Social work services

Tender description

The London Borough of Camden ("the Council") seeks a supplier to provide management, care and support in a Camden owned facility comprising of an 8 bed residential unit for children and young people aged between 12 and 17 years. These children and young people are in the care of Camden, (“Looked After”) under section 31 or 20 of the Children Act. This is in line with the requirements of the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. The London Borough of Camden ("the Council") seeks a supplier to provide management, care and support in a Camden owned facility comprising of an 8 bed residential unit for children and young people aged between 12 and 17 years. These children and young people are in the care of Camden, (“Looked After”) under section 31 or 20 of the Children Act. This is in line with the requirements of the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. The opportunity will follow the “Light Touch” regime in line with Scheduled 3 of the PCR 2015. The approach used will be similar to open tender approach. Please see instructions to tenderers for additional information. The Invitation to Tender (ITT), contract terms and conditions, form of tender, specification and pricing schedule and other supporting information has been uploaded to EU Supply for bidders to complete. After the deadline for returned electronic submissions has expired, the evaluation process of the Selection stage will be undertaken. Tenderers who are successful from the Selection stage will be invited into the award stage and their submissions will be evaluated. After final moderation of the tender responses, the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) will be recommended to perform the service, however, we reserve the right not to award using MEAT approach should it provide undue risk to the Authority. Unsuccessful providers will be informed of the outcome via the messaging system on EU Supply and the 10 day voluntary standstill period will commence. After the standstill period has expired, the successful provider will be confirmed in writing and the contract award notice will be issued and entered on TED and contract finder. The tender will be assessed using a 40 % quality and 60 % price criteria.