Health and social work services

Tender description

The Authority wishes to ensure that its procurement opportunities are open to small and micro local enterprises and voluntary and community sector organisations as it appreciates the very important role they play in the local economy. Tenders from these organisations are particularly welcomed. The Authority encourages consortium or subcontracting arrangements for this procurement opportunity. The contract will be for 36 months (1.4.2019 — 31.3.2022) with an option to extend further period of up to 12 months (3 + 1). The proposed service is based on current and known funding allocations. These could alter through the life of the contract in light of changes in future local and central government funding. The contract value assigned to this service is estimated to be approximately 600 000 GBP for the full 48 months contract period (36 months plus the option to extend for further up to 12 months). This procurement will be evaluated by quality and price: — quality = 80 %, — price = 20 %.