Official UK procurement notice
CC12957 - Forrest Walk Residential Care for Adults with a Physical Disability including Respite and Day Care Provision
Authority: West Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of the service is to provide care and support for physically disabled service users with complex needs who have been assessed as requiring 24-hour support within a registered care home environment in the community.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work services · Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The building at Forrest Walk is owned by West Lothian CouncilAwardedRenewal
The building at Forrest Walk is owned by West Lothian Council.
The aim of the service is to provide care and support for physically disabled service users with complex needs who have been assessed as requiring 24-hour support within a registered care home environment in the community. The Unit requires on-site 24-hour staffing and it is likely that
the residents will have a high level of cognitive or intellectual impairment.
The following services are provided at Forest Walk:
Residential Provision – four en-suite bedrooms and living area for long-term placements.
The service provides all care and support for physically disabled service users with complex needs
who have been assessed as requiring 24-hour support within a registered care home environment
in the community.
Respite Provision – two en-suite bedrooms and living area for respite care placements
Respite provision offers short breaks to people with complex physical disabilities with a high level
of physical care needs. Local short breaks make it more likely that people will be able to continue
their other daily activities e.g. day care whilst in the service while also offering their family and
carers a break.
Day Care Provision - two places per day for people with complex physical disabilities and high
dependency care needs and who require a high level of personal care and support. This service is
offered to people for whom other day support services is no longer appropriate.
‘Emergency Call – overnight services for adapted tenancies’ Additional information: Price - In accordance with Section 67 (5) of the Public Contacts (Scotland) Regulations (5) i.e. the cost element may also take the form of a fixed price or cost on the basis of which economic operators will compete on quality criteria only, the award evaluation will be based on the Most Economically Advantageous Tender on the basis of a fixed price as stipulated in the Tender documents.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (9)
- Implementation and Transition: 15%
- Service Delivery: 10%
- Quality Assurance: 10%
- Safeguarding: 15%
- Outcomes: 10%
- Fair Work First: 15%
- Community Benefits: 5%
- Service User Engagement and Feedback: 10%
- price: 10%
Published award criteria (9)
- Implementation and Transition: 15
- Service Delivery: 10
- Service User Engagement and Feedback: 10
- Quality Assurance: 10
- Safeguarding: 15
- Outcomes: 10
- Fair Work First: 15
- Community Benefits: 5
- Price: 10
- Suitability
Service providers must have Registration with the Care Inspectorate - Level 3. Where providers have no previous registration history, they will be required to evidence of level 3 within the first 12 months of the contract commencement.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be expected to have the following Insurances in place at contract commencement :
Employers Liability GBP10m subject to legislative requirements (Min GBP5m).
Public liability GBP5m
Professional Indemnity GBP2m
Medical Malpractice GBP5m
West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet’s DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers.
Tenderers with a Failure Score of 50 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please
note that below 50 will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a Failure Score of less than 50, the tenderer may be required to submit their last three years accounts.
- Technical & professional ability
Service providers will be required to perform services in accordance with the Service Specification and confirm that this can be achieved.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 27 Oct 2023, 13:10 BST
- Last source update
- 16 May 2024, 10:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Dec 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CC12957- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-015527- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040faaFind a Tender
Publisher note: All information supplied by the Authority must be treated in confidence and not disclosed to third parties except insofar as this is necessary to obtain sureties or quotations for the purpose of submitting the tender. All information supplied by you to the Authority will similarly be treated in confidence except: (i) for any information required to be disclosed or otherwise provided by the Authority to any person in order to comply with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and any codes of practice applicable from time to time relating to access to public authorities’ information. The Tenderer shall co-operate, facilitate, support and assist the Authority in the provision of this information. In the event the Authority is required to provide information to any person as a result of a request made to it under such Act and/or codes, the Authority shall adhere to the requirements of such Act and/or codes in disclosing information relating to this Agreement, the Project documents and the Contractor. (ii) that references may be sought from banks, existing or past clients, or other referees submitted by the tenderers; (iii) for the disclosure of such information with regard to the outcome of the procurement process as may be required to be published in the Supplement to the current World Trade Organisation or elsewhere in accordance with the requirements of UK government policy on the disclosure of information relating to government contracts. Procedures for Review - An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session’ Re SPD question 4B.6 In relation to D&B checks In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent rating,tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 year period. The council will review any information which is comparable to a Dun & Bradstreet score of 50 from a recognised Agency to substantiate the Tenderer’s financial status. In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee. Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected. Police Scotland and D&B checks will be carried out. Evaluated Community Benefits will be included within this tender. (SC Ref:766074)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 4 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
4 Dec 2023 → 16 May 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline4 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened4 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published16 May 2024, 10:20 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 May 2024, 10:20 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone | £4,935,216 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015527-2024-CC12957-1 · Cornerstone
- Signed
- 29 Mar 2024
- Value
- £4,935,216
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- livingston sheriff courtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CornerstoneAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.