Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Civic Centre, 44 York St
Twickenham
TW1 3BZ
UK
Contact person: Miss Sophie Eveso
Telephone: +44 2084875085
E-mail: sophie.eveso@richmond.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.richmond.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.richmond.gov.uk
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
Single Point of Access Advocacy Services.
Reference number: DN128050
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Single Point of Access Advocacy Services:
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (‘the Council’) has awarded a contract for the provision of a single point of access to Advocacy Services for adults. The aim is provide more coordinated and joined up provision of Advocacy services covering:
— Care Act Advocacy,
— Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA),
— Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA),
— NHS Complaints Advocacy,
— Appropriate Adult,
— Independent Advocacy (non-statutory advocacy),
— Paid representatives for DoLS (verbal agreement).
The Council has awarded the contract to the highest scoring Tenderer.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
850 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Single Point of Access Advocacy Services:
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (‘the Council’) has awarded a contract for the provision of a single point of access to Advocacy Services for adults. The aim is provide more coordinated and joined up provision of Advocacy services covering:
— Care Act Advocacy,
— Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA),
— Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA),
— NHS Complaints Advocacy,
— Appropriate Adult,
— Independent Advocacy (non-statutory advocacy),
— Paid representatives for DoLS (verbal agreement).
The Council has awarded the contract to the highest scoring Tenderer.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 40 %
Price
/ Weighting:
60 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Contract Period will be from 1.6.2017 to 31.5.2020 with the option to extend for two (2) years in increments of 12 months.
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:
No
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: PA1918
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/03/2017
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
Cambridge House
London
SE5 0HF
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
650 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
850 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC1A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/03/2017