Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-05-21
Buyer: South Gloucestershire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 33000000 | 50000000 | 51000000 | 85000000
Estimated value: 1600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-06-28
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: South Gloucestershire Council: Supply, Installation, Maintenance, Repair, Removal, Storage and Reinstallation of Ceiling Track, Wall Mounted and Gantry Hoists for Disabled People in Domestic Premises
The Council is seeking to appoint a suitable contractor to provide a comprehensive service for the supply, installation, maintenance, repair, removal, storage and reinstallation of ceiling track, wall mounted and gantry hoists for disabled people including both children and adults in domestic premises with effect from 1.10.2019.
1) South Gloucestershire Council is a Unitary Authority in the South West of England serving a population of over 260 000. The Council currently commissions a variety of services for adults and children;
2) The Council is required to arrange services under the care act to provide people with care and support within their homes. The proposed contract is for the supply, installation, maintenance, repair, removal, storage and reinstallation of ceiling track, wall mounted and gantry hoists for disabled people in domestic premises. This is an essential service to enable people to be lifted and transferred safely by their carers and support workers;
3) The current arrangement is now due for recommissioning and the Council is therefore seeking to identify a suitable contractor to deliver this function on its behalf from 1.10.2019. The proposed new contract term will be 5 years initial contract term plus 3 years available extension, making a total available contract term of 8 years;
4) The Council’s Hoists Service for adults involves approximately 360 hoists in service users’ homes in its area, together with a stock of new or recycled hoists of approximately 15 items. The Council will expect to install approximately 60 to 80 new or recycled hoists, on average each year, plus 8 to 10 replacements for existing equipment. Service users include both children and adults. The children's hoists services element is additional to the adults service and is approximately 25 % of the size of the adults service. Prospective contractors will be expected to have the capacity to be able to meet the demands of the current service as well as being able to increase the level of service provision in the future in order to meet increased levels of demand. Every home and every person is different and prospective contractors must be able to provide a service which is both appropriate and sensitive to the needs and wishes of each individual service user and their circumstances.
The proposed new contract term will be 5 years initial term from 1.10.2019 plus 3 years available extension, making a total available contract term of 8 years. Any contract extension or renewal will be dependent upon continued need for the service, satisfactory performance and availability of funding.
This is an open competitive procedure under the light touch regime in order for the Council to obtain the highest quality submissions possible from potential providers. Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents. Where necessary in order to comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 this authority 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 the addressee found in 1.1. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) 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 30 days beginning with the date when the tenderer first knew or ought to have known that the grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen). 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. Following the 10 day standstill period, if no further debriefing has been requested, the court may only award damages once the contract has been entered into.


Award value: 1600000