Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Islington Council
London
N1 2UD
UK
E-mail: procurement@islington.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.islington.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.islington.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/
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
2324-0351 Islington – Adults Early Intervention and Prevention ‘Wellbeing ’ Service
Reference number: DN716708
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Islington Council invites innovative and dynamic providers, with a strong knowledge of the borough and local presence, to tender for the provision of the Adult Community Early Intervention and Prevention service. The Council is seeking to work with providers who are committed to faireness and share and promote the same CARE principles:
• Collaborative,
• Ambitious,
• Resourceful,
• Efficient.
We want to work with providers who are committed to ensuring Islington residents receive high quality early intervention and prevention support. The Council is proposing to secure a contract with a suitably qualified and experienced provider(s) to provide early intervention and prevention for adults. The Council welcomes single, consortia or lead provider bids. Details of how contracts will be awarded is explained within the procurement documentation.
The requirement
The Service will provide a comprehensive proactive early intervention and prevention offer which provides information and advice; access to social interactions and community connectedness; and one-to-one enablement support. The service will support adults aged 18+ in Islington, with an emphasis on those aged 50+. The service will provide innovative solutions that align with local early intervention and prevention ambitions and maximise resources and links to connect people to the borough’s existing rich and diverse Voluntary Community Sector offer.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
As the value of the contract is above the threshold for wider advertising of the opportunity, a Contract Notice will be published on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (FTS).
This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the PCR). The procurement is subject to the ‘light-touch regime’ under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services of Part 2 of the PCR. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that the procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers) and is initiated by a contract notice. The procedure the council has designed is based on the open procedure. All economic operators (service providers) who successfully express an interest will automatically have access to the tender documents. Standard pre-selection questions will be part of the tender response and will need to be passed before evaluation of price and quality aspects.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 96
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
29/04/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
29/04/2024
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Islington Council
London
N1 2UD
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/03/2024