CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

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

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

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)

Health and social work services. Miscellaneous health services. Community health services. Residential health facilities services. Health services. An intensive mental health residential rehabilitation service for 11 to 13 men and women with severe and enduring mental illness, located in the community. The service will provide treatment, interventions, care and support to address and minimise the symptoms and functional impairment of long-term mental illness, and to promote recovery. The service should provide treatment, care and accommodation. It will be part of the local mental health rehabilitation pathway between inpatient care and high support accommodation — To commission Mental Health Community Residential Rehabilitation Services for vulnerable service users with previous history of high use of mental health services, as part of the whole system of mental health care in the Borough. — To engage such mental health service users at as early a point in their recovery as possible with skilled rehabilitation interventions.-To commission a facility which can support long-term outcomes by meeting the rehabilitation needs of Tower Hamlets residents who have a history of high use of inpatient or residential care or other intensive parts of the mental health system, and who require focused support in order to move on to high supported accommodation. — To commission community-based residential rehabilitation services with specialist clinical support which provides the high need rehabilitation component in a care pathway from long-term use of inpatient and residential care to independent living in the community. — To commission a service with 24 hour support which promotes activities of daily living on the principles of the recovery model. — To commission a service which is staffed and run in a manner which is sensitive to the diverse cultural needs of the population of Tower Hamlets. This procurement is for Part B services for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) (Regulations). Accordingly, the Contracting Authority are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Regulations 5(2). The Contracting Authority are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. the procedure that the contracting Authority is following is as set out in the MOI and PQQ. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purposed of the National health Service (Procurement Patient Choice and competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013 No. 500) these Regulations also apply to this procurement.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

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

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Not Applicable.

III.1.2)

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

Not Applicable.

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

Not Applicable.

III.1.4)

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

The NHS Standard Contract 2014/15 will be used for the procurement of this service.

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.

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity

III.2.3)

Technical capacity

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

III.3)

Conditions Specific to Service Contracts

III.3.1)

Is provision of the service reserved to a specific profession?

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?

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

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

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

NELCSU/WELC/TH/TO/2014/00011

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

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

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

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

VI.2)

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

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. The service will provide an intensive residential service providing care, support, mental health rehabilitation and accommodation for 11-13 men and women who have severe and enduring mental illness (typically schizophrenia), as part of Tower Hamlets local rehabilitation pathway between acute or forensic hospital inpatient and residential services, on the one hand, and high support accommodation, on the other. The service will be provided in suitable premises located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets. A mental health rehabilitation service provides treatment, interventions and support to address and minimise the symptoms and functional impairment of people with complex mental health needs. It adopts a recovery approach that values service users as partners in a collaborative relationship with staff to identify and work towards personalised goals, with the long term aim of achieving individual autonomy and independence. — To commission Mental Health Community Residential Rehabilitation Services for vulnerable service users with previous history of high use of mental health services, as part of the whole system of mental health care in the Borough.— To engage such mental health service users at as early a point in their recovery as possible with skilled rehabilitation interventions. — To commission a facility which can support long-term outcomes by meeting the rehabilitation needs of Tower Hamlets residents who have a history of high use of inpatient or residential care or other intensive parts of the mental health system, and who require focused support in order to move on to high supported accommodation. — To commission community-based residential rehabilitation services with specialist clinical support which provides the high need rehabilitation component in a care pathway from long-term use of inpatient and residential care to independent living in the community. —To commission a service with 24 hour support which promotes activities of daily living on the principles of the recovery model.-To commission a service which is staffed and run in a manner which is sensitive to the diverse cultural needs of the population of Tower Hamlets.

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GO Reference: GO-2014924-PRO-6033838

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

Not provided.

VI.4.3)

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

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice