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Contract Notice

Community alarm monitoring services;- elderly frail.

  • First published: 20 September 2014
  • Last modified: 20 September 2014
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Summary

OCID:
Published by:
South Somerset District Council
Authority ID:
AA30449
Publication date:
20 September 2014
Deadline date:
12 December 2014
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Alarm-monitoring services. exercisable.

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)


South Somerset District Council

The Council Offices, Brympton Way

Yeovil

BA20 2HT

UK

The Council Offices

Gary Russ

+44 1935462076

gary.russ@southsomerset.gov.uk


http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/


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I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

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Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Community alarm monitoring services;- elderly frail.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

27

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance



UKK23

II.1.3)

This notice involves

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II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

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Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Alarm-monitoring services. exercisable.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

79711000

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

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II.1.8)

Division into lots

No

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

No

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

Providing the call handling service: provision of a community alarm monitoring service for approximately 2 000 elderly and or vulnerable people living within the administrative area of south Somerset council. 5 year contract with option to extend for a further 2 years.

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

60

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

N/A

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

N/A

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

N/A

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Ongoing range of performance indicators applicable throughout the contract term. These will be used for quarterly review meetings and to set minimum standards of service provision. The contract may include incentives to hit high level of KPI targets in certain aspect of service provision such as call response time etc.(i) Quality of Project Plan for taking over/operating the service.(ii) Knowledge of area/understanding of customer base (iii) Cost effectiveness(iv)Proven ability (v)To be accredited to the Telecare Services Association (TSA) 2013 Integrated Code of Practice (Monitoring Module). EU equivalents are also acceptable.

III.2)

Conditions for Participation

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers


The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.

Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.

Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

Suitable accreditation to a professional body or trade association or minimum of 2 years previous experience in providing such services. To be accredited to the Telecare Services Association (TSA) 2013 Integrated Code of Practice (Monitoring Module). EU equivalents are also acceptable.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity


(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.

(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available a simple pass or fail will be applied to applicable information.



To be accredited to the Telecare Services Association (TSA) 2013 Integrated Code of Practice (Monitoring Module). EU equivalents are also acceptable.


III.2.3)

Technical capacity


(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: — where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, — where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator.

(c) an indication of the technicians or technical bodies involved, whether or not belonging directly to the economic operator's undertaking, especially those responsible for quality control and, in the case of public works contracts, those upon whom the contractor can call in order to carry out the work.

(d) A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the supplier or service provider for ensuring quality and the undertaking's study and research facilities.

(e) Where the products or services to be supplied are complex or, exceptionally, are required for a special purpose, a check carried out by the contracting authorities or on their behalf by a competent official body of the country in which the supplier or service provider is established, subject to that body's agreement, on the production capacities of the supplier or the technical capacity of the service provider and, if necessary, on the means of study and research which are available to it and the quality control measures it will operate.

(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.

(h) A statement of the average annual manpower of the service provider or contractor and the number of managerial staff for the last 3 years.

(i) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.

(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.

The ability of the supplier to connect with and integrate with a range of monitoring devices and equipment.



(i) Quality of Project Plan for taking over/operating the service. (ii) Knowledge of area/understanding of customer base (iii) Cost effectiveness (iv) Proven ability (v) To be accredited to the Telecare Services Association (TSA) 2013 Integrated Code of Practice (Monitoring Module). EU equivalents are also acceptable.


III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

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III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

No

III.3.2)

Will legal entities be required to state the names and professional qualifications of the personnel responsible for the execution of the service?

No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure


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Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

No

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

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IV.2)

Award Criteria

No


Yes

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IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

No

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

AK/GR1.1

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

 07-11-2014  12:00

 


IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

 12-12-2014

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates


IV.3.6)

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

6 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders



 30-1-2015
Yeovil.

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published


60 months.

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

No



VI.3)

Additional Information

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=107973034

GO Reference: GO-2014916-PRO-6008881

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures


South Somerset District Council




UK


+44 1935462395


Body responsible for mediation procedures


South Somerset District Council




UK


+44 1935462395


VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals

As per EU Procurement rules and regulations.

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained










VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

 16-09-2014

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
79711000 Alarm-monitoring services Security 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:
gary.russ@southsomerset.gov.uk
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
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Other contact:
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