Social Care Agency Workers Flexible Framework Agreement

CPV: Child daycare services · Community health services · Daycare services · Daycare services for handicapped children and young people · Rehabilitation services · Social services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services with accommodation · Social work services without accommodation · Supply services of domestic help personnel · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff · +5 more

Procedure method

Open procedure

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Closed

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

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

2 Nov 2021, 16:14 GMT

Last source update

24 May 2022, 10:58 BST

Authority reference

1721

FTS notice number

2022/S 000-014192

Classification (CPV)

Child daycare servicesCommunity health servicesDaycare servicesDaycare services for handicapped children and young peopleRehabilitation servicesSocial servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work servicesSocial work services with accommodationSocial work services without accommodation

+7 more

Supply services of domestic help personnelSupply services of personnel including temporary staff

Delivery area

Scotland (UKM)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-02f2b4 Find a Tender

Publisher note: CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION The scope of services to be provided under this FFA is relative to the provision of a social and other specific service as defined in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) and in accordance with Regulations 74-76. Any application of or reference to other Regulations unless clearly identified is not to be implied and should not be construed as applying any of the other Regulations to the procurement exercise or resulting FFA, or bringing any of them into force. Accordingly, it is Scotland Excel and the Purchasers intention that, after the establishment of this arrangement, New Entrants may be permitted to apply to be included within this arrangement as being available to provide the Service within certain Lots and Regional Sub-Lots as required to ensure sufficient service coverage across all geographical Regions in Scotland. New Entrants will be permitted to apply to be included within this arrangement at a frequency determined by the requirements of the Purchasing Authorities. By virtue of Regulation 76(3) of the Regulations, Tenderers in any of the situations listed in Regulation 58 of the Regulations may be excluded. FINANCIAL STABILITY Scotland Excel will conduct a financial analysis on Tenderers from a credit referencing agency. The Tenderer is to confirm that a search will not return a "Warning" or "caution" returnable code or any neutral code or can provide documents to prove that the tender does/would not represent an unmanageable risk should it be appointed onto the proposed FFA. Tenderers who are unable to demonstrate satisfactory financial stability will be excluded. MINIMUM INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS i) Public/Products Liability – To a minimum limit of 5,000,000GBP for each individual claim. Where activities such as first aid, administration of prescribed drugs or medicines and administration of drugs or medicines available without prescription will be carried out, evidence of extension of said public liability for treatment risk and/ or administration of medicines; ii) Employers' Liability – To a minimum limit of indemnity of 10,000,000GBP for each individual claim. Where the Supplier is exempt from this requirement, e.g., as a ‘sole trader’, then this must be confirmed by the Supplier; iii) Professional Indemnity – To a minimum limit of indemnity of 1,000,000GBP for each individual claim and in the aggregate to cover all risks in the performance of this FFA from time to time; iv) Statutory Third-Party Motor Vehicle Liability – To a minimum indemnity limit of 5,000,000GBP for property damage and unlimited for third party injury or ongoing arrangements in place to ensure that Agency Workers using their private vehicles are appropriately insured for business purposes. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 20624. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: In accordance with section 25(3) of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 note that, Scotland Excel intends to include community benefit requirements. As part of your response within the Technical Envelope, bidders will be requested to commit to delivery of community benefits in accordance with the methodology outlined in the tender documents. (SC Ref:680805)

Appointment period ends

30 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

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