Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘NSS’) on behalf of the contracting authority, Forth Valley Health Board
Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Contact person: Eleanor Dickson
Telephone: +44 1698794410
E-mail: e.dickson@nhs.net
NUTS: UKM76
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11883
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
Substance Use Interventions, Psychological and Recovery Support Services to FVHB
Reference number: CSD-081018
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85312500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as National Services Scotland) (‘the authority’) acting through its division procurement, commissioning and facilities is undertaking this procurement of the supply of substance use intervention, Psychological and recovery support services on behalf of the Contracting Authority Forth Valley Health Board, pursuant to the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978. The contract will be entered into by Forth Valley Health Board.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
6 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85312320
85312500
75231230
33693300
75231200
85311300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM72
UKM76
UKM77
Main site or place of performance:
Forth Valley.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This contract will be to provide an easily accessible service, offered across the Forth Valley area, to those identified as problematic substance users. Clients will be supported to reduce the impact of problematic substance use on their lives, and on the lives of others.
The primary aim is to improve the health and well-being of clients with alcohol and/or drug related problems through minimising their substance use and promoting their recovery. The service will provide evidence based interventions, a person-centred assessment and care plan; information, advice and support regarding substance use treatment and recovery; the service will facilitate onward referral to more relevant support services where they are not the correct service provider.
The successful bidder will have the capacity to respond to, at a minimum, key working for 600 clients on opiate substitute therapy recovery packages within the addiction recovery service, key working for 150 clients within primary care OST service, key working for 160 clients on OST recovery packages within the 3 Forth Valley Prison establishments.
The successful bidder will provide a minimum of 250 places for community rehabilitation, provide a minimum of 1 200 places for psychological therapies, provide a minimum of 1000 places annually for the harm reduction service and a minimum of 500 places within the core drug and alcohol service.
The service provided will adhere to national quality principles (national care standard for substance services).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Service Characteristics
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 002-001963
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CSD-08102018
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16/04/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
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: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Change Grow Live (CGL)
3rd Floor, Tower Point
Brighton
BN1 1YR
UK
Telephone: +44 1273645074
E-mail: CGLS.tenders@cgl.org.uk
NUTS: UKJ21
Internet address(es)
URL: www.changegrowlive.org
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 6 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is CSD-081018. For more information see:
http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:
The contractor shall ensure that all contracts with sub-contractors and suppliers which the Contractor intends to procure following the commencement date, and which the contractor has not, before the date of this contract, already planned to award to a particular
Sub-contractor or supplier, are advertised through the Public Contracts Scotland procurement portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
And awarded a fair, open transparent and competitive process proportionate to the nature and value of the contract.
Community benefits are not included in this requirement.
Payment terms will be phased from quarterly in advance to monthly in arrears over the first year of contracting. Please refer to ITT for full terms and conditions relating to payment schedule.
(SC Ref:590750)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (‘NSS’) on behalf of The contracting Authority Forth Valley Health Board
Gyle Square (NSS Head Office), 1 South Gyle Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 9EB
UK
Telephone: +44 1698794410
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.nhsscotlandprocurement.scot.nhs.uk/
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting Authority will notify economic operators who submitted a tender or (where no deselection process has previously been made) applied
To be selected to tender, of its decision to award the contract which notification will contain, among other information, a
Summary of the reasons as to why the economic operator was unsuccessful. The notification will incorporate a ‘standstill period’ of a
Minimum of 10 (ten) clear calendar days (or a minimum of 15 (fifteen) if the communication method used is not electronic) between the date on which the Contracting Authority despatches the notice(s) and the date on which the Contracting Authority proposes to conclude the relevant contract agreement. The bringing of court proceedings against the Contracting Authority during the standstill period will automatically continue the prohibition on entering into the contract agreement until the court proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of, or the court, by interim order, brings to amend the prohibition. The remedies that may be awarded by the courts before the Contract Agreement has been entered into include the setting aside of the decision to award the contract agreement to the winning tenderer(s). The bringing of court proceedings against the Contracting Authority after the contract agreement has been entered into will not affect the contract agreement unless grounds for the imposition of special penalties under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 can be established. Otherwise the remedies Contract Agreement has been entered into are limited to the award of damages.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/07/2019