Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Health
Castle Buildings
Belfast
BT4 3SQ
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Communities NI
Lighthouse Building, 1 Cromac Place
Belfast
BT7 2JB
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Justice NI
Block B, Castle Buildings
Belfast
BT4 3SG
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries – applicable national procurement law:
Whilst this is a joint procurement with the Department of Health, the Department of Justice and the Department for Communities it will not be between different countries as detailed in section I.2.
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://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Providing and Managing a 24 Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Helpline for DoH, DoJ and DfC
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Contract to provide and manage a regional, 24 Hour domestic and Sexual violence helpline (“the Helpline”) will be with the Department of Health, the Department of Justice and the Department for Communities (“the Clients”). The overarching aim of the service is to offer confidential support and signposting information to anyone affected by domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Northern Ireland 365 days a year.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
98000000
80000000
79140000
79000000
64222000
72590000
79315000
64216100
79510000
79512000
98112000
98111000
98100000
98110000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Contract to provide and manage a regional, 24 Hour Domestic and Sexual violence helpline (“the Helpline”) will be with the Department of Health, the Department of Justice and the Department for Communities (“the Clients”). The overarching aim of the service is to offer confidential support and signposting information to anyone affected by domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Northern Ireland 365 days a year.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
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.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
18/09/2018
Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory performance and the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.”
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.
Belfast
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/08/2018