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Published 4 Nov 2022, 14:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

CT0983 - Adult Counselling and Psychological Therapies

Official notice

Authority: The City of Edinburgh Council (Local council)

ServicesProcedure involving negotiationsSME suitable
Awarded value£3,971,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Nov 2022
Awarded to Edinburgh & Lothian Council on Alcohol

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award of a service for counselling and psychological therapies to aid the sustained recovery from Drugs and/or Alcohol use across the city. The service is also required in the local prison where the service is to support prisoners to recover for drug and/or alcohol use.

  • How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/contents/made

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Award of contract

Award of contract

The Edinburgh Alcohol and Drug Partnership (EADP) require a service to:

Provide integrated counselling interventions which incorporate evidence based psychosocial interventions and therapies. These will be delivered within boundaried, therapeutic relationships and informed by an understanding of attachment, trauma and the process of recovery from addiction;

Provide demonstrably high quality and effective interventions within the professional governance structure of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)/ Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA) or equivalent. Have a very strong, specific understanding of recovery from the misuse of alcohol, of psycho-stimulants and of other drugs. And have organisational expertise in relation to each of these areas of need to contribute to the strategic development of the system of care.

Be able to provide additional non counselling interventions to complement the primary 1:1 interventions.

Deliver services from an easily accessible location in central Edinburgh and across the local areas of the city and within HM Prison Edinburgh. Online services should also be a component of the service.

Be demonstrably high quality and effective organisation (or organisations), able to contribute to the development of the local recovery orientated system of care as well as delivering a service. Additional information: This opportunity is open to single organisations or partnerships / consortia.

Delivery: Scotland · City of Edinburgh

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

20 Price/80 Quality

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Procedure involving negotiations
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Nov 2022, 14:50 GMT
Last source update
4 Nov 2022, 14:50 GMT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031261
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037f41 Find a Tender
How it runs
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published in the Find a Tender Service or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.

Publisher note: This is a consortium bid comprising of Edinburgh and Lothian on Council, crew 2000 and Crossreach. It is a mandatory requirement of this Contract that a prompt payment clause is present in all Contracts used in the delivery of the requirements. This ensures payment of sub-contractors at all stages of the supply chain within 30 days and includes an obligation to provide a point of contact for sub-contractors to refer to in the case of payment difficulties. This will require active monitoring of payment performance as well as the provision of evidence and reports to the Council on request or as contractually scheduled. (SC Ref:708965)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,971,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Edinburgh & Lothian Council on AlcoholSME£3,971,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 8BGContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.