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Contract Notice

Cambridgeshire County Council residential services for adults with a learning disability.

  • First published: 14 December 2017
  • Last modified: 14 December 2017

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Cambridgeshire County Council
Authority ID:
AA20924
Publication date:
14 December 2017
Deadline date:
22 January 2018
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Cambridgeshire County Council is setting up an Open Framework for a period of 10 years. This means that the Framework will re-open at intervals to allow for new and previously unsuccessful providers to apply to join.

Full notice text

Social and other specific services – public contracts

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Cambridgeshire County Council

Shire Hall, Castle Hill

Cambridge

CB3 0AP

UK

E-mail: sarah.fuller@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKH12

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk

I.1) Name and addresses

Peterborough City Council

Town Hall, Bridge Street

Peterborough

PE1 1HF

UK

E-mail: sarah.fuller@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKH11

Internet address(es)

Main address: https:///www.peterborough.gov.uk

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk


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

Cambridgeshire County Council residential services for adults with a learning disability.

Reference number: DN312327

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Cambridgeshire County Council is commissioning residential services for adults with a learning disability.

Providers must recognise the role they play in ensuring that people with learning disabilities experience the good health and well-being necessary to live a meaningful life. Providers should be aware that there are higher incidences of long-term conditions, and other health problems, experienced by people with learning disabilities and prioritise preventative and palliative services and support to minimise potential impacts to service users.As such staff must have sufficient and appropriate training and skills to effectively engage people with learning disabilities in health promotion. The Council is trying to move towards a model that helps people to live as independently as possible at all levels of need, so the focus is on progression.

Peterborough City Council may call-off this Framework for service users they have assessed as eligible using their own criteria.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

85000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKH1

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Cambridgeshire County Council is setting up an Open Framework for a period of 10 years. This means that the Framework will re-open at intervals to allow for new and previously unsuccessful providers to apply to join.

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 224 000 000.00  GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 120

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

In providing the Services the Service Provider is required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and to maintain that registration throughout the Contract Period. All Service Providers must meet the ‘Fundamental Standards’ as set out in Part 3 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (as amended) (the “Fundamental Standards”) and Part 4 of the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 (as amended). Each Service Provider must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and will be inspected as required by the CQC.

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

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: This is an 'Open Framework', which means that it will re-open at intervals for new and previously unsuccessful providers to apply to join. This is under the 'Light Touch' provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 3, Section 7 - Social and Other Specific Services).

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 22/01/2018

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

N/A

N/A

UK

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the Contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from (refer to address in Part I.1). If an appeal regarding the award of Contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly. Where a Contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may order the ineffectiveness of a Contract where a serious breach has occurred in addition to any fine, the Court may instead provide for alternative penalties, either contract shortening, fines or both.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

11/12/2017

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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.

About the buyer

Main contact:
sarah.fuller@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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