Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-10
Buyer: Torfaen County Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Gwent Valleys
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85300000 | 85320000 | 98000000
Estimated value: 2470000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: This is a contract to deliver a floating support service to older persons living within Torfaen county borough. The service will provide housing related support that enables older people, aged 50 plus, to maintain or lead independent lives within their community. The service user's level of need will vary and therefore the support delivered will need to be flexible to meet the assessed level of need. The service will be expected to initially deliver 450 units of support.
Torfaen County Borough Council is administering this procurement opportunity electronically via the Proactis portal. All documentation has been uploaded to enable direct access following registration.
N.B: You must download all documentation directly from the portal, tender documents will not be communicated by any other means.
If you have not already signed-up to the Proactis Supplier Portal, click ‘Sign-up’, complete the required information and then click ‘Register’.
— If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Portal then you must not register again.
An activation email will be sent to the email address of your primary contact. Click on the link contained within the email to activate your account.
Sign into the Proactis Supplier Portal by entering your Login Name that you previously provided. Enter the temporary password that was provided in the activation e-mail.
Complete the Self Registration/Organisation Details. Click the < and > arrows to move from page to page. On page 5, select Torfaen as a Buyer Organisation. On page 8, create a new password.
Click on the Red Box marked ‘Opportunities’, type Torfaen in the box at the top of the page called ‘Search by customer reference, title or customer name’ and click ‘Search’.
Identify the Opportunity with the title of ‘Provision of a Housing Related Support Service for Older People’ and click the White Arrow in a Blue Circle on the right-hand side of the line.
Click ‘Register Interest’. Then click the Telescope button on the left-hand side of the page, then enter ‘Torfaen’ in the box at the top of the page called ‘Search by customer reference, title or customer name’ and click “Search”.
You will now see that the “Provision of a Housing Related Support Service for Older People” opportunity has now changed to Private. Click the White Arrow in a Blue Circle.
It is recommended that you read the information provided in the documents that can be found if you click the line marked “Request Documents” before attempting to answer any of the questions.
Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:
Community benefits will be non-core, however, the successful tenderer will be expected to consider sustainable development opportunities, submit a community benefits plan as part of their tender proposal and work partner organisations to realise community benefits throughout the contract period and to report accordingly.


Award value: 2470000