Official UK procurement notice
WP3714 - Advocacy Services
Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council wishes to procure a provider to deliver Advocacy Services: Independent Care Act Advocacy, IMHA, ICAS and IMCA to support the Council to fulfil its duty with regard to the provision of Independent Statutory Advocacy. The service is for eligible people who have been judged to have substantial difficulty or lack the capacity to engage with processes relating to their care, health and support services, or in deprivation of liberty situations, and do not have an appropriate individual (i.e. family member) to represent them. The tender consolidates several Independent Advocacy Service requirements into two Specifications to cover the following: Specification 1Service 1 - Independent Care Act Advocacy to comply with the Care Act 2014Service 2 - Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to comply with the Mental Health Act 1983(as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007)Service 3 - Independent Complaints Advocacy (ICAS) to comply with the NHS and Social Care Act 2012Spec
CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Guidance services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,218,000
What it takes to wini
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).
- Price
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Apr 2022, 10:52 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Aug 2022, 11:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
WP3714- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022564- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0331e8Find a Tender
- Review procedure
WMBC will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar daystandstill period at the point information on entering into the agreement is published. Such additional informationshould be requested from the addressee found in I.1). If an appeal regarding entering into the agreement hasnot been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrievedparties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (within 30 days beginningwith the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for such action hadarisen). Where the agreement has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the decisionto enter into the agreement or order WMBC to amend any document and may award damages. Following thecorrect implementation of a 10 day standstill period and publication of appropriate notices the court may onlyaward damages once the agreement has been entered into.
Publisher note: Interest in this contract process should be expressed via the Council’s e-Tendering Portal – https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncilThe Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the contract. The Council also reserves the right not to award a contract or to award a contract for parts or part of the services only.The Council will not, under any circumstances, reimburse any expense incurred by bidders in preparing their SSQ or tender submissions.The Council notes that the award of the contract may involve a transfer of employment undertakings pursuant to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, and will clarify the position with the applicants during the tender process.This is a voluntary contract notice.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 30 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
30 May 2022 → 1 Oct 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline30 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened30 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published16 Aug 2022, 11:41 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 Aug 2022, 11:41 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| POhWERAdvocacy Services | £1,216,830 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Advocacy Services · POhWER
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2022
- Value
- £1,216,830
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- POhWERAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria