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Published 7 Jul 2021, 16:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

East Renfrewshire Council Telecare Alarm Receiving & Call- Handing System – Supply, Implementation, Support and Licensing/ Maintenance from Analogue to Digital Operation

Official notice

Authority: East Renfrewshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£320,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Aug 2021awarded 6 Oct 2021
Awarded to Children 1st, Enovation UK Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Renfrewshire Council is inviting tenders, from suitably qualified companies for the provision and installation of an Alarm Receiving Centre.

East Renfrewshire Council provides a 24/7/365 call handling services to c.3000 citizens within the Authority Area, handling a total of c.24000 incoming alarm calls and outbound calls per month. This is delivered through SLAs with East Renfrewshire HSCP for individuals (c.2537 clients), and for our Housing Services (323 scheme clients), and with a third party Housing Association (48 scheme clients) to deliver to telecare to citizens within group housing schemes. The telecare service is part of the drive to deliver social care in innovative ways within the community to meet the needs of the ageing population.

CPV: Alarm-monitoring services · Call centre

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Open tenderAwardedRenewal

Open tender. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland · East Renfrewshire
Extensions: 2x12monthsVariant 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: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Cost: 30
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    The proposed ARC solution the bidder is proposing must be on the Scottish Government Digital Office’s Assessed Supplier’s Security List published in the Digital Telecare Playbook by date of contract telecare.digitaloffice.scot ↗

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 90,000 GBP for the last 2 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    The bidder confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:

    Professional Risk Indemnity: 2m GBP

    Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: 5m GBP

    Public Liability: 5m GBP

    Minimum: Period covered: 2019/2020 and 2020-2021 financial years A minimum score of 1 is required for solvency ratios while profitability ratios must demonstrate a positive result. (If this criteria is not met the council will at its discretion consider further financial information in re…
  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

    Back to 3 years.

    Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
7 Jul 2021, 16:45 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2021, 14:54 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
CE 19 20 003
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025061
Classification (CPV)
Alarm-monitoring servicesCall centre
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c4fc Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:669822)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline
10 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Aug 2021 → 7 Oct 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    7 Oct 2021, 14:54 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Jul 2021, 10:45 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,490,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 6 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Children 1st£1,200,000 †—Awarded
Enovation UK Ltd£290,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 025061-2021-CE 21 22 003-1 · Enovation UK Ltd

    Signed
    6 Oct 2021
    Value
    £290,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 017756-2021-CE 20 21 035-1 · Children 1st

    Signed
    13 Jul 2021
    Value
    £1,200,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Renfrewshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Eastwood HQ, Eastwood Park,, Giffnock, Scotland, G46 6UGContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Paisley Sheriff and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Paisley

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Children 1stAwarded supplier 83 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 1AT
  • Enovation UK LimitedAwarded supplier Suite 17 Link 665 Business Centre, Todd Hall Road, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancashire, UK, BB4 5HU

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.