Contract notice: Benefit services Tender, United Kingdom - 28398531

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Contract notice: Benefit services

Deadline : 10 Dec 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 28398531

Document Ref. No. : 499395-2018

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : RHONDDA CYNON TAF CBC
Office Name: Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC
Address: The Pavilions, Clydach Vale
Town: Tonypandy
Postal Code: CF40 2XX


Phone: +44 1443
United Kingdom
Email :procurement@rctcbc.gov.uk
URL :http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/

Tender Details

Object of the contract
Benefit services

Description: Contract notice: Benefit services

Authority Type: Regional or local authority
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: European Union
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 75310000, 75310000, 66170000, 32423000, 75310000, 66170000, 32423000
CPV Description: Benefit services.

Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.

Network hubs.

Framework Agreement For The Provision Of Revenues and Benefits And Associated Services

Reference Number : RCT/BS/S327

The Council is seeking a service delivery partner to create a scalable "centre of excellence" based within Rhondda Cynon Taf, and initially centred around revenues and benefits services.

Main Site : Rhondda Cynon Taff

The procurement is structured to appoint a strategic service delivery partner to create a scalable "centre of excellence" based within Rhondda Cynon Taf, and initially centred around revenues and benefits services.

The Council may at a future point wish to consider transferring other services ("Additional Services") into the partnership. These services could include (but are not limited to):

— customer contact,

— ICT Support,

— transactional/support type services (e.g. financial, employment, resources).

Therefore tenderers and those considering participation in this tender process should note that it is the intention to achieve growth through this partnership of both the amount/value of services and the range of services to be provided, and that this is intended to be a dynamic and growing partnership.

The Framework Agreement will be open to all local authorities in Wales, including Welsh Government (together referred to as "Participating Authorities") as detailed in the Contract Notice.

Specific contracts (deployment orders) can be entered into for up to a maximum of 15 years.

Participating authorities may call off for up to 2 separate arrangements during the 10 year framework duration.

The services are subject to regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (under chapter 3 for social and other specific services), known as "Light Touch Regime". Therefore the Council is not obliged to comply with the full extent of the Regulations, only those parts which apply to the Light Touch Regime. The Council is voluntarily running this procurement exercise using a similar process to the Competitive Procedure With Negotiation (CPWN) under the 2015 Regulations, but without being bound fully by those parts of the 2015 Regulations which apply to the CPWN, and you are deemed to understand fully the processes that the Council is required to follow under relevant European and UK legislation. Furthermore, whilst the term "framework" is used to describe this contractual arrangement, it is not intended to be a Framework Agreement as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the provisions of Regulation 33 should not be taken to apply.

The first call off/deployment order placed by RCTCBC will be awarded simultaneously to the framework, and will be for an approximate value of 2 350 000 GBP per annum for the core services of revenues and benefits.

The remainder of the value is the estimated contract value for call-offs by other authorities and is not guaranteed.

Tenderers are advised that TUPE shall apply to this tender.

All communication for this tender will be conducted via the eTenderWales portal. Project code 40100

Note: the authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=86757

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver community benefits in support of the authority's economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The community benefits included in this contract are:

Please see tender document

(WA Ref:86757)


Internet address (URL): http://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/

Documents

 Tender Notice