Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-09-19
Buyer: Northamptonshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2017-11-03

Technical requirements: Northamptonshire County Council is running a simultaneous procurement process for Services for the Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Addictions. The detailed requirements are defined in the Specification, but please see below summary for each Lot. Please note the budgets are only protected for Year 1 of the Contracts.
The service will be required from 1.4.2018 for an initial period of 4 years (up to 31.3.2022) with Lots 1, 2 and 4 having an option to extend for a further period of up to 4 years, taking the total contract term to a maximum of 8 years for these Lots (Lot 3 is for 4 years only). Any extension will be agreed between the Council and the provider(s). The Authority believes that TUPE does apply to this contract (all Lots) at its commencement. The deadline for completed ITTs to be received on the LGSS eTendering Portal is 12:00 noon on Friday 3.11.2017.
Lots will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria. Providers with the highest scoring Tender within each Lot will be awarded Lots first, according to the preference confirmed in their response and the needs of the business as determined by the Authority. The Authority reserves the right not to award multiple Lots to the highest scoring Tender if this does not meet the needs of the business.
Lot 1: Structured Treatment Service for adults and young people in Northamptonshire will include prescribing, OST, psychosocial interventions and responsibility for the management of the residential rehab, inpatient and ambulatory detox, shared care with GP surgeries, needle exchange, supervised consumption with pharmacies, the distribution of naloxone and foil. It will also introduce an integral mental health service capable of meeting the needs of Northamptonshire clients; provide structured treatment for young people allowing them access to the specialist resources as needed and house the re-designed single point of contact representing all services.
The service will be required from 1.4.2018 for an initial period of 4 years with an option to extend for a period of up to 4 years, taking the total contract term to a maximum of 8 years. Any extension will be agreed between the Council and the provider. The Authority believes that TUPE does apply to this Contract.
Lot 2: Recovery Service — The proposed recovery service for all treatment and recovery clients in Northamptonshire, will be peer based and provide an interface with structured treatment. It will host mutual treatment options and includes the management of the Phase housing project.
The service will be required from 1.4.2018 for an initial period of 4 years with an option to extend for a period of up to 4 years, taking the total contract term to a maximum of 8 years. Any extension will be agreed between the Council and the provider. The Authority believes that TUPE does apply to this Contract.
Lot 3: Specialised Training Service — Providing training on drug and alcohol awareness for substance misuse services for older people aged 45 and over.
The service will be required from 1.4.2018 for a period of 4 years. The Authority believes that TUPE does apply to this Contract.
Lot 4 Young People's Early Intervention Service. Those who require structured treatment (moderate to severe addictions) will be managed in the community by the Early Intervention service with structured treatment drawn from the all-through service (see fig. 1). This ensures that those who need treatment can access the best available with interventions taking place within the young person's community environment. The EI service will comprise the larger part and will have workers embedded in clusters where they will devise an appropriate prevention agenda for young people. Where the young person requires more intensive treatment the service will draw down resources from the treatment service (Lot 1).
The service will be required from 1.4.2018 for an initial period of 4 years with an option to extend for up to 4 years, taking total term to a max. of 8 years. Any extension will be agreed between the Council and the provider. The Authority believes that TUPE applies to this Contract.
The award criteria questions consider the merit of the eligible Tenders in order to identify the most economically advantageous Tender.
The Authority reserves the right not to award multiple Lots to the highest scoring Tender if this does not meet the needs of the business.
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the Contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from (refer to address in part I.1). If an appeal regarding the award of Contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) 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. 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 order the ineffectiveness of a Contract where serious breach have occurred in addition to any fine, the Court may instead provide for alternative penalties, either contract shortening, fines or both.