CC12957 - Forrest Walk Residential Care for Adults with a Physical Disability including Respite and Day Care Provision

Concepts

• health and social work
• livingston
• residential care
• high dependency care needs
• physical care needs
• other day support services
• respite care placements
• personal care
• care
• complex physical disabilities

Location

Livingston

Description

The aim of the service is to provide care and support for physically disabled service users with complex needs who have been assessed as requiring 24-hour support within a registered care home environment in the community.

Total Quantity or Scope

The building at Forrest Walk is owned by West Lothian Council. … The Unit requires on-site 24-hour staffing and it is likely that the residents will have a high level of cognitive or intellectual impairment. The following services are provided at Forest Walk: Residential Provision – four en-suite bedrooms and living area for long-term placements. The service provides all care and support for physically disabled service users with complex needs who have been assessed as requiring 24-hour support within a registered care home environment in the community. Respite Provision – two en-suite bedrooms and living area for respite care placements Respite provision offers short breaks to people with complex physical disabilities with a high level of physical care needs. Local short breaks make it more likely that people will be able to continue their other daily activities e.g. day care whilst in the service while also offering their family and carers a break. Day Care Provision - two places per day for people with complex physical disabilities and high dependency care needs and who require a high level of personal care and support. This service is offered to people for whom other day support services is no longer appropriate. ‘Emergency Call – overnight services for adapted tenancies’

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
• 85310000 - Social work services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Price - In accordance with Section 67 (5) of the Public Contacts (Scotland) Regulations (5) i.e. the cost element may also take the form of a fixed price or cost on the basis of which economic operators will compete on quality criteria only, the award evaluation will be based on the Most Economically Advantageous Tender on the basis of a fixed price as stipulated in the Tender documents. All information supplied by the Authority must be treated in confidence and not disclosed to third parties except insofar as this is necessary to obtain sureties or quotations for the purpose of submitting the tender. All information supplied by you to the Authority will similarly be treated in confidence except: (i) for any information required to be disclosed or otherwise provided by the Authority to any person in order to comply with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and any codes of practice applicable from time to time relating to access to public authorities’ information. The Tenderer shall co-operate, facilitate, support and assist the Authority in the provision of this information. In the event the Authority is required to provide information to any person as a result of a request made to it under such Act and/or codes, the Authority shall adhere to the requirements of such Act and/or codes in disclosing information relating to this Agreement, the Project documents and the Contractor. (ii) that references may be sought from banks, existing or past clients, or other referees submitted by the tenderers; (iii) for the disclosure of such information with regard to the outcome of the procurement process as may be required to be published in the Supplement to the current World Trade Organisation or elsewhere in accordance with the requirements of UK government policy on the disclosure of information relating to government contracts. Procedures for Review - An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session’ Re SPD question 4B.6 In relation to D&B checks In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent rating,tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 year period. The council will review any information which is comparable to a Dun & Bradstreet score of 50 from a recognised Agency to substantiate the Tenderer’s financial status. In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee. Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected. Police Scotland and D&B checks will be carried out. Evaluated Community Benefits will be included within this tender. (SC Ref:766074)