Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Aberdeen City Council
Marischal College Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1AB
UK
Contact person: Linda McDonald
Telephone: +44 1467537564
E-mail: LinMcdonald@aberdeencity.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM50
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00231
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
Outreach Housing Support Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of an outcomes focused outreach housing support service for people aged 16 years and over, who are homeless or at the risk of being homeless. The focus of the service will be to enable independent tenancy sustainment and embedding people within the local communities and building resilience to prevent homelessness in the future.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM50
Main site or place of performance:
Aberdeen City.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The service will deliver an outcomes focused outreach housing support service for people aged 16 years and over who are homeless or at the risk of being homeless. People referred to the service may be leading a chaotic lifestyle because of substance misuse or other addictions, offending or at risk of offending, because of homelessness, have been ‘looked after’ children or all of these.
People may also have a range of health needs e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, physical disability, etc.
The focus of the service will be to enable independent tenancy sustainment and embedding people within the local communities and building resilience to prevent homelessness in the future.
The support provided will be tailored to meet the needs of each person accessing the service.The provision will be expected to have assertive and drop-in services to meet customer need in ways in which they like to work with services. The service will deliver an assertive outreach service during the winter months to support people rough sleeping to access homeless assistance and scale back that activity during the summer.
The service should be scheduled around the needs of the people and should operate at weekends, public holidays and in the evenings. The service will not be required for 24 hours/day.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Note this is not a social work service. This service is being commissioned by Aberdeen City Council — Housing and Access.
Note: contract value stated for 5-year contract term, which includes 2-1 year extension options.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
2 stage process:
Stage 1: Selection;
Stage 2: Award.
Criteria: Weighting
Technical envelope (quality criteria) 80 %
Commercial envelope (price criteria) 20 %
Full information contained within tender overview document on PCS-T.
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 071-168785
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/09/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Turning Point Scotland
54 Govan Road
Glasgow
G51 1JL
UK
Telephone: +44 1414279409
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 4 385 936.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
ESPD question reference Question 4B.4 – Bidders will be required to state the values for the following ratio(s):
Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities: 1 This indicates the availability of working capital
Quick ratio (available cash/current liabilities: 1 This indicates liquidity level
Gearing (loans x 100/shares and reserves, as %) This indicates extent to which the business is funded by debt
ROCE (return on capital employed) (profit before interest and tax X 100/capital, expressed as a %) This indicates profitability
ESPD question reference 4B.5 – It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
— employer’s liability insurance = 10 000 000 GBP,
— public liability insurance = 5 000 000 GBP.
(SC Ref:602386)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Aberdeen City Council
Marischall College
Aberdeen
AB10 1AB
UK
Telephone: +44 1467530600
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/10/2019