Tender

Protecting Young Carers -Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Support Service.

  • Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice with call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-028014

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04976f

Published 2 September 2024, 6:19pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Riverside House, Main Street

Rotherham

S60 1AE

Contact

Angela Wilson

Email

Angela-proc.Wilson@rotherham.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1709334551

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

National registration number

GB173552264

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104118

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

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=83856&B=UK

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=83856&B=UK

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

Protecting Young Carers -Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Support Service.

Reference number

24-003

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are seeking an outstanding Young Carers Support Service that will prioritise a specific cohort of children/young people aged 8 to 18 years (up to their 19th birthday around transition to adulthood). This service will aim to promote and improve the health and wellbeing of young carers where their caring role has been assessed as having a negative impact on their own education, their ability to form friendships or undertake social activities and pursuits, thus, supporting young carers to enjoy their childhoods and meet their educational achievement and potential despite their caring roles & responsibilities.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £500,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

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

Rotherham

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council are seeking an outstanding Young Carers Support Service that will prioritise a specific cohort of children/young people aged 8 to 18 years (up to their 19th birthday around transition to adulthood). This service will aim to promote and improve the health and wellbeing of young carers where their caring role has been assessed as having a negative impact on their own education, their ability to form friendships or undertake social activities and pursuits, thus, supporting young carers to enjoy their childhoods and meet their educational achievement and potential despite their caring roles & responsibilities.

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The contract will run for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years and the highest and lowest value indicated in this notice is for the full contract duration, should the extension options be exercised.

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Full details, are available at

https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER, which is the link to the (Mercell Eu-Supply) YORtender tender portal site. The specific ref for this event is YORtender Ref. 89546.

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Please note, once this notice has been published, it can take up to 3 hours for the event to appear on the YorTender portal.

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For support with registration on the YORtender website or if you are having difficulties accessing the documents or you experience technical issues surrounding the use of the YORtender system, you should request support from the system provider (Mercell) by logging a ticket at email: uksupport@eu-supply.com or telephone: 0800 840 2050. Please note office working hours are 09:00 – 17:00.

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Important Dates for your diary.

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Deadline Receipt of Tender clarifications in respect of Social Value from attendees wishing to attend a Social Value bidders Event. 12/09/2024 12 Noon

Deadline for submitting Social Value Bidders Event attendee details. 12/09/2024 12 Noon

Social Value Bidders Event 16/09/2024 14:30 hours via Teams

Deadline for all clarifications 24/09/2024 12 Noon

Deadline for Tender Submission 02/10/2024 12 Noon

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £500,000

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

Start date

1 April 2025

End date

31 March 2028

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 contract has an option to Extend for up to a further 2 years


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

As detailed in the Tender.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date

2 October 2024

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures

3 December 2024


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

High Court

The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand,

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant was unsuccessful. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into, the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the Contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

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

High Court

The Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand,

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom