Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-08
Buyer: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Country: UK
Region: NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 75200000 | 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85300000
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Department for Work and Pensions wishes to establish contracts with 2 separate suppliers to deliver Holistic Assessment services under the Access to Work Programme on a national basis. Services will be delivered throughout England, Wales and Scotland. The Assessments must take into account a customer's disability, explore relevant factors that may create workplace barriers and produce a report that identifies options with regard to overcoming them.
This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Article 74. The procurement of Access to Work Holistic Assessment Services Contract falls under Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulations) (Health, Social and Related Services Category).
This procurement is being conducted under the ‘light touch regime’ and therefore is subject to limited regulation and will be conducted in accordance with Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Potential for an extension beyond the initial term for a further period of a maximum of two (2) years at the discretion of the Authority.
Suppliers will be assessed against the selection and exclusion criteria as detailed within the tender documents.
If any of the grounds for exclusion as specified in the Invitation to Tender documents apply, the Supplier will be excluded from participating further in the procurement. Those Suppliers that are not excluded shall be assessed against the selection and award criteria specified in the Invitation to Tender documents.
Following the closing date for submission of tenders, tenders will be opened and checked against the exclusion criteria specified in the Invitation to Tender documents. Any tenders that are to be excluded in accordance with the specified criteria shall not be assessed against the selection and award criteria. Tenders will be assessed on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender with a split of 60 % Quality/40 % Price, as more extensively described in the Invitation to Tender document.
This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Article 74. The procurement of Access to Work Holistic Assessment Services Contract falls under Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Regulations) (Health, Social and Related Services Category) and therefore the ‘light touch regime’ shall apply to this procurement, which means that the procurement is not subject to the full application of the Regulations and will be conducted in accordance with Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Authority will follow the procurement procedure as more particularly described in the Invitation to Tender documents.
This Authority will incorporate a voluntary minimum ten (10) calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.

Eligibility requirements: Suppliers will be assessed against the selection and exclusion criteria as detailed within the tender documents. If any of the grounds for exclusion as specified in the Invitation to Tender documents apply, the Supplier will be excluded from participating further in the procurement. Those Suppliers that are not excluded shall be assessed against the selection and award criteria specified in the Invitation to Tender documents.

Award value: 15000000