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Published 28 Apr 2022, 10:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DHSC:ASC:Better Care Fund · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£5,187,667≈ £1.7m / year · 1 value update
Submissions closed 5 Sept 2022awarded 23 Feb 2023
Awarded to Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government
Contract term 3 yrs 1 moends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 10 Mar 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Support to a comprehensive Better Care Fund programme of Health, Housing and Social Care integration support that provides support to social care local systems. Support is tailored to a diverse range of local system needs and designed to help systems deliver person centred integrated services.

CPV: Community action programme · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Open Tendering ProcedureAwardedRenewal 3 yrs 1 moPublished value£5,187,667

Open Tendering Procedure<br/>Online/virtual tenders. Procurement through Atamis e-procurement<br/>RFI Published - 6th April 2022<br/>PIN published - 28th April 2022<br/>Engagement Day - 5th May 2022<br/>Contract Notice/ ITT Published - 27th July 2022<br/>ITT Response Date- 15:00 GMT 5th September 2022

Contract period: 10 Mar 2022 – 31 Mar 2025 (3 yrs 1 mo)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: May be renewed if requirement still needed at end of contract. Need for renewal shall be evaluated 6 months before end date of the contractVariant bids: not allowed

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: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality/technical: 70%
  • price: 20%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality/technical: 70
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 20
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • 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
28 Apr 2022, 10:38 BST
Last source update
27 Feb 2023, 09:46 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
C72289
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005646
Classification (CPV)
Community action programmeSocial work and related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033139 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

Performance measured on KPI's<br/>KPI's include - Evidence interventions, take up of support offer, Quality of support offer, Home first ethos and Follow up support

Publisher note: To obtain further information and access ITT Documents<br/>Please follow these steps:<br/><br/>To register your interest and access ITT Documents for this Opportunity please use link below:<br/>https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome<br/>View Live Opportunities<br/>Search for Ref: C72289<br/>Click on Register Interest<br/>When you register your interest and you do not currently have an Account you will be requested to create one.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
5 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Mar 2022 → 31 Mar 2023 · 6 dates
  1. Contract starts
    10 Mar 2022
  2. Next notice expected
    23 May 2022, 00:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    5 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
  4. Bids opened
    6 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    27 Feb 2023, 09:46 GMT
  6. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Mar 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Jul 2022
  1. Published value updated to £5,187,667
    27 Jul 2022, 10:17 BST
    was £5,390,000
  2. Status changed to active
    27 Jul 2022, 10:17 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    27 Jul 2022, 10:17 BST
  4. Deadline published: 5 Sept 2022, 15:00 BST
    27 Jul 2022, 10:17 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    27 Feb 2023, 09:46 GMT
Published amendments (1)

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Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-04: 1 release · 28 Apr 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1—£4,985,140 – £4,985,140

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtMediation bodyReview body London
  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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