Support for First Stop Emergency Access Accommodation

Location

Hamilton

Description

South Lanarkshire Council require a service Provider to provide First Stop Emergency Access Temporary Accommodation at our new Clydesdale Street, Hamilton site. This service will require 24-hour staffing, 7 days a week, including a waking night and the ability to accept service users. No lone working will be permitted. The aim of this service is to help meet South Lanarkshire Council’s statutory obligations in relation to temporary accommodation for households who present as homeless and require emergency access temporary accommodation.

Total Quantity or Scope

The procurement will be conducted via the Open Tendering Procedure and the ITT will be published on Public Contract Scotland Tender.

Renewal Options

The Contract will be for an initial 2 year period (including up to 3 month implementation period) with a Council only option to extend for a further 1 x 12 month periods subject to satisfactory performance, financial standing and available funding.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Performance considerations apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon. SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely. Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on. Exclusion Criteria Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016. SPD Questions 3A and 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3B and 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be dealt with on a PASS/FAIL basis. In respect of the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where a bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. In respect of the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where a bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken. Declarations and Certificates In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T. SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Question 4C.6 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act Declaration Declaration Section Form of Offer to Tender* Declaration Section SOC Protocol Form Declaration Section Human Rights Declaration *The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope. In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 28922. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... Under this agreement bidders will be required to actively participate in the achievement of Community Benefits. The Council has calculated that the minimum total of 60 community benefit points which must be delivered under this project. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31068. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Please refer to the Community Benefits Menu document within the ITT. (SC Ref:821894)