Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
UK
Contact person: Linda McDonald
Telephone: +44 1467537564
E-mail: linda.mcdonald@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.highland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00232
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
Housing Support Service
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of an outcomes focused housing support service for adults, who have been assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
707 070.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Caithness
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
Caithness.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of an outcomes focused floating housing support service for clients who have been assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and:
— who are considered to be a vulnerable person — including clients with health problems, those sleeping rough and those in temporary/insecure accommodation,
— who have been subject to or are at risk of abuse or neglect,
— who are making the transition from being in residential, interim or transitional accommodation to a lesser supported environment,
— who are struggling to sustain their tenancy (both private rented and social rented sectors) and require assistance to maintain their tenancy, and
— who have been allocated a SSST and require to engage with short term housing support to ensure that they adhere to their conditions of tenancy.
The aim of the service is to support individuals to successfully maintain their tenancy by providing short term housing support to meet the Council’s legislative duty. The support will be flexible to meet the clients’ changing housing needs.
The support provided will be tailored to meet the housing needs of each client, providing those with the necessary life skills to make the most out of their lives giving them a better quality of life and to support them meet their full potential.
The service should be scheduled around the needs of the client and operate between 09.00 and 17.00, Monday-Friday. No services will be delivered on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday and May Day.
Lot 1 includes the following settlements, Wick, John O’Groats, Bettyhill, Durness, Kinlochbervie, Helmsdale, Dubeath and Lybster.
The settlements are given as a guide only.
The expected/approximate average hours per week is 133.
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
The maximum hourly rate is 18,50 GBP.
Maximum of 2 service providers appointed to Lot 1.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Note this service is not a social work service. This service is being commissioned by The Highland Council — Community Services.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Wester Ross, Skye, Kyle of Lochalsh
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
Wester Ross, Skye, Kyle of Lochalsh.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of an outcomes focused floating housing support service for clients who have been assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and:
— who are considered to be a vulnerable person — including clients with health problems, those sleeping rough and those in temporary/insecure accommodation,
— who have been subject to or are at risk of abuse or neglect,
— who are making the transition from being in residential, interim or transitional accommodation to a lesser supported environment,
— who are struggling to sustain their tenancy (both private rented and social rented sectors) and require assistance to maintain their tenancy, and
— who have been allocated a SSST and require to engage with short term housing support to ensure that they adhere to their conditions of tenancy.
The aim of the service is to support individuals to successfully maintain their tenancy by providing short term housing support to meet the Council’s legislative duty. The support will be flexible to meet the clients’ changing housing needs.
The support provided will be tailored to meet the housing needs of each client, providing those with the necessary life skills to make the most out of their lives giving them a better quality of life and to support them meet their full potential.
The service should be scheduled around the needs of the client and operate between 09.00 and 17.00, Monday-Friday. No services will be delivered on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday and May Day.
Lot 2 includes the following settlements — Isle of Skye, Kyle of Lochalsh, Ullapool, Gairloch, Kinlochewe, Lochinver and Poolewe.
The settlements are given as a guide only.
The expected average hours per week is 44.
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
The maximum hourly rate is 18,50 GBP.
Maximum of 2 service providers appointed to Lot 2.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Note this service is not a social work service. This service is being commissioned by The Highland Council — Community Services.
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Lochaber
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
Lochaber.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of an outcomes focused floating housing support service for clients who have been assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and:
— who are considered to be a vulnerable person — including clients with health problems, those sleeping rough and those in temporary/insecure accommodation,
— who have been subject to or are at risk of abuse or neglect,
— who are making the transition from being in residential, interim or transitional accommodation to a lesser supported environment,
— who are struggling to sustain their tenancy (both private rented and social rented sectors) and require assistance to maintain their tenancy, and
— who have been allocated a SSST and require to engage with short term housing support to ensure that they adhere to their conditions of tenancy.
The aim of the service is to support individuals to successfully maintain their tenancy by providing short term housing support to meet the Council’s legislative duty. The support will be flexible to meet the clients’ changing housing needs.
The support provided will be tailored to meet the housing needs of each client, providing those with the necessary life skills to make the most out of their lives giving them a better quality of life and to support them meet their full potential.
The service should be scheduled around the needs of the client and operate between 09.00 and 17.00, Monday-Friday. No services will be delivered on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday and May Day.
Lot 3 includes the following settlements — Fort William, Spean Bridge, Mallaig, Kinlochleven, Ballachulish and Fort Augustus.
The settlements are given as a guide only.
The expected average hours per week is 89.
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
The maximum hourly rate is 18,50 GBP.
Maximum of 2 service providers appointed to Lot 3.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Note this service is not a social work service. This services being commissioned by The Highland Council — Community Services.
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Inner Moray Firth
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
Main site or place of performance:
Inner Moray Firth.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of an outcomes focused floating housing support service for clients who have been assessed as unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness and:
— who are considered to be a vulnerable person — including clients with health problems, those sleeping rough and those in temporary/insecure accommodation,
— who have been subject to or are at risk of abuse or neglect,
— who are making the transition from being in residential, interim or transitional accommodation to a lesser supported environment,
— who are struggling to sustain their tenancy (both private rented and social rented sectors) and require assistance to maintain their tenancy, and
— who have been allocated a SSST and require to engage with short term housing support to ensure that they adhere to their conditions of tenancy.
The aim of the service is to support individuals to successfully maintain their tenancy by providing short term housing support to meet the Council’s legislative duty. The support will be flexible to meet the clients’ changing housing needs.
The support provided will be tailored to meet the housing needs of each client, providing those with the necessary life skills to make the most out of their lives giving them a better quality of life and to support them meet their full potential.
The service should be scheduled around the needs of the client and operate between 09.00 and 17.00, Monday-Friday. No services will be delivered on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday and May Day.
Lot 4 includes the following settlements — Inverness, Dingwall, Nairn, Black Isle, Aviemore, Kingussie, Newtonmore, Grantown-on-Spey, Alness, Invergordon, Tain Brora, Golspie, Muir of Ord, Lairg, Bonor Bridge, Strathpeffer, Cannich, Drumnarochit and Foyers.
The settlements are given as a guide only.
The expected average hours per week is 847.
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
The maximum hourly rate is 18,50 GBP.
Maximum of 4 service providers appointed to Lot 4.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Note this service is not a social work service. This service is being commissioned by The Highland Council — Community Services.
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Accommodation Based — Short Term Housing Support Service
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM6
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service provider will set-up, operate and manage a service that will provide accommodation for up to 38 individual service users in one designated zone within the Inner Moray Firth area. The service provider will provide short-term accommodation with support to vulnerable individuals with a key objective of resettlement.
Individuals referred to this service may be leading a chaotic lifestyle because of substance misuse or other addictions, offending or at risk of offending, because of homelessness, have been ‘looked after’ children or all of these. Individuals may also have a range of health needs e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, physical disability, etc. For clarity, we would expect the providers to assist on a day to day basis with such needs, rather than providing direct medical or therapeutic input.
The support provided will be tailored to meet the needs of each referred service user, providing those with the necessary life skills to make the most out of their lives giving them a better quality of life and to support them meet their full potential. The support will be flexible to meet the person’s changing needs, with a key aim to enable service users to sustain and maintain their current and future tenancies.
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
The maximum hourly rate is 19,88 GBP.
This is a single supplier framework.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Note this service is not a social work service. This service is being commissioned by The Highland Council — Community Services.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
2 stage process:
— stage 1: selection,
— stage 2: award.
Criteria — weighting:
— technical envelope (quality criteria) 60 %,
— commercial envelope (price criteria) 40 %.
Full information contained within tender overview document on PCS-T.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 063-147652
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Caithness
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Start Highland
9 Carsegate Road North
Inverness
IV3 8DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1463715615
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ypeople
Ypeople Building, 15 Dava Street
Glasgow
G51 2JA
UK
Telephone: +44 1415651527
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 193 125.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Wester Ross, Skye, Kyle of Lochalsh
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Start Highland
9 Carsegate Road North
Inverness
IV3 8DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1463715615
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 64 375.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Title: Lochaber
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
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: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ypeople
Ypeople Building, 15 Dava Street
Glasgow
G51 2JA
UK
Telephone: +44 1415651527
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Start Highland
9 Carsegate Road North
Inverness
IV3 8DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1463715615
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 128 751.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 4
Title: Inner Moray Firth
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
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: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ypeople
Ypeople Building, 15 Dava Street
Glasgow
G51 2JA
UK
Telephone: +44 1415651527
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
New Start Highland
9 Carsegate Road North
Inverness
IV3 8DU
UK
Telephone: +44 1463715615
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Carr Gomm
SPACE, 11 Harewood Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4NT
UK
Telephone: +44 1316594777
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Salvation Army
Territorial HQ, 101 Newington Causeway
London
SE1 6BN
UK
Telephone: +44 2073674820
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 223 130.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 5
Title: Accommodation Based — Short Term Housing Support Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Highland Homeless Trust
57 Church Street
Inverness
IV11 DR
UK
Telephone: +44 1463718693
NUTS: UKM62
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 707 070.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note this PCS notice will be published up to 5 days before the tender is published on PCS-T. This is to allow for the generation of a TED number which requires to be included in the ESPD.
ESPD Question Reference — 4B.4 Bidders will be required to state the values for the following ratio(s):
— current ratio (current assets/current liabilities): 1 this indicates the availability of working capital,
— quick ratio (available cash/current liabilities): 1 this indicates liquidity level,
— gearing (loans x 100/shares and reserves, as %): this indicates extent to which the business is funded by debt,
— ROCE (return on capital employed) (profit before interest and tax x 100/capital, expressed as a %): this indicates profitability.
ESPD Question Reference — 4B.5 — It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
— employer’s liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP,
— public liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.
(SC Ref:595125)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV 35 NX
UK
Telephone: +44 1467537564
E-mail: linda.mcdonald@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.highland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/08/2019