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Contract Award Notice

Independent Advocacy Service for Adults

  • First published: 26 March 2025
  • Last modified: 26 March 2025
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-04b350
Published by:
Inverclyde Council
Authority ID:
AA20655
Publication date:
26 March 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This tender is for an Independent Advocacy Service for Adults.

Inverclyde Council, operating as a Health and Social Care Partnership in conjunction with NHS Greater

Glasgow & Clyde, require to commission Independent Advocacy Services

Full notice text

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Inverclyde Council

Procurement, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square

Greenock

PA15 1LX

UK

Contact person: Procurement Team

Telephone: +44 1475712634

E-mail: procurement@inverclyde.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM83

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00168

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

Independent Advocacy Service for Adults

Reference number: CP0575/HSCP

II.1.2) Main CPV code

85000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

This tender is for an Independent Advocacy Service for Adults.

Inverclyde Council, operating as a Health and Social Care Partnership in conjunction with NHS Greater

Glasgow & Clyde, require to commission Independent Advocacy Services

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 387 297.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

85300000

98000000

85310000

85320000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKM83

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This tender is for an Independent Advocacy Service for Adults.

Inverclyde Council, operating as a Health and Social Care Partnership in conjunction with NHS Greater

Glasgow & Clyde, require to commission Independent Advocacy Services

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Outcomes - Question One / Weighting: 6.00%

Quality criterion: Outcomes - Question Two / Weighting: 4.00%

Quality criterion: Outcomes - Question Three / Weighting: 8.00%

Quality criterion: Outcomes - Question Four / Weighting: 4.00%

Quality criterion: Management & Reporting / Weighting: 4.00%

Quality criterion: Project Viability - Question One / Weighting: 4.00%

Quality criterion: Project Viability - Question Two / Weighting: 4.00

Quality criterion: Fair Work First / Weighting: 3.00%

Quality criterion: Social Value Outcome Menu / Weighting: 2.00%

Quality criterion: Social Value Supporting Methodology / Weighting: 1.00%

Price / Weighting:  60

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:

2024/S 000-035485

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: CP0575/HSCP

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

21/01/2025

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

VoiceAbility Advocacy

Mount Pleasant House, Huntington Road

Cambridge

CB3 0RN

UK

Telephone: +44 8445

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 387 297.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

Economic Operators may be excluded from the competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the

Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

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INSURANCE (ESPD 4B):

It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract,

the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

Employers Liability Insurance - 5M GBP

Public Liability Insurance - 5M GBP each and every claim with no inner limit of abuse claims.

Professional Risk Indemnity - 2M GBP

Contractors Data Protection/Cyber Risk Insurance - 250K GBP each and every claim..

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ESPD 4C SUBCONTRACTORS

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

ESPD 4D QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent)

OR

hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name "Contract Notice Additional Information")

HEALTH & SAFETY

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum

OR

hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name "Evaluation of ESPD Contract Notice Additional Information") ESPD Health & Safety.

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TECHNICAL ENVELOPE 2.4 PART A: COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

The bidder must comply with Inverclyde Council`s Complaints Handling Procedure.

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TECHNICAL ENVELOPE 2.5 PART A: DATA PROTECTION, DATA RETENTION AND SECURE DESTRUCTION

The bidder must demonstrate appropriate compliance with the Data Protection Laws for Data Protection, Data Retention and Secure Destruction by providing a copy of their Policy/Policies

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It will also be a condition of contract that Tenderers comply with the Terms & Conditions of Contract, Specification, Contract Information for Tenderers and Evaluation and Award Criteria documetns and enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with Inverclyde Council.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27649.

(SC Ref:792444)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Sheriff Court Greenock

Sheriff Court House, 1 Nelson Street

Greenock

PA15 1TR

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

05/03/2025

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services
98000000 Other community, social and personal services Other Services
85320000 Social services Social work and related services
85300000 Social work and related services Health and social work services
85310000 Social work services Social work and related services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
procurement@inverclyde.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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