Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Plymouth City Council
Ground Floor, Crownhill Court
Plymouth
PL6 5DH
Contact
Mr Phil Bees
Telephone
+44 1752307532
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK41 - Plymouth
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.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
Resettlement Support Services
Reference number
DN683724
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- AA01 - Metal
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Plymouth City Council (‘The Council’) would like to invite you to submit a selection questionnaire to deliver an innovative, trauma-informed service that provides place-based, person-centred support. The service will provide advice and guidance to assist persons with recourse to public funds arriving through all government managed resettlement schemes or granted leave to remain via the asylum systems. The aim of the service will be to support individuals to settle and integrate into the host community.
We envision the outcomes of this contract to be to: assist service users to meet their aspirations and feel socially included, build on a persons’ assets and attributes to enable them to participate and contribute fully in society.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £4,050,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK41 - Plymouth
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Plymouth City Council (‘The Council’) would like to invite you to submit a selection questionnaire to deliver an innovative, trauma-informed service that provides place-based, person-centred support. The service will provide advice and guidance to assist persons with recourse to public funds arriving through all government managed resettlement schemes or granted leave to remain via the asylum systems. The aim of the service will be to support individuals to settle and integrate into the host community.
We envision the outcomes of this contract to be to: assist service users to meet their aspirations and feel socially included, build on a persons’ assets and attributes to enable them to participate and contribute fully in society. Specific outcomes of the service will include
• Improved access to housing
• Increased self-sufficiency via employment and maximisation of welfare benefits
• Improved independence through the strengthening of social connections, language skills and digital inclusion
• Improved cultural competency to help local communities and services to become more refugee friendly
• Attainment of positive health outcomes
• Improved English language acquisition by providing support and assistance to access ESOL
The Resettlement Support Service will:
• Be a recognised partnership able to contribute towards improved community cohesion within the city;
• Generate evidence about what works, to be able to evaluate the impact of funded projects on refugee integration and self-sufficiency;
• Provide evidence to inform future policy, programming, and mainstream service delivery;
• Support other organisations to become more culturally aware and competent when supporting people from refugee communities, offering expertise to help ensure they are accessible and culturally sensitive towards the needs of the cohort including advocating for those people that may have experienced discrimination;
• Work in support and collaboration with members of the Refugee and Asylum Seeker (RAS) forum in Plymouth;
• Be expected to participate in statutory bodies led by the Council such as Plymouth Prevent and Safer Communities and other ad hoc focus groups which require input from providers on the specific needs of this cohort;
• have a strong and consistent focus on cross-partnership delivery that aligns and draws on the support of mainstream services.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £4,050,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
108
This contract is subject to renewal
No
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
Restricted 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
29 August 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
25 September 2023
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)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Telephone
+44 2039368957
Country
United Kingdom