INVERCLYDE COUNCIL has floated a tender for Contract notice: Counselling services. The project location is United Kingdom and the tender is closing on 27 Apr 2020. The tender notice number is 154355-2020, while the TOT Ref Number is 41961514. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

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Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Contract notice: Counselling services

Deadline : 27 Apr 2020

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 41961514

Document Ref. No. : 154355-2020

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : INVERCLYDE COUNCIL
Office Name: Inverclyde Council
Address: Corporate Procurement, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square
Town: Greenock
Postal Code: PA15 1LX


Phone: +44 1475712364
United Kingdom
Email :kirsty.munro@inverclyde.gov.uk
URL :http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk

Tender Details

Object of the contract
Counselling services

Description: Contract notice: Counselling services

Authority Type: Regional or local authority
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: Not specified
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 85312320, 85312320, 85312300, 85312320, 85312300
CPV Description: Counselling services.

Guidance and counselling services.

Service for the Provision of a School Age Counselling Service

Reference Number : CP0364/HSCP

Inverclyde council on behalf of Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and in conjunction with Inverclyde Council`s Education Service seeking a provider to deliver a new service for the provision of an early help service to promote and improve the mental health, emotional resilience and well-being of children and young people who are negatively affected or are at risk of being affected by poor mental health. This will be a counselling service delivered predominantly in schools, but also where necessary in homes and community settings, to support children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.

Inverclyde council on behalf of Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) and in conjunction with Inverclyde Council`s Education Service seeking a provider to deliver a new service for the provision of an early help service to promote and improve the mental health, emotional resilience and well-being of children and young people who are negatively affected or are at risk of being affected by poor mental health. This will be a counselling service delivered predominantly in schools, but also where necessary in homes and community settings, to support children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.

Inverclyde Council will check the financial status of applicants by means of a Dun and Bradstreet assessment. In order to be considered, applicants must achieve one of the following:

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

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Insurance (ESPD 4B):

It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance as indicated below:

Employer`s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = GBP 5 million

Public Liability = GBP 10 million including an indemnity against abuse claims with no inner limit.

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ESPD 4C Subcontractors

Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

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ESPD 4D Quality Management Procedures

The bidder must hold a UKAs (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) OR hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name `Contract Notice Additional Information`).

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Health & Safety

The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 18001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum OR hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name `Contract Notice Additional Information`) ESPD Health & Safety.

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The bidder must hold UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate OR hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name `Contract Notice Additional Information`).

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Technical Envelope 2.4 Part A: Child Protection Policy

The bidder must have a documented Child Protection Policy that fully meets the Protection of The Children (Scotland) Act 1995, the Children`s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 and Children and Young People (S) Act 2014 and the guidance in Protecting Children and Young People: The Charter (Scottish Executive, 2004).

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Technical Envelope 2.5 Part A: Complaints Procedure

The bidder must comply with Inverclyde Council`s Complaints Handling Procedure.

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Technical Envelope 2.6 Part A: Data Protection, Data Retention and Secure Destruction

The bidder must demonstrate appropriate compliance with the Data Protection Laws for Data Protection, Data Retention and Secure Destruction by providing a copy of their Policy/Policies.

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It will also be a condition of contract that Tenderers comply with Inverclyde Council`s General Conditions of Contract, Special Conditions of Contract, Specification & Appendices, Contract Information for Tenderers and enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with Inverclyde Council.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 15215. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361

A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:

Bidders should set out the community benefits they will bring to the Inverclyde area in the event of a successful tender. This may include but not limited to; contributions to education (e.g. promoting mental health as a career path, vocational places, training places within your organisation or coaching/mentoring for staff and school children), supply chain initiatives for local SME`s; environmental initiatives; resources for community initiatives and targeted recruitment and training.

(SC Ref:611708)


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

Documents

 Tender Notice