Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-02-27
Buyer: Derby City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85121270 | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85312100 | 85312300
Estimated value: 1265000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-03-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Derby City Council (DCC) and NHS Southern Derbyshire clinical commissioning group (CCG) are working together to fund support that promotes stability and recovery for those affected by mental health issues.
Derby City Council and NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group wish to appoint one service provider to provide and deliver this service (collaborative bids are however welcome).
The service required is a flexible, community-based support service for people with mental health needs, to provide peer support and recovery.
Derby City Council (DCC) and NHS Southern Derbyshire clinical commissioning group (CCG) are working together to fund support that promotes stability and recovery for those affected by mental health issues.
Derby City Council and NHS Southern Derbyshire clinical commissioning group wish to appoint one service provider to provide and deliver this service (collaborative bids are however welcome).
The service required is a flexible, community-based support service for people with mental health needs, to provide peer support and recovery. This service will help users to improve and maintain their mental health with an emphasis on recovery, self-management, independence and overall wellbeing. It is envisaged that there will be a range of support activities that will deliver these outcomes for Users on an individual and group basis.
The purpose of the support service is to ensure that local people with mental health needs have access to good quality support to promote learning; self-help; social inclusion; recovery; stability and maintenance.
The retendering of this contract may give rise to the application of the European Acquired Rights Directive 77/187 and/or the Transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) 2006 Regulations may apply in the event of this contract being awarded to a new service provider.
Under this procurement the service provider is required to participate actively in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of and surrounding the area served by Derby City Council. Accordingly contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
The initial term of the contract is from the commencement date to the 31.3.2021. There will be an option to extend the agreement for 2 years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and business needs.
Conditions relating to environmental and social requirements of the Contracting Authority may be included in this contract.
Conditions relating to environmental and social requirements of the Contracting Authority may be included in this contract. The details are to be provided in the procurement documents.
This tender is being managed electronically. Please go to www.sourcederbyshire.co.uk and look for the contract advert under ‘latest or Live contracts opportunities section, select the relevant contract notice. Select the ‘apply online' link in the bottom right hand corner of the contract notice this will transfer you to the Council's e-tendering system https://www.eastmidstenders.org where you can express interest and obtain the documents,(please note we will only accept tender submissions through the East Mids Tenders e-tendering system. To access the tender documentation and to be able to submit your response, you must first register your organisation on EastMids Tenders (unless you have done this previously).
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The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period following electronic notification (minimum of 15 calendar days for any other means of communication) to tenderers of the award decision. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Si 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Eligibility requirements: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.

Award value: 1265000