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Published 9 Oct 2023, 15:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ASC23042 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments (DoLS): Project to Complete Backlog of Cases 2023-24

Official notice

Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG12)

Published estimate£854,825exc. VAT21.2% below published estimate

Submissions closed 7 Nov 2023awarded 21 Dec 2023

Awarded to ACTION FIRST ASSESSMENTS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Worcestershire County Council ("the Council") is looking to appoint a provider to manage a backlog of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) cases. The Council will appoint either a single organisation applying itself to provide the Service, a consortium with legal status or an organisation applying as the lead organisation for two or more organisations who wish to provide the service as a consortium without legal status.Approximately 635 DoLS cases would have to be completed and submitted to the DoLS team within 46 to 52 weeks of the project commencing. In addition to this, there may be a requirement for the completion of up to an additional 40 cases per month throughout the time of the project until such time that the DoLS team has obtained staffing to complete these on an ongoing basis.

CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£854,825

Delivery: West Midlands

Extensions: Possibility to extend up to 3 months.Variant bids: not allowed

85000000 Health and social work services 85100000 Health services 85140000 Miscellaneous health services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 35%Price: 65%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: 35
Price: 65

What this means for your bid

Price carries 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 9 Oct 2023, 15:49 BST
Last source update: 21 Dec 2023, 15:44 GMT
Award evaluation window: 7 Nov 2023 – …
Authority reference: WCC 00003514
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-037731
Classification (CPV): Health and social work servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040a6b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 7 Nov 2023, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 7 Nov 2023, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

7 Nov 2023 → 21 Dec 2023 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
7 Nov 2023, 16:00 GMT
Bids opened
7 Nov 2023, 16:00 GMT
Notice published
21 Dec 2023, 15:44 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
21 Dec 2023, 15:44 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £674,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 107 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Dec 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
ACTION FIRST ASSESSMENTS LTDSME	£674,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

ASC23042 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Assessments (DoLS): Project to Complete Backlog of Cases 2023-24 · ACTION FIRST ASSESSMENTS LTDSME
Signed
21 Dec 2023
Value
£674,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic	7	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Worcestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Spetchley Road, Worcester, West Midlands, WR5 2NPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Head of Commercial, Worcestershire County CouncilReview body Worcester

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Action First Assessments LimitedAwarded supplier11643687 5 Jewry Street, London, England, EC3N 2EX, London, London, EC3N 2EX

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria