Official UK procurement notice
Therapeutic Support (Psychological Interventions for those affected by Harmful Substance Use)
Authority: West Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of an evidenced intervention delivery model to provide structured psychological interventions focused on supporting recovery to adults who wish to recover from harmful substance use. The model will offer both individual and group interventions and provide psychological therapy and support to the individual and people involved with them; partners, relatives, children, friends and carers.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The service is part of West Lothian Care Pathway based around the Recovery Orientated…AwardedRenewal
The service is part of West Lothian Care Pathway based around the Recovery Orientated Systems of Care (ROSC) which aims to incorporate the “Quality Principles: Standards Expectations of Care and Support in Drug and Alcohol Services”.
The new contract will commence on 1st April 2023 for a three year period with a possible extension for a period of up to a further 24 months. Additional information: There was no price evaluation. In accordance with Section 76 (5) of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulation; the cost element may also take form of fixed price or cost on the basis of which economic operators competed on quality criteria only. Price was scored by awarding full marks to each bidder who are prepared to accept the council budget
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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 morei
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 sub-criteria (8)
- Service Delivery: 12%
- Implementation: 9%
- Quality Assurance: 9%
- Safeguarding: 6%
- Service User Engagement: 9%
- Fair Work First: 9%
- Costing & Resources: 6%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (8)
- Service Delivery: 12
- Implementation: 9
- Costing & Resources: 6
- Quality Assurance: 9
- Safeguarding: 6
- Service User Engagement: 9
- Fair Work First: 9
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Insurance Requirements:
Employers Liability - 10,000,000 GBP
Public Liability - 5,000,000 GBP
Professional Indemnity - 2,000,000 GBP
- Price carries 46 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.6 points. Quality carries 54 of 100: the paper moves it further than 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
- 20 Dec 2022, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 May 2023, 12:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Jan 2023 – …
- Authority reference
CC12337- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-015377- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0392edFind a Tender
- Performance terms
This will be a tender under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) and will be an Open procedure.
Drugs legislation is reserved to the UK Parliament. The three main statutes are:
-The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971)
-The Medicines Act (1968)
-The Psychoactive Substances Act (2016)
Other relevant legislation includes:
-Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
-The Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015
-The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016
-Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
-Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007
-Equalities Act 2010
-Human Rights Act 1998
-National Care Standards
-Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013
-Health and Social care standards 2018
-Data protection Act 2018
-Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2014
-General data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018
-Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014
Publisher note: (SC Ref:729236)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 31 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
31 Jan 2023 → 31 May 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline31 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened31 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published31 May 2023, 12:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 May 2023, 12:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service (WLDAS)SME | £2,597,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 015377-2023-1.-1 · West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service (WLDAS)SME
- Signed
- 30 May 2023
- Value
- £2,597,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Livingston Sherriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service (WLDAS)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria