Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-31
Buyer: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 210000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-10-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The Council wishes to procure an upgraded telecare delivery platform that has the capability to fully support its investment in existing assets whilst maximising the opportunity to use developing digital technologies to keep vulnerable people safe & help them to stay in control of their lives. It is the ambition of the Council to offer to the residents of the district a range of assistive technology and telecare solutions aimed at supporting vulnerable people to live safely and independently in their own home. This requires a solution with the capability to integrate with existing and future social care applications, provide support for lone workers and enable the monitoring of building securities.
The Council wishes to procure an upgraded telecare delivery platform that has the capability to fully support its investment in existing assets whilst maximising the opportunity to use developing digital technologies to keep vulnerable people safe and help them to stay in control of their lives. The Council intends to continue to increase the range of devices for which it has direct monitoring capability to enable where practical the avoidance of the need for commissioning of external providers to provide monitoring services on its behalf. It is the ambition of the Council to offer to the residents of the district a range of assistive technology and telecare solutions aimed at supporting vulnerable people to live safely and independently in their own home. This requires a solution with the capability to integrate with existing and future social care applications, provide support for lone workers and enable the monitoring of building securities.
In accordance with: (i) Article 57 and 59 to 61 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; and (ii) Regulations 57-61 of the Public Contracts 2015, which require or permit the contracting authority not to select or to treat as ineligible, economic operators, the contracting authority reserves the right to exclude any Tenderer whom they deem to not satisfy any criteria outlined within the scoring matrices contained within the Supplier Submission Document, which is available to download at https://www.yortender.co.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf, or is available at the address set out in Sections I.1 and I.3 of this Notice.
Economic operators must submit either a copy of the audited accounts for the most recent two (2) years if requested. If it cannot, then it must provide either:
a) a statement of the turnover, Profit and Loss Account/Income Statement, Balance Sheet/Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Cash Flow for the most recent year of trading for this organisation;
b) a statement of the cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; or
c) alternative means of demonstrating financial status if any of the above are not available (e.g. forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status).
Economic operators must also confirm whether or not they are part of a wider group (e.g. a subsidiary of a holding/parent company), and if so must provide confirmation of:
b) the relationship to the economic operator completing the SQ; the organisation's company accounts (if available); and confirmation on whether or not this organisation would be willing to provide a guarantee if necessary, and if not would the economic operator be able to obtain a guarantee elsewhere(e.g. from a bank)
See Section 8.1 of the SQ (available to download at: https://www.yortender.co.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf).
Economic operators are asked to self-certify whether they already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement date of the framework agreement, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
a) Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance 10 000 000 GBP (in relation to any one claim or series of claims); and
b) Public/ Products Liability Insurance 10 000 000 GBP (in relation to any one claim or series of claims).
c) Professional Indemnity insurance 5 000 000 GBP (in relation to any one claim or series of claims).

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with: (i) Article 57 and 59 to 61 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; and (ii) Regulations 57-61 of the Public Contracts 2015, which require or permit the contracting authority not to select or to treat as ineligible, economic operators, the contracting authority reserves the right to exclude any Tenderer whom they deem to not satisfy any criteria outlined within the scoring matrices contained within the Supplier Submission Document, which is available to download at https://www.yortender.co.uk/procontract/supplier.nsf, or is available at the address set out in Sections I.1 and I.3 of this Notice.

Award value: 210000