North Ayrshire Council

Cunninghame House, Friars Croft

Irvine

KA12 8EE

UK

E-mail: laurakeane@north-ayrshire.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM93

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00337

II.1.1) Title

Reference number: NAC/4311

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85311300

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

North Ayrshire Council requires providers to deliver person centred support to children and young people (up to and including 18 years of age) enabling them to achieve their outcomes as per their Child Assessment and Plan and Support Plan. Person centred support encompasses personal support, community support and care within the home.

This framework is being reopened at the discretion of the Council, we currently have three Service Providers appointed and we are looking to appoint one Service Provider, as the original documents allow the Council to appoint up to a maximum of four Service Providers.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 2 116 039.00  GBP

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 235,115 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Public Liability insurance 10M GBP. Employer’s Liability insurance 5M GBP.

NAC reserve the right to review the bidder’s information at tender stage and throughout the contract and seek clarifications if necessary. If clarifications are not satisfactory the bidder may be excluded from the tender process. Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover/ insurances will be excluded from this tender.

III.2.1) Information about a particular profession

Participation is reserved to a particular profession: Yes

Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:

Bidders must be registered with the Care Inspectorate or equivalent.

Bidders must maintain registration throughout the duration of the contract.

Bidders will be required to provide a minimum of 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2.4 of the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

Bidders will be required to provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 services contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

Bidders will be required to confirm the supplier's staff have the following relevant qualification:

Where compulsory professional registration applies to staff associated with this Service, the Provider must ensure that staff are registered in the appropriate part of the Scottish Social Services (SSSC) register as required or, acceptable alternative professional register such as NMC, HCPC or GTCS.

Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract

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 a flexible framework procured under the light tough regime.

IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:

Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Procurement

IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:

This procurement is based on 100% Quality and the acceptance of an agreed hourly rate. Please see PCS-Tender for further information.

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

Date: 23/02/2024

Local time: 12:00

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

EN

VI.4.1) Review body