Support for Supported Accommodation

Concepts

• health and social work
• hamilton
• support needs
• support requirements
• supported accommodation
• peer support opportunities
• the supported accommodation
• all other accommodation
• their statutory accommodation
• accommodation

Location

Description

South Lanarkshire Council (the Council) have a new requirement for support for supported accommodation for service users who have been assessed as unintentionally homeless. The service will be delivered to individuals referred to the service with a range of support requirements. The service will assist the Council to meet their statutory accommodation and support duties to homeless individuals with the most complex needs and who may be excluded from all other accommodation, with a view to working with homeless individuals with complex needs within a highly supportive environment and address support needs, build tenancy skills to break cycles of homelessness. The supported accommodation will be provided within 15 units plus one peer unit as individual modular pods. The peer unit is available for peer support opportunities (including students). In addition the site will have a hub for activities and wider community engagement.

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 2 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

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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.4 Audited Accounts for Previous 2 Years 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 *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 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... 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:793911)