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The Isle of Wight Council invited Tenders from suitably qualified providers for the provision of Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA), advocates for individuals who lack capacity, Independent Mental Health Advocates (IMHA), advocates for ...

Contract award notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Isle of Wight Council
County Hall, High Street
For the attention of: Vanessa Squibb
PO30 1UD Newport
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1983821000-6346
E-mail:

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.iwight.com

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
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
Provision of IMCA/IMHA and General Advocacy Service for Vulnerable Adults on the Isle of Wight.
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

NUTS code UKJ34

II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Isle of Wight Council invited Tenders from suitably qualified providers for the provision of Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA), advocates for individuals who lack capacity, Independent Mental Health Advocates (IMHA), advocates for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, and a general advocacy service for vulnerable adults on the Isle of Wight.
The contract is to run for a period of three years with an option at the sole discretion of the Council to extend for a further period of up to two years subject to funding availability, satisfactory service monitoring and confirmation that the service remains in line with Council priorities.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85000000, 85312310, 85312300

II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 450 000 GBP
Excluding VAT

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (in the cases listed in Section 2 of Annex D1)
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU):
Directive 2004/18/EC

1) Justification for the choice of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU in accordance with Directive 2004/18/EC

2) Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the OJEU

The contract has as its object services listed in Annex II B to the Directive.
This contract relates to services of Health and Social Services as listed in Part B of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 which does not require full application of the public procurement regulations. Afull open tender process was undertaken.
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
1. Price. Weighting 25
2. Value for Money. Weighting 15
3. Quality. Weighting 60
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
ASC/1208/T01
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no

Section V: Award of contract

Lot title: Provision of IMCA/IMHA and General Advocacy Service for Vulnerable Adults on the Isle of Wight
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
25.7.2013
V.2)Information about offers
Number of offers received: 1
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken

Southern Advocacy Services
Quay House, The Quay, Isle of Wight
PO30 2QR Newport
UNITED KINGDOM

V.4)Information on value of contract
Initial estimated total value of the contract:
Value: 450 000 GBP
Excluding VAT
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
The contract is to run for a period of 3 years from 1 September 2013 with the option to extend for a further period of up to 2 years at the sole discretion of the Isle of Wight Council. the contract value given is estimated for the whole duration of the contract including the possible extension period.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2000 which came into force on 1.1.2005 applies to the Council.
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

The High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
9.9.2013