The Provision of An All Age Carer Support Service

Covered By

Procedure

Features

The contract is to be procured under a Competitive Flexible Process and will be subject to light touch regulation under the Procurement Act 2023. For those bidders that meet the Conditions of Participation, there will be a 2 stage award process. Stage 1 will comprise of a written submission in response to various Quality, Value for Money and Method Statement questions. The responses to each question will be scored (0 - 5) by a panel of assessors taken from both Sefton Council and Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. A moderation process will take place to determine an agreed score for each submission. Up to a maximum of three bidders submitting the highest scoring bids will then be taken through to Stage 2 of the award process subject to those bidders being able to promote their bid to a successful position with the marks remaining for Stage 2 of the award process Stage 2 of the process will comprise of a presentation of a maximum of 30 minutes duration followed by a question and answer session on the information presented. Presentations must be made face to face and will take place on 27th June 2025 at Bootle Town Hall Oriel Road, Bootle, L20 7AE Bidders must ensure that they will be able to attend this event in person. If they are unable to attend they will receive a score of zero (0) for this element of the evaluation. The information delivered in the presentation and subsequent question and answer session will be evaluated by a panel taken from both Sefton Council and Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board and a selection of Sefton residents who access the current services. The bidders invited to make a presentation will be scored (0 - 5) based on the content of their presentation and responses to subsequent questions A moderation process will take place to determine an agreed score. The score from the presentation and responses to subsequent questions will be added to the overall Tender response scores to determine the preferred bidder for the contract. For the avoidance of doubt, only those bidders invited to make a presentation, will be considered for the award of the contract.

Is Accelerated

Yes

Accelerated Rationale

Light touch contract

Amendments

Legal basis

Id

2023/54

Uri

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Scheme

UKPGA

Expected award period

Ends

29 Jul 2025, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends

16 May 2025, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends

9 May 2025, 12:00

Special regime

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy

allowed