure accommodation service under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
70 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85311300
85310000
85300000
85000000
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Various locations throughout Scotland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of secure care (secure accommodation) services.
The scope of services to be provided under the advertised arrangement falls within the definition of social and other specific services in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (‘the Regulations’) and therefore the procurement process shall be subject to the requirements of section 7 of the Regulations.
Any application of or reference to other Regulations unless clearly identified is not to be implied and should not be construed as applying any of them to the exercise or bringing any of them into force.
Tenderers are asked to note that Regulation 75(2) of the Regulations applies to this exercise.
Notwithstanding that, Scotland Excel has elected, voluntarily, to place this notice for reasons of transparency. Accordingly, this secure care service will be awarded to parties already identified using a form of the negotiated procedure developed in accordance with Regulation 76(8) of the Regulations.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
For details about this procurement, see ITT 32714 (Project 14746) on the Public Contracts Scotland — Tender website at:
https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Procedure involving negotiations
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)
https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Qualification stage (pass/fail):
Assessment of suitability and selection of Bidder’s response via ESPD (Scotland).
Quality stage (60 %):
Evaluation of bidders responses in quality stage
Commercial stage (40 %):
Evaluation of bidders responses in commercial stage
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Scotland Excel reserves the right to negotiate on any element following submission, or to accept submissions without any further negotiation, to award in part or in whole, or not to make any award.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 230-565004
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/03/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kibble Education and Care Centre
Goudie Street
Paisley
PA3 2LG
UK
Telephone: +44 1418890044
Fax: +44 00000000
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Good Shepherd Centre
Greenock Road
Bishopton
PA7 5PW
UK
Telephone: +44 1505864500
NUTS: UKM83
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
St Mary's Kenmure
St Mary's Road, Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
G64 2EH
UK
Telephone: +44 1415861200
NUTS: UKM81
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Rossie Young Peoples Trust
Rossie
Montrose
DD10 9TW
UK
Telephone: +44 7702880261
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 70 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Full details of all requirements can be found in the document ‘0219 Secure Care Contract Terms and Conditions’ found in the attachments area of the IT.
Financial stability
Scotland Excel will conduct a financial analysis for each bidder based on reports from a credit referencing agency.
The bidder is to confirm that a search will not return a ‘Warning’ or ‘caution’ returnable code or any neutral code, or the bidder must confirm that it can provide documents to prove to Scotland Excel that the bidder does/would not represent an unmanageable risk should it be appointed onto the proposed framework agreement. Bidders who are unable to demonstrate satisfactory financial stability will be excluded.
(SC Ref:618500)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
See VI.4.3) Review Procedure
N/a
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Please refer to VI.4.3 below
N/a
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Court of Session
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/04/2020