Tender

Appropriate Adult for Vulnerable Adult for Vulnerable Adults Service

  • Merseyside Police - Procurement Department

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-027121

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02f15e

Published 28 October 2021, 6:25pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Merseyside Police - Procurement Department

Police Headquarters, Canning Place

Liverpool

L1 8JX

Contact

Pauline Totton

Email

pauline.totton@merseyside.pnn.police.uk

Telephone

+44 1517771926

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD7 - Merseyside

National registration number

N/A

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.merseyside.police.uk

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/32215

one.3) Communication

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

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=40310&B=BLUELIGHT

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=40310&B=BLUELIGHT

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

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Public order and safety


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Appropriate Adult for Vulnerable Adult for Vulnerable Adults Service

Reference number

PCC/PD/251

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85312310 - Guidance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside (PCC) has notified that she will award funding to provide Appropriate Adult services for Vulnerable Adults in Merseyside for a 12-month period with an option to extend by four periods of 12 months, resulting in a potential 5-year contract, commencing 1st April 2022 – ending 31st March 2027.

The PCC requires a high-quality Appropriate Adult Service which safeguards the interests and welfare of Vulnerable Adults in Police Custody or Voluntary Attendance sites within Merseyside, where parents/carers, or the person with responsibility, are unable or unwilling to attend. The presence of an Appropriate Adult provides one of the essential checks and balances within the criminal justice process and ensures that the rights of Vulnerable Adults are protected.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £600,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
  • 85312310 - Guidance services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD7 - Merseyside
Main site or place of performance

Merseyside

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside (PCC) has notified that she will award funding to provide Appropriate Adult services for Vulnerable Adults in Merseyside for a 12-month period with an option to extend by four periods of 12 months, resulting in a potential 5-year contract, commencing 1st April 2022 – ending 31st March 2027.

The PCC requires a high-quality Appropriate Adult Service which safeguards the interests and welfare of Vulnerable Adults in Police Custody or Voluntary Attendance sites within Merseyside, where parents/carers, or the person with responsibility, are unable or unwilling to attend. The presence of an Appropriate Adult provides one of the essential checks and balances within the criminal justice process and ensures that the rights of Vulnerable Adults are protected.

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: £600,000

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

Start date

1 April 2022

End date

31 March 2027

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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


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

2 December 2021

Local time

4:00pm

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

Tender must be valid until: 2 March 2022

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

2 December 2021

Local time

4:00pm

Place

Tenders are released automatically after the closing date providing they have been received by the published deadline


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

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

High Court of England and Wales

Royal Court of Justice, Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Alcatel / Standstill period will be observed