Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium
Authority: Medway Council (Local council)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionMedway Council wish to procure a new Medway VCS Better Together Consortium service. The contract forms a collaborative working partnership to support and improve life outcomes for Medway residents and a resilient Voluntary Community Sector within Medway.
The services are divided into 4 Lots:
- Lot 1 Infrastructure to support the VCS Organisations in Medway, to support a resilient and thriving VCS.
- Lot 2 Local Healthwatch Medway, to support the provision of an independent patient voice.
- Lot 3 Adult and Young Carers Support Services, that supports:
o Information, Guidance and Advice for Carers.
o A Young Carers support service, that ensures young carers are not undertaking inappropriate caring roles.
o Carers Support Payments, which enable both adults and young carers to take respite or to reach their life goals and to live independent healthy lives and avoid a crisis.
- Lot 4 Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired (VI) Support and Information Service, which will maintain the VI Registers and supports independent living, rehabilitation, and prevention of age-related eye conditions.
The Medway VCS Better Together Consortium key objectives are:
- One set of mutually agreed Key Performance Indicators.
- A single point of contact to address relevant issues, risks and opportunities.
- Strategic outcomes achieved by effective collaborative working relationships.
- Maximum use of community resource.
- The creation of a mutually agreed collaborative Action Plan.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£4,068,912 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Infrastructure to support the Voluntary and Community Organisations in MedwayAwardedRenewalPublished value£639,965
The overall objective of the service is to support the VCS in Medway to develop as organisations, represent their views and enable them to carry out their activities more effectively. This includes providing a voice for the voluntary and community sector, facilitating partnerships, and raising the profile of the sector, and supporting the sector with back-office functions, capacity building both for volunteering and income generation.
Lot #2Local HealthwatchAwardedRenewalPublished value£692,203
Medway Council are looking to commission a Local Healthwatch who will be proactive in working, across the Health and Care Partnership, with council officers, social care providers, the health and PCN and with VCS organisations. Ensuring that the right services are directed to where they are most needed. Use of Public Health data will enable focus to be on the most deprived and remote wards and those with the greatest health inequality, ethnic diversity, the older population, and people living with long term conditions.
Lot #3Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support PaymentsAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,888,693
The service will support adults and young Carers at any stage of their caring journey, from a recent diagnosis, natural ageing, through to end of life. The support will continue to be available following the death of the cared for person, until the carer no longer requires the support. With support offered in a variety of locations, including virtually and face to face and areas that are hard to reach.
The service will ensure the right adult and young carers services, advice and information and unpaid respite carers respite is available to Medway adult and young carers.
Lot #4Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired Support and Information ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£848,051
The overall objective is to maintain and administer the Visual Impairment Registers for both adult and young people in Medway as a statutory obligation.
The Provider will be flexible to support new legislation with regard to the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment, which is in development, via a possible future contract variation, depending on the requirements set out in legislation.
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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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
- 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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 30 May 2023, 12:46 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN671822- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032137- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d037Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
Timeline
29 Jun 2023 → 31 Oct 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened29 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
- Notice published31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Oct 2023, 13:26 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Infrastructure to support the Voluntary and Community Organisations in Medway1 award | |||
| Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action)SME | £638,296 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Local Healthwatch1 award | |||
| Engaging Kent CIC, T/A EK360SME | £692,203 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 3 · Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support Payments1 award | |||
| Carers FirstSME | £1,887,694 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired Support and Information Services1 award | |||
| Kent Association for the Blind | £774,499 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 032137-2023-1 · Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action)SME
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2023
- Value
- £638,296
- Status
- active
Contract 032137-2023-2 · Engaging Kent CIC, T/A EK360SME
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2023
- Value
- £692,203
- Status
- active
Contract 032137-2023-3 · Carers FirstSME
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2023
- Value
- £1,887,694
- Status
- active
Contract 032137-2023-4 · Kent Association for the Blind
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2023
- Value
- £774,499
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Infrastructure to support the Voluntary and Community Organisations in Medway | 1bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Local Healthwatch | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Carers Information, Guidance and Support, Young Carers and Carers Support Payments | 3bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Children’s and Adults Visually Impaired Support and Information Services | 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Carers FirstAwarded supplier
- Council for Voluntary Service (Medway) (Medway Voluntary Action)Awarded supplier
- Engaging Kent, trading as EK360Awarded supplier
- Kent Association for the BlindAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.