CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

ForViva and any entity within the ForViva group, Local Authorities within the UK, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Social Housing Providers

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Health services. Residential nursing care services. Outpatient care services. Health and social work services. Residential health facilities services.

ForViva Group Limited (ForViva) is procuring a Framework Agreement pursuant to which it is envisaged that contracts will be let to providers within the Framework for the provision of a range of care, support and health services. For further details of the services that the Framework will cover please refer to the Schedule of Services contained within the tender documentation.

Under the Framework Agreement the following entities will have the option to award Call-Off Contracts to providers appointed to the Framework Agreement as and when services are required:

(i) ForViva and any entity within the ForViva group from time to time, which currently includes City West Housing Trust, Villages Housing Association and ForWorks;

(ii) Local Authorities within the UK (both those that are in existence now and those that may be in existence in the future). A list of the current Local Authorities can be found by visiting: http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/org/la-data.do

(iii) Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) within the UK (both those that are in existence now and those that may be in existence in the future). A list of the current CCG's can be found by visiting: https://www.england.nhs.uk/ccg-details/ and

(iv) Social Housing Providers within the UK (both those that are in existence now and those that may be in existence in the future). ‘Social Housing Provider’ for this purpose means any provider of social housing and includes, without limitation, registered housing providers, local authorities and ALMOs. A list of the current Social Housing Providers can be found by visiting: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing

ForViva intends to appoint no more than 5 providers to the Framework Agreement following this procurement process, subject to a receipt of a sufficient number of complete and compliant bids.

ForViva will be holding a Meet the Buyer event on Wednesday, 10th February, 10:30 till 12:00 at the Daresbury Hotel, Warrington, WA4 4BB. The purpose of the event is to provide all potentially interested parties with a detailed insight into this upcoming new Framework, setting out our aims and ambitions and how you can be a part of these as we move forward.

The session will include a presentation, question and answer session and also chance to meet lead officers working on the project.

Please can you confirm your attendance by emailing holly.clark@forviva.co.uk by 8th February and please note attendance is recommended but not mandatory.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Parent company guarantees, performance bonds, warranties and/or deposits may be required.

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

As stated in the contract documentation.

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

In the event of a group of providers submitting an acceptable offer it will be necessary to provide an undertaking that each company will be jointly and severally responsible for the due performance of any contracts awarded to such providers under the framework agreement.

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

As set out in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) included with the Tender documentation.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Care, Support and Health Framework

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

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

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

ForViva reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any time and not to processed with all or part of the Framework Agreement. ForVia will not, under any circumstance, reimburse any expense incurred by bidders in preparing their tender submissions.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Eccles:-Health-services.-*Duplicated*/F6X8NTP9BR

To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/F6X8NTP9BR

GO Reference: GO-201621-PRO-7692651.

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

In accordance with Part 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice