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Contract Notice

Contract for the Provision of a Direct Payment Payroll Service

  • First published: 07 April 2021
  • Last modified: 07 April 2021

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-109625
Published by:
City & County of Swansea
Authority ID:
AA0254
Publication date:
07 April 2021
Deadline date:
30 April 2021
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

In order to contribute to Swansea Council’s (‘The Council’)’s Social Services Directorate priority to increase the uptake of Direct Payments, the Council requires an effective, efficient and economical Payroll/Managed Accounts Service to work alongside the Council’s existing Direct Payment Support service. The service is to support and enable Direct Payment recipients in carrying out payroll (and associated administration services for Managed Accounts) in relation to their Direct Payment monies.

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


City & County of Swansea

Civic Centre,

Swansea

SA1 3SN

UK

Andrew Rose

+44 1792637242

procurement@swansea.gov.uk

http://https://www.swansea.gov.uk/dobusinesswithcouncil
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Contract for the Provision of a Direct Payment Payroll Service

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

In order to contribute to Swansea Council’s (‘The Council’)’s Social Services Directorate priority to increase the uptake of Direct Payments, the Council requires an effective, efficient and economical Payroll/Managed Accounts Service to work alongside the Council’s existing Direct Payment Support service. The service is to support and enable Direct Payment recipients in carrying out payroll (and associated administration services for Managed Accounts) in relation to their Direct Payment monies.

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=109625

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

79211110 Payroll management services
79631000 Personnel and payroll services
85300000 Social work and related services
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
1018 Swansea

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

As per procurement documents.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

As per procurement documents.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CCS/21/141

4.3

Time Limits

Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
    30-04-2021  Time  12:00

Estimated award date
 28-05-2021

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

EN  CY 

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The anticipated contract start date is 01 July 2021 and for an initial period up to 30th June 2024, with the option to extend at the Councils discretion for up to 24 months. Please note the contract start date is indicative and is subject to change.

Economic operators interested in submitting a tender can download the tender documents from the eTenderWales portal (http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk) you will need to register with eTenderWales if you are not already registered. Please see below instructions on how to register.

1. Register your company on the eTenderWales portal (this is only required once):

— Navigate to the portal: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

— Click the “Suppliers register here” link.

— Enter your correct business and user details.

— Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete.

— You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure).

— Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue”.

2. Express an interest in the project:

— Login to the portal with your username/password.

— Click the “ITTs Open to All Suppliers” link (these are the ITTs open to any registered supplier).

— 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 invitation to 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 and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).

If you require any further assistance use the online help. Alternatively, the BravoSolution helpdesk can be contacted (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00) on:

— E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

— Phone: +44 8003684850

(WA Ref:109625)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice

 07-04-2021

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
98000000 Other community, social and personal services Other Services
79211110 Payroll management services Accounting services
79631000 Personnel and payroll services Personnel services except placement and supply services
85300000 Social work and related services Health and social work services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1018 Swansea

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
Publication date:
07 April 2021
Deadline date:
30 April 2021 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
City & County of Swansea
Publication date:
01 July 2021
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
City & County of Swansea

About the buyer

Main contact:
procurement@swansea.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

Further information

Date Details
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