Tender

Learning Disabilities Wellbeing Hubs

  • Warwickshire County Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-006439

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03ae58

Published 6 March 2023, 12:24pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Warwickshire County Council

Shire Hall,Market Square

WARWICK

CV344RL

Contact

Manjit Nagra

Email

manjitnagra@warwickshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1926412026

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.warwickshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

www.warwickhshire.gov.uk/procurement

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

http://www.csw-jets.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Learning Disabilities Wellbeing Hubs

Reference number

WCC - 15039

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Learning Disability Wellbeing Hubs aim to provide information, advice, and support to people with learning disabilities and autism by offering a community base that can deliver access to information, advice, and signposting, and can build community connections and inclusion.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,647,585

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 3

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 1 - Learning Disabilities Well Being HUB - North Warwickshire

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG13 - Warwickshire
Main site or place of performance

Generally within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council but also may be outside the boundaries.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Learning Disability hubs will strive to achieve high quality outcomes for the people they support through timely and appropriate access to information, advice, support and/or signposting. Services will be accessible via a variety of formats including face to face, online (websites), virtual or via the phone. How the service is delivered should be in line with individual requirements and be flexible to change at any point.

The Learning Disability Wellbeing Hubs will work with other local providers to compliment service provision, support community inclusion, and prevent duplication of services and support transition away from other commissioned support.

If individuals attend the Hub service and are in receipt of social care and support, it should be for an identified desired outcome (that has not been identified to be met in the individual's care and support plan through any commissioned support the individual is in receipt of) and the individual would exit after this has been achieved.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £659,035

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months

60

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract term will be for 3 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 24 months (24 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 2 - Learning Disabilities Well Being HUBS - South Warwickshire

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG13 - Warwickshire
Main site or place of performance

Generally within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council but also may be outside the boundaries.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Learning Disability hubs will strive to achieve high quality outcomes for the people they support through timely and appropriate access to information, advice, support and/or signposting. Services will be accessible via a variety of formats including face to face, online (websites), virtual or via the phone. How the service is delivered should be in line with individual requirements and be flexible to change at any point.

The Learning Disability Wellbeing Hubs will work with other local providers to compliment service provision, support community inclusion, and prevent duplication of services and support transition away from other commissioned support.

If individuals attend the Hub service and are in receipt of social care and support, it should be for an identified desired outcome (that has not been identified to be met in the individual's care and support plan through any commissioned support the individual is in receipt of) and the individual would exit after this has been achieved.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £659,035

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months

60

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract term will be for 3 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 24 months (24 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 3 - Learning Disabilities Well Being HUBS - Rugby

Lot No

3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG13 - Warwickshire
Main site or place of performance

Generally within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council and Coventry City Council but also may be outside the boundaries.

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Learning Disability hubs will strive to achieve high quality outcomes for the people they support through timely and appropriate access to information, advice, support and/or signposting. Services will be accessible via a variety of formats including face to face, online (websites), virtual or via the phone. How the service is delivered should be in line with individual requirements and be flexible to change at any point.

The Learning Disability Wellbeing Hubs will work with other local providers to compliment service provision, support community inclusion, and prevent duplication of services and support transition away from other commissioned support.

If individuals attend the Hub service and are in receipt of social care and support, it should be for an identified desired outcome (that has not been identified to be met in the individual's care and support plan through any commissioned support the individual is in receipt of) and the individual would exit after this has been achieved.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £329,515

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months

60

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract term will be for 3 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 24 months (24 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria

All as detailed in the tender documentation.

The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own

evaluation of the Tenderers most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Creditsafe where this is available. The Council may also impose a

Bond or Performance Guarantee on the successful Tenderer

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

All as detailed in the tender documentation


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure

Information about national procedures is available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made

four.1.11) Main features of the award procedure

All as detailed in the tender documentation

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

5 April 2023

Local time

10:00am

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional information

During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services may be subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Council and partners, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers.

These changes may include (but are not limited to): -

• Increases or decreases in funding - this will usually be due to reductions or additions in budget allocations as part of the Council and partners' budget setting processes, It may also

be as a consequence of additional funding streams which were unknown at the time of awarding the contract but which are provided to increase the volume of services delivered.

• Changes in legislation that may for example require the inclusion of new customer groups

• The identification of additional service recipients, not originally captured by the scope of the contract

• Opportunities offered by emerging/ new technologies

• Ongoing performance monitoring indicating a change required in allocations made for each service element from the overall funding amount

Warwickshire County Council will be using its e-tendering system (CSW-JETS) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system (if they haven't previously done so) in order to be able to express an interest in the project and download documents. The web address for CSW-JETS

is

www.csw-jets.co.uk. Registration and use of CSW-JETS is free.

If you are having trouble registering with CSW-JETS please email us at procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk