Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Milton Keynes Council
Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East
Milton Keynes
MK9 3ER
UK
Contact person: NS Contracts
Telephone: +44 1908691691
E-mail: nscontracts@Milton-Keynes.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ12
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
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
Milton Keynes Council — Supported Living for People with Learning Disabilities and Autism Preferred Provider List.
Reference number: DN308090
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Milton Keynes Council wishes to increase the range and number of supported living opportunities primarily for adults with learning disabilities and autism, although other adults may be supported if appropriate. The Preferred Provider List was established on the 2.2.2015 and runs until the 1.2.2019 although there may be potential to extend the Agreement until 1.2.2021. Working within this Agreement, a range of Supported Living Providers will be available to meet the diverse needs of adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism by providing appropriate housing related and social care support relating to individual needs. This service specification is for Supported Living Services for adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder who have been assessed as meeting ‘critical’ or ‘substantial’ needs as defined by the Milton Keynes Council Eligibility Criteria for Services and who live within the Borough of Milton Keynes.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
24 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of Supported Living Services for adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder by providing appropriate housing related and social care support relating to individual needs.
The Preferred Provider List was established on the 2.2.2015 and runs until the 1.2.2019. There may be potential to extend the Agreement until 1.2.2021.
The contract operates like a framework agreement where the Council allocates work packages based on its requirements.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure:
Information about national procedures is available at: (URL)
https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2015/S 037-063725
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
12/01/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Without prejudice to the remedies provided under Regulation 86 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Council of the Borough of Milton Keynes shall allow a period of at least 10 days to elapse between the date of despatch of its decision notifying its intention to award the contract and the date on which it proposes to enter into a contract. If by midnight at the end of second working day of the above said period the Contracting Authority receives a request in writing from an economic operator who had been sent a notice of being unsuccessful, the Authority shall inform the said economic operator of characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender. That information shall be provided at least 3 working days before the end of aforesaid 10 days standstill period. Where it is not possible the standstill period shall be extended to allow at least 3 working days between provision of the information and the end of standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the address part l.1). If an economic operator is not satisfied with the information provided, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/11/2017