Care and Support Service at Reardon Court

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The London Borough of Enfield (the ‘contracting authority’) is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified provider to deliver an Extra Care Service (the ‘Service’) at Reardon Court, a newly built premises at 26 Cosgrove Court, Winchmore Hill London N21 3BH.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The aim of the Service is to support older people to continue to live independently in their own homes within the community. Please refer to the Service Specification, which is uploaded within the contracting authority’s e-Tendering portal, for further information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The building at Reardon Court is currently under construction and expected to be handed over March 2024. The contracting authority owns the property and service users will pay affordable rent.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The contract for this Service is envisaged to be based on a block contract arrangement covering a maximum of 960 hours to be delivered per week. This must cover the outcomes stated in the Service Specification in relation to care and support. The weekly hours may vary to take account Service Users who may have higher or more complex care needs and/or be at end-of-life stage.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The proposed contract is for an initial term of 5 years, and it is anticipated this shall commence from the Commencement Date of Mobilisation Service. Following contract commencement, a Mobilisation Phase of up to three (3) months (or as advised by the contracting authority in writing) for the mobilisation Services is expected to be in place. The contracting authority, at its absolute sole discretion, may exercise an option to extend the contract at the end of the initial term for a further period or periods of up to 2 years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The estimated total contract value is approximately 6,300,000.00 GBP over the 7 years period (including optional extension(s)).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and chapter 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">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 tender stage. Candidates ranked within the top 6 of the total scores (at the pre-selection stage) will be shortlisted for the second stage of the process, Invitation to Tender.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Therefore, the contracting authority is inviting interested organisations for expression of interest via submission of a Selection Questionnaire to participate in this procurement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Interested organisations are invited to submit the Selection Questionnaire and relevant documents via the contracting authority’s e-Tendering portal: London Tenders Portal&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.londontenders.org/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(29, 112, 184, 1)">www.londontenders.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt"> by the return deadline which is 12:00 noon on 24 April 2023.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Following the completion of the first stage supplier selection/SQ process, the contracting authority will invite pre-qualified candidates to submit their bids.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt">Please refer to the procurement documents uploaded on to the portal for further information.</span></p>