Opportunity

19-128 - Domestic Abuse Refuge - Accommodation Service

  • Rotherham MBC

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

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-007051

Published 6 April 2021, 11:28pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Rotherham MBC

Riverside House, Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE

Contact

Miss Lorna Byne

Email

lorna.byne@rotherham.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1709334159

Fax

+44 1709376285

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.yortender.co.uk

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.yortender.co.uk

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

19-128 - Domestic Abuse Refuge - Accommodation Service

Reference number

DN503086

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council is seeking to procure a Domestic Abuse Refuge.

The refuge will have an outcome focused service specification. The delivery model must ensure the following elements are included within its design.

•A dedicated single refuge which provides a minimum of 10 units for victims

•Local pathways in place to support timely onward movement

•Diverse accommodation options are available to those fleeing domestic abuse

•Refuge provision in its widest sense (including dispersed) is available to all, ensuring a whole family approach and access for victims with protected characteristics

•A woman only service

•Service provision for all genders in need of safe refuge accommodation

It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 01/10/2021 and will run for an initial period of 2 years making the initial expiry date 30/09/2023. The contract will have an option to extend by a 1 x 12-month extension at the sole discretion of the Council making the latest possible expiry date 30/09/2024.

Bidders are advised that the maximum budget available for the provision of this contract is £220,000 per annum.

The tender process is being conducted under the Social and Other Specific Services procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (“the Regulations”), but mirrors a process similar to the Open Procedure.

The incumbent supplier of this service considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 apply to this contract.

Full access is available to the tender documentation free of charge by visiting www.yortender.co.uk and searching for project DN503086.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
Main site or place of performance

Within the Borough of Rotherham

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council is seeking to procure a Domestic Abuse Refuge.

The refuge will have an outcome focused service specification. The delivery model must ensure the following elements are included within its design.

•A dedicated single refuge which provides a minimum of 10 units for victims

•Local pathways in place to support timely onward movement

•Diverse accommodation options are available to those fleeing domestic abuse

•Refuge provision in its widest sense (including dispersed) is available to all, ensuring a whole family approach and access for victims with protected characteristics

•A woman only service

•Service provision for all genders in need of safe refuge accommodation

It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 01/10/2021 and will run for an initial period of 2 years making the initial expiry date 30/09/2023. The contract will have an option to extend by a 1 x 12-month extension at the sole discretion of the Council making the latest possible expiry date 30/09/2024.

Bidders are advised that the maximum budget available for the provision of this contract is £220,000 per annum.

The tender process is being conducted under the Social and Other Specific Services procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (“the Regulations”), but mirrors a process similar to the Open Procedure.

The incumbent supplier of this service considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 apply to this contract.

Full access is available to the tender documentation free of charge by visiting www.yortender.co.uk and searching for project DN503086.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £660,000

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

Duration in months

36


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.11) Main features of the award procedure

As detailed in the tender documentation

four.2) Administrative information

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

Date

6 May 2021

Local time

12:00pm

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.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Riverside House, Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE

Email

PIMEnquiries@rotherham.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Riverside House, Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE

Email

PIMEnquiries@rotherham.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Riverside House, Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE

Email

PIMEnquiries@rotherham.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom