Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Royal Borough of Greenwich
3rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich
London
SE18 6HQ
Contact
Strategic Procurement Services
procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI51 - Bexley and Greenwich
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/
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
SPS 2537 - Children's and Young People's Integrated Therapies Service
Reference number
DN581794
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is working in partnership with South East London Clinical Commissioning Group and local stakeholders to redesign the Greenwich Integrated Therapies Service. The service comprises Speech and Language Therapy Services, Physiotherapy Services and Occupational Therapy Services, delivered in an integrated way to deliver improved outcomes for children and young people aged 0 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) resident or attending schools within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £21,892,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI51 - Bexley and Greenwich
Main site or place of performance
Within the boundaries of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is working in partnership with South East London Clinical Commissioning Group and local stakeholders to redesign our local Integrated Therapies Service.
The Integrated Therapies Service comprises 3 integrated components namely:
a) Speech and Language Therapy Services,
b) Physiotherapy Services and
c) Occupational Therapy Services
The integrated service will deliver improved outcomes for children and young people aged 0 to 25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are residents or attending schools within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The service is an essential part of the children’s services ‘system’, and delivers a priority within the Children and Young People’s Plan, though improving health and wellbeing outcomes for children and young people.
The service will identify additional needs early, build resilience and reduce health inequalities by providing effective targeted and specialist interventions for children with additional needs, alongside universal provision.
The new service will be developed in line with feedback from children, young people and families, to ensure effective, efficient and flexible service that maximises the use of available resources to meet the ever increasing demand.
This will be a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, to facilitate effective co-design with the successful provider. A detailed timeline is available in the tender pack.
Providers expressing interest in this opportunity will be expected to have experience of delivering similar services of this type and scale.
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: £21,892,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
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: Yes
Description of options
The contract length is initially for a period of 3 years although Royal
Greenwich reserves the right to extend it on the same terms for a further period or periods of up to 60 months making a total possible contract period of 8 years.
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
Suppliers will be required to deliver social value as part of the delivery of the contract.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
four.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
four.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
17 December 2021
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: 9 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
This procurement will be managed electronically via the RBG Proactis e- tendering Suite. To
participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the eTendering Suite.
If bidders have not yet registered on the eTendering Suite, this can be done online at
https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/ and click on the tab ‘supplier registration’.
Note: registration may take some time, therefore, please ensure that you allow enough time
to register. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at
https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/ For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Suite,
please contact Proactis Helpdesk Freephone: 0345 0103503.
Once registration is completed, the registered user will receive a notification email to alert
them that this has been done. A registered user can express an interest for a specific
procurement. This is done by looking at the opportunity’s section and selecting the contract
you want to tender for.
As a user of the e-Tendering Suite, you will have access to Proactis e-Portal email messaging
service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific
Tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to
ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. All
communications relating to this tender exercise must be via e-portal messaging system. No direct emails to officers will be answered unless you are having problems communicating
through the portal. This process aims to improve audit trails as well as avoid duplication.
Please note, social value considerations are included in this contract. Details are stated in
the tender documents.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC1A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Royal Borough of Greenwich has incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period after notification to unsuccessful applicants of the award decision
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Royal Borough of Greenwich
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street
London
SE18 6HQ
Country
United Kingdom