Published date: 5 March 2020
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Daycare services - 85312100
Guidance and counselling services - 85312300
Guidance services - 85312310
Counselling services - 85312320
Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions - 85312400
Rehabilitation services - 85312500
Vocational rehabilitation services - 85312510
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£900,000
Procurement reference
LBOWF001-DN467542-77524180
Published date
5 March 2020
Closing date
15 April 2020
Contract start date
1 October 2020
Contract end date
30 September 2023
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Council of the London Borough of Waltham Forest ("the Authority") is seeking Tenders from suitably experienced and qualified organisations for the Contract for the Provision of a Carers Support Service in the London Borough of Waltham Forest ("the Contract").
The Contract shall commence on 1st October 2020 and, subject to satisfactory performance, shall continue up to and including 30th September 2023 ("the Contract Period"). At the sole discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory performance of the Provider, the Contract Period may be extended in such period or periods as the Authority deems appropriate up to a maximum twenty-four (24) months, providing a possible total Contract Period to midnight on 30th September 2025.
The Contract is for the provision of a Carers Support Service within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The successful provider will be required to provide a universal, high quality and flexible Carers Support Service to unpaid carers aged eighteen (18) and over.
Evaluation Criteria:
Organisations shall be experienced in providing similar services and shall also be required, as part of their Tender, to complete a Selection Questionnaire containing information about their economic and financial standing, technical capability and other general information. This information will be assessed to establish that the organisation is financially viable and technically capable of undertaking a service of the nature covered by the Contract. Full details of how the Authority will evaluate the Selection Questionnaire are contained at the beginning of the Selection Questionnaire.
The Authority carries out financial appraisals of all organisations that Tender for the Authority's contracts to ensure that such organisations satisfy the Authority's minimum standards of economic and financial standing. In this instance the Authority has set the following financial threshold for the Contract:
Minimum of £184,000 annual turnover in each of the last two (2) years of trading.
The Authority has also set a ratio of no lower than 8 out of 20 as described more fully in Appendix 2 to
the Selection Questionnaire.
The Authority retains discretion to exclude any organisation that fails to meet this standard.
Organisations shall be aware that only Tenders submitted by organisations who satisfy the requirements of the Selection Questionnaire shall go on to be evaluated in accordance with the Contract Evaluation Criteria of the most economically advantageous Tender received having regard to:
• Quality 70%; and
• Price 30%
A full breakdown of the Evaluation Criteria is contained in the Tender Documents.
A Contract Notice in respect of this Contract was dispatched to the Office for the Official Journal of the European Union on Tuesday 3rd March 2020.
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About the buyer
Contact name
Stephen Potter
Address
Waltham Forest Town Hall
701 Forest Road
Walthamstow
E17 4JF
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 7741077216
Stephen.Potter@walthamforest.gov.uk
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