Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
UK
Contact person: Joan Murray
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/home
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Home Support Framework Agreement for Norfolk 4th Re-opening
Reference number: NCCT42887D
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council established a county wide framework agreement for the provision of home support in 2019 and now wishes to re-open the framework agreement to new providers. The framework agreement provides the over-arching mechanism for arranging individual packages of care, rounds of packages, committed volumes in particular areas or specialisms and bespoke arrangements, which focus on a particular issue/problem.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH17
UKH16
UKH15
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Council established a county wide framework agreement for the provision of home support in 2019 and now wishes to re-open the framework agreement to new providers. The framework agreement provides the over-arching mechanism for arranging individual packages of care, rounds of packages, committed volumes in particular areas or specialisms and bespoke arrangements, which focus on a particular issue/problem.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Workforce, Resilience, Efficiency and Service Development
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 0
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 120
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 15
Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years: This is a framework for social care, which was established under the LTR. The Council is exercising the flexibility that this gives to award for a longer term and periodically re-open the framework agreement.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
21/10/2022
Local time: 14:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
21/10/2022
Local time: 14:05
Place:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/09/2022