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Short Break Respite for Young People in Northumberland

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Northumberland County Council
County Hall, Morpeth
For the attention of: Leanne Stewart
NE61 2EF Northumberland
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1670622360

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.northumberland.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA22148

Further information can be obtained from: Northumberland County Council
County Hall, Morpeth
For the attention of: Leanne Stewart
NE61 2EF Northumberland
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1670624851
Internet address: www.nepoportal.org

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Northumberland County Council
County Hall, Morpeth
For the attention of: Leanne Stewart
NE61 2EF Northumberland
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1670624851
Internet address: www.nepoportal.org

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Northumberland County Council
County Hall, Morpeth
For the attention of: Leanne Stewart
NE61 2EF Northumberland
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1670622360
Internet address: www.nepoportal.org

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
Health
Housing and community amenities
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Short Break Respite for Young People in Northumberland
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northumberland

NUTS code UKC21

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Northumberland to seeking to develop the re-provision of overnight respite care and support to children and young people with disabilities in Northumberland.
The overall aim of the tender is to establish a framework of Providers which allows the Council to maintain good quality provision across Northumberland, increase parental choice and improve the outcomes for children and young people.
There will be three Lots within this framework: Residential Short Break Overnight Respite, Outreach Support and Crisis Support.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85311000, 85312000, 85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85320000, 98000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

Information about lots

Lot No: 1 Lot title: Residential Short Break Overnight Respite
1)Short description
A high quality facility for children and young people (age 6 years up to their 18th birthday) living in Northumberland.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85311000, 85312000

3)Quantity or scope
N/A
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Outreach Support
1)Short description
A high quality service that can complement the residential overnight respite provision.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85311000, 85312000, 85320000

3)Quantity or scope
N/A
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Crisis Support
1)Short description
A high quality service that is available 24 hours a day / 365 days a year. This will involve a range of services, including telephone support, individual work with parents, carers or the child / young person or group work.
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85312000, 85320000, 98000000

3)Quantity or scope
N/A
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged number of operators: 6
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below

1. Price. Weighting 60

2. Quality. Weighting 40

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 12.4.2013
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
12.4.2013 - 12:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
13.5.2013
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2016
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.3)Additional information
Please note this is a Part B service and a voluntary notice.

Please register on www.nepoportal.org for further information (see below).

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VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
6.3.2013