Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
City of London Corporation
Guildhall
London
EC2P 2EJ
Mohammad.Mostafa@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 2076063030
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.capitalesourcing.com
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.capitalesourcing.com
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://www.capitalesourcing.com
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
Tri-Borough Staging Post
Reference number
itt_COL_18255
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 City of London Corporation (The City) is undertaking a 1 stage procurement process in relation to the provision of a Tri-Borough Staging Post (the 'Service').
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £838,842
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Service to be procured from the proposed contract is classified under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as "Provision of services to the community". Therefore, the Service advertised i.e. this contract notice, falls among those listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU and the full obligations set out in that directive do not apply. For the avoidance of doubt, the contract is to be procured in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 74 to 78, more commonly known as the Light Touch Regime. The precise procurement process to be used is as described in the procurement documents.
The service will aim to support current and former rough sleepers from a Tri Borough Partnership of City of London, London Borough of Hackney and London Borough of Tower Hamlets; moving from various temporary accommodation solutions and straight from the streets on a Staging Post basis. Clients coming straight from the streets will already be well known to the referring authority and not referred for initial assessment.
The service is designed as an interim arrangement for clients that have already undergone assessment; to sustain a low threshold accommodation model for rough sleepers until such a time as move on accommodation becomes available. Target stay is 12 weeks but can be flexed due to need.
The primary focus of the service will be supporting clients with steps needed to achieve their move on successfully.
There will be an equal 7 / 7 / 7 split of bedspaces between the tri-borough with placements offered on a “like for like” basis to ensure parity. However, LA leads can agree to override this to prevent any void losses and any such decision will be communicated clearly
Move on is to be identified by the referring borough but also sourced by the support service.
The City of London Corporation is the lead commissioner for the service on behalf of the Tri-Brough partnership.
The proposed length of this contract is to be 3 months with an option to extend for a further 6 months and further subsequent 12 months subject to funding and satisfactory performance. There is currently no funding in place beyond the initial 3 months.
There is no Housing Benefit element to this service. Placements are funded by the local authority as Temporary Accommodation.
The estimated total value of the contract is also stated in II.1.5) and II.2.6) of this notice and is for the entire duration, i.e. including the optional extensions.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical and Responsible Procurement / Weighting: 70%
Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30%
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £838,842
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
3
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
Extension for a further 6 months and further subsequent 12 months subject to funding and satisfactory performance. There is currently no funding in place beyond the initial 3 months.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
31 May 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
31 May 2024
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system 'CapitaleSourcing' (url:www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free.
This is a one stage procurement process; therefore, suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a tender submission no later than 12.00 noon on 31/05/2023 in order to participate.
Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline.
The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract, which is up to 21 months. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £479,937
The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their tender submissions and all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators.
The Service advertised in this notice falls under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the contracting authority is not obliged to follow The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in full. The procurement process that will apply to the Service is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the Capital eSourcing system.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom