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Published 21 Apr 2023, 10:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Home Care Services

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)

Framework agreement8 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 22 May 2023awarded 15 Aug 2023
Lots 8see the lot list below

What is being bought8 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The London Borough of Merton (“the Authority”) is inviting tenders to deliver Home Care Services for Adults aged 18 years or over and Personal Care for Children aged 14 or over with an education, health and care (EHC) plan transitioning from Children’s Social Care to Adult Social Care. The purpose of the service is to provide care primarily in Service User’s own homes to enable them to improve their overall wellbeing, remain in their own homes, living as independently and as safely as possible

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
62 bids on the busiest of 6 lots · 31 suppliers appointed

Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure

8 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…Awarded

The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the contract of Home Care Services for adults aged eighteen (18) years or over and Children aged fourteen (14) or over. Home care services will be delivered within the London Borough of Merton.

Lot 1 (2 Prime Providers):- Consists of two (2) Prime providers appointed to deliver services in Zone 1.

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…Awarded

The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the contract of Home Care Services for adults aged eighteen (18) years or over and Children aged fourteen (14) or over. Home care services will be delivered within the London Borough of Merton.

Lot 2 (2 Prime Providers):- Consists of two (2) Prime providers appointed to deliver services in Zone 2.

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…Awarded

The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the contract of Home Care Services for adults aged eighteen (18) years or over and Children aged fourteen (14) or over. Home care services will be delivered within the London Borough of Merton.

Lot 3 (6 Supplementary Providers):- Consists of a maximum of six (6) potential providers who may be called upon to provide additional capacity in case Prime Providers appointed to Zone 1 and Zone 2 are not in position to take up a care package referred to them.

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…Awarded

The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the contract of Home Care Services for adults aged eighteen (18) years or over and Children aged fourteen (14) or over. Home care services will be delivered within the London Borough of Merton.

Lot 4 (Mental Health Specialist Providers):- Consists of Mental Health Specialist Providers for working age adults and older people (deployed across all zones).

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #5The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…Awarded

The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the contract of Home Care Services for adults aged eighteen (18) years or over and Children aged fourteen (14) or over. Home care services will be delivered within the London Borough of Merton.

Lot 5(a) (Specialist Providers):- Consists of providers offering adults specialist services for example, deaf and/or blind Service Users with learning disabilities needing care; and complex learning disability cases for older people with challenging behaviours.

Delivery: London
Lot #6The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…Awarded

The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations for the contract of Home Care Services for adults aged eighteen (18) years or over and Children aged fourteen (14) or over. Home care services will be delivered within the London Borough of Merton.

Lot 5(b) Consists of providers delivering Personal Care Services for children and young people.

Delivery: London
Lot #7Lot 5(a) (Specialist Providers):- Consists of providers offering adults specialist…

Lot 5(a) (Specialist Providers):- Consists of providers offering adults specialist services for example, deaf and/or blind customers with learning disabilities needing care; and complex learning disability cases for older people with challenging behaviours.

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #8Lot 5(b):- Consists of providers delivering Personal Care Services for children and…

Lot 5(b):- Consists of providers delivering Personal Care Services for children and young people.

Delivery: London
Variant 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 · same split on all 6 lots
Quality: 95%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical & Quality: 95%
  • Social value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical & Quality: 95
  • Social value: 5
  • Price: 0
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • “Provision of Home Care Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Apr 2023, 10:29 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2023, 13:04 BST
Award evaluation window
22 May 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN666949
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024949
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
London (UKI63)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c285 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
22 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 May 2023 → 24 Aug 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    22 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    24 Aug 2023, 13:04 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Aug 2023, 13:04 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 31admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 6254 from SMEs · busiest of 6 lots
Contracts signed 20latest 15 Aug 2023

49 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 024949-2023-1

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-10

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-11

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-12

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-13

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-14

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-15

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-16

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-17

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-18

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-19

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-2

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-20

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-21

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-22

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-23

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-24

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-25

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-26

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 024949-2023-27

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…37bids · 37 electronic29—£1,000,000 – £1,500,000
2 · The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…37bids · 37 electronic28—£1,000,000 – £1,500,000
3 · The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…62bids · 62 electronic54—£250,000 – £1,000,000
4 · The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…29bids · 29 electronic28—£70,000 – £1,000,000
5 · The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…43bids · 43 electronic40—£70,000 – £1,000,000
6 · The London Borough of Merton invites tenders from suitably experienced organisations…21bids · 21 electronic20—£70,000 – £1,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Merton

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, London Rd, Morden, London, SM4 5DXContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Merton CouncilReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

32 commercial parties on the notice
Show 22 more suppliers

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