Visiting Support for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

Concepts

• health and social work
• livingston
• an agreed personal support plan
• unaccompanied asylum
• children
• unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
• seeking
• visiting
• seek
• asylum

Location

Description

West Lothian Council seek an experienced and qualified service provider to provide support to unaccompanied asylum seeking children. The provider will be required to support the young people to establish themselves and integrate into the community, access services and manage their housing. The type of support provided will be specific to the individual and based on an agreed personal support plan. The outcome of the contract is to provide the young person with a toolkit of skills and strategies, enabling them to move on to settled accommodation.

Total Quantity or Scope

The provider will be required to support the young people to establish themselves and integrate into the community, access services and manage their housing. The type of support provided will be specific to the individual and based on an agreed personal support plan. … Additional information: Full information on the Technical Criteria can be found within the Technical Envelope of the ITT. Please note: Quality Criteria will be scored out of 100% and tenderers will receive a pro-rata score based on the 90 marks available for the Technical evaluation. Bidders must achieve a minimum of 60% of the total quality score to pass through to the next stage.

Renewal Options

Subject to satisfactory operation and performance, West Lothian Council will have the option to extend by up to a further 12 months. Any period of extension will be at the discretion of the council.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Re: SPD Q3D.1, 3D.2 and 3D.3 Bidders should answer these questions on Environmental, social and labour law in relation to compliance with the regulations covering Scotland and the UK. TUPE – The incoming Contractor is responsible for obtaining legal and professional advice about relevant TUPE implications. CONFIDENTIALITY - 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 Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with EU directives or elsewhere in accordance with the requirements of UK government policy on the disclosure of information relating to government contracts. Please note: Community Benefits proposals will not form part of the award criteria and will not be evaluated but will be contractual obligations. For further procurement information visit the link below. West Lothian Council - Community Benefits in Procurement The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27782. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits will not form part of the award criteria and will not be evaluated but will be contractual obligations. (SC Ref:780765)