Health and social work services

Tender description

Ealing Council wishes to procure a DPS for advocacy services for vulnerable children and adults starting April 2020. A market warming event will be held in December 2019. The DPS will cover services in the following categories: 1) Independent Advocacy meeting Care Act duties; 2) Independent Mental Capacity Act (IMCA) Advocacy, including Deprivation of Liberties Services (DoLS); 3) Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) meeting Mental Health Act duties; 4) Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Services (IDVA); 5) Advocacy for Looked After Children and Care Leavers; 6) Advocacy for Children with Additional Needs; 7) Advocacy for Young Carers. It is proposed that the dynamic purchasing system will be established for a period of 5 years plus 1 possibility to extend for a further duration of 2 years. The overall approximate value for the 7-year duration of the DPS (if extension used) is 729 750 GBP. The London Borough of Ealing wishes to procure a dynamic purchasing system for advocacy services for vulnerable children and adults starting April 2020. A stakeholder/market warming event will be held in December. Date: 13.12.2019 Time: 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Venue: 4th floor: M4.12 (20), Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, Ealing, W5 2HL. The DPS will cover services in the following categories: 1) Independent Advocacy meeting Care Act duties; 2) Independent Mental Capacity Act (IMCA) Advocacy, including Deprivation of Liberties Services (DoLS); 3) Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) meeting Mental Health Act duties; 4) Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Services (IDVA); 5) Advocacy for Looked After Children and Care Leavers; 6) Advocacy for Children with Additional Needs; 7) Advocacy for Young Carers. It is proposed that the dynamic purchasing system will be established for a period of 5 years plus 1 possibility to extend for a further duration of 2 years. The DPS will enable the Council to facilitate choice and flexibility for advocacy services, as well as drive improvements in quality in the market. It is envisaged that the tender will be published during January 2020. Applicants will, be required to fill in a selection questionnaire and confirm they can meet the minimum qualification standards required to provide advocacy services to vulnerable children and adults. In order to be admitted onto the DPS tenderers will also be asked to submit pricing for different categories of advocacy services for each category within banded rates. The evaluation criteria for the selection questionnaire will be on a Pass/Fail basis. The evaluation criteria for call-off from the DPS will be on the most economically advantageous tender basis where 100 % is for quality. The DPS primarily will be used for block and spot procurements for advocacy services. Prospective service providers are invited to apply for 1, more than 1, or all of the categories in the DPS. Service providers will be able to apply to join the DPS at any time during the life of the DPS after it has been set up. There is no restriction on the numbers of providers who can be accepted onto each category. The value of the contracts which are expected to be procured using mini competitions from all categories of the DPS are approximately 104 250 GBP per annum. The overall approximate value for the 7-year duration of the DPS (if extension used) is 729 750 GBP‬. This PIN notice will be used to reduce the timescales for tendering under Regulation 28. Interested suppliers need to let us know if they wish to attend the market warming event on 13th Dec and advise the authority of their interest in the DPS by expressing an interest between 02.12.19 and 7.1.20 on the London tenders portal at https://procontract.due-north.com tender reference number DN450034