Tender

Resonance

  • Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-018047

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-034d26

Published 1 July 2022, 2:31pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

1 Mann Island

Liverpool

L3 1BP

Contact

The Procurement Team

Email

tender@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1513301111

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD7 - Merseyside

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/

one.3) Communication

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

https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Resonance

Reference number

DN612144

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 LCRCA wishes to appoint a supplier to provide a support service for complex individuals with a history of, or those at risk of, rough sleeping. The service will provide direct support to those individuals to enable tenancy sustainment and secure appropriate move on accommodation. This service will operate seven days a week, and the provider will ensure that Service Users have access to on-call support. The provider will need to deliver support across the Liverpool city region, which is made up of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.

The Initial Term of the Contract will be for 1 year 7 months commencing on the 1st September 2022 to 31 March 2024, but with a proviso in the Contract documentation for the LCRCA to have an option to extend the Contract by 12 months and a further extension of 3 years, subject to funding availability. The Contract will be monitored throughout the Initial Term and extension period of the Contract.

The estimated value of the contract is £430,000 for 1 year 7 months (1st September 2022 - 31st March 2024). The total value of the contract including extensions is only an estimate and we cannot guarantee funding availability to proceed with the extensions.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,353,276

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD7 - Merseyside

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The LCRCA wishes to appoint a supplier to provide a support service for complex individuals with a history of, or those at risk of, rough sleeping. The service will provide direct support to those individuals to enable tenancy sustainment and secure appropriate move on accommodation. This service will operate seven days a week, and the provider will ensure that Service Users have access to on-call support. The provider will need to deliver support across the Liverpool city region, which is made up of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.

The Initial Term of the Contract will be for 1 year 7 months commencing on the 1st September 2022 to 31 March 2024, but with a proviso in the Contract documentation for the LCRCA to have an option to extend the Contract by 12 months and a further extension of 3 years, subject to funding availability. The Contract will be monitored throughout the Initial Term and extension period of the Contract.

The estimated value of the contract is £430,000 for 1 year 7 months (1st September 2022 - 31st March 2024). The total value of the contract including extensions is only an estimate and we cannot guarantee funding availability to proceed with the extensions.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80

Price - Weighting: 20

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £1,353,276

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

1 September 2022

End date

31 March 2024

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The Initial Term of the Contract will be for 1 year 7 months commencing on the 1st September 2022 to 31 March 2024, but with a proviso in the Contract documentation for the LCRCA to have an option to extend the Contract by 12 months and a further extension of 3 years, subject to funding availability. The Contract will be monitored throughout the Initial Term and extension period of the Contract.

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

two.2.14) Additional information

The tender documents are available on The Chest (www.the-chest.org.uk) under

reference DN612144. Tenders must be submitted electronically via the same portal.


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

1 August 2022

Local time

11:00am

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: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

1 August 2022

Local time

11:00am

Place

The Chest (https://www.the-chest.org.uk/)


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

Estimated timing for further notices to be published: The procurement process will start approximately nine months before the end of the contract.

six.3) Additional information

In case of a group of bidders, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) may

require the group of operators to assume a specific legal form if deemed by the LCRCA as

being necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales

The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Review procedures are as set out in the Public Contract Regulations 2015

Proceedings under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 are time limited and any such

proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.