The London Borough of Enfield is seeking qualified providers to deliver Prevention and Early Intervention Services aimed at supporting residents in accessing timely information and assistance to promote independence and well-being.
Prevention and Early Intervention Services. The London Borough of Enfield (the ‘contracting authority’) is seeking to appoint up to five (5) suitably qualified providers to deliver its Prevention and Early Intervention Services. The aim of the Prevention and Early Intervention Services is to support Enfield residents to access the right information and support, at the right time. This means that people are enabled to live independently for longer, with good outcomes and without the need for more intensive support from health or social care. The Service is divided into five Lots with each Lot envisaged to have a separate contract. The 5 individual Lots are as follows: Lot 1: Supporting Unpaid Carers Lot 2: Supporting Independence through Information & Advice Digital Inclusion & Assistive Technology Lot 3: Supporting Independence through Advocacy & Inclusion Lot 4: Supporting Independence & Inclusion Through Early Intervention Lot 5: Home from Hospital, Supporting Recovery & Maintaining Independence A bidder may apply for more than one Lot. However, one bidder can only be awarded up to two (2) Lots. Where a bidder applies for all Lots and score top for all of the Lots, they will win only two Lots that they score high in the Partnership element of the quality question criteria. The proposed contracts are for an initial term of 3 years. The contracting authority, at its absolute sole discretion, may exercise an option to extend the contracts at the end of the initial term for two further period or periods of up to 3 years each, up to 9 years in total subject to contract and satisfactory performance. The estimated total contract value for the five (5) Lots is approximately 13,605,228.00 GBP over the 9 years period (including optional extension(s)). The estimated total values for each Lot are: Lot 1 = 3,322,242 GBP, Lot 2 = 4,125,492 GBP, Lot 3 = 1,953,504 GBP, Lot 4 = 2,898,990 GBP, and Lot 5 = 1,305,000 GBP. The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in chapter 3 and Schedule 3 (Social and other specific services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly. The procurement is being run as a two-stage process with a pre-selection stage using the core elements of the Standard Selection Questionnaire, and then a second stage, where shortlisted candidates will be invited to tender. Therefore, candidates ranked within the top 5 (for the Lot they are applying for) in Technical and Professional Ability and Service Specific Questions scores of the SSQ will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, i.e., Invitation to Tender. If two candidates achieve the same score in the scored questions of the SSQ, a candidate that scores high in Technical and Professional Ability question will be chosen over the other. If they still score the same in the Technical and Professional Ability question, then a candidate that scores high in both Technical and Professional Ability and one of the Service Specific Questions (Delivering Previous Services) will be selected. So, the contracting authority is inviting interested organisations for expression of interest via submission of a Selection Questionnaire to participate in this procurement. Interested organisations must submit the Selection Questionnaire and relevant financial information documents via the contracting authority’s e-Tendering portal: London Tenders Portal www.londontenders.org by the return deadline which is 12:00 noon on 18 November 2024. Instructions for completing the Selection Questionnaire (SSQ Appendix 2) and the SSQ Evaluation Method (SSQ Appendix 3) are uploaded on to the e-Tendering portal. Following the completion of the SQ process, the contracting authority will invite pre-qualified candidates to submit their tender(s). Please refer to the procurement documents uploaded on to the portal for further information. Lot 1: Supporting Unpaid Carers The overarching aim of this area is to identify, reach and provide accessible information and services to unpaid carers, so that they feel supported in their caring role and their health and wellbeing is maximised. See the Service Specification for this Lot uploaded within www.londontenders.org. Lot 2 - Supporting Independence through Information & Advice Digital Inclusion & Assistive Technology The overarching aim is to ensure people have access to the clear and personalised information and about key health, social care, and Voluntary Community Sector services. This will enable people to make informed decisions about the services they receive to support their independence, health, and wellbeing Lot 3: Supporting Independence through Advocacy & Inclusion The overarching aim of this contract is to improve accessibility and provision to advocacy for people and their carers in Enfield. People will be supported to be independent and have choice and control of all decision-making that impacts their lives and in achieving their full potential. Lot 4: Supporting Independence & Inclusion Through Early Intervention The aim of this service is to identify and reach key groups at risk of escalating need, provide suitable, early interventions to maximise independence. Lot 5: Home from Hospital, Supporting Recovery & Maintaining Independence The aim of this service is to facilitate recovery from illness and successful hospital discharge through the provision of high-quality support in the home, so that people are confident and able to discharge from a hospital setting and live independently in the community.