Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Social and Care Agency Workers
This framework will be for the supply of agency workers for temporary work agencies to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of the hirer.
It is envisaged that this framework will cover the supply of fully vetted and qualified social workers and other professional social and care agency workers as well as home and residential carers on temporary assignments or other temporary assignments required by hirers within a community and/or social care setting.
Main site or location: Multiple sites across Scotland.
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators. Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 50
Duration of the framework agreement: 4 Years
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement: £80,000,000
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 12pm, 5th May 2014
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of:
- Scottish Prison Service
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Lothian Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Glasgow City Council
- Highland Council
- Inverclyde Council
- Midlothian Council
- Moray Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Stirling Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council
- NHS Ayrshire and Arran
- NHS Borders
- NHS Dumfries and Galloway
- NHS Education for Scotland
- NHS Fife
- NHS Forth Valley
- NHS Grampian
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- NHS Health Scotland
- NHS Highland
- NHS Lanarkshire
- NHS Lothian
- NHS Orkney
- NHS Shetland
- NHS Tayside
- NHS Western Isles
Total quantity or scope: Supply of Social and Care Agency Workers for the period of 1.8.2014 to 31.7.2016 with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance and customer satisfaction, for 2 periods up to a total of 24 month to 31.7.2018. This Framework Arrangement will be divided into Lots. Tenderers are invited to offer for any or all Lots for any or all regions. Only offers for all of the Core Roles in each Lot as defined will be considered as a compliant offer. The Framework Arrangement will be awarded on a Lot by Lot basis per region, ensuring geographical coverage, to Suppliers who offer the Most Economically Advantageous Tender in each Lot for each region.
Lot No: 1 – Lot title: Residential
Short description: Supply of agency workers in a social and care residential setting.
Quantity or scope: Core Roles:
- Care Assistant;
- Residential Worker;
- Senior Carer.
Lot No: 2 – Lot title: Community
Short description: Supplier of agency workers in a social and care community based setting.
Quantity or scope: Core Roles:
- Support Worker;
- Day Centre Officer;
- Social Work Assistant;
- Supervisor.
Lot No: 3 – Lot title: Professional
Short description: Supply of agency workers for professional social and care roles.
Quantity or scope: Core Roles:
- Social Worker (Entry Level);
- Social Worker;
- Senior Social Worker;
- Occupational Therapist.
Lot No: 4 – Lot title: Ancillary
Short description: Supply of agency workers for ancillary roles in a social and care setting.
Quantity or scope: Core Roles:
- Cook;
- Assistant Cook;
- Domestic Assistant.
Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender.
- Technical – Weighting 60
- Financial – Weighting 40
Name, addresses and contact point(s): Scotland Excel, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Social Care, Attn: Strategic Procurement, PA1 1AR, Paisley,. Tel. +44 3003001200. Email: social.care@scotland-excel.org.uk. Fax. +44 1416187423.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10383
Elick HERE for electronic access to information and submission of tenders / requests to participate.
Note: The authority is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, registration will be required.
To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and search for project Code 2108 within the appropriate area.
If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts, you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel.
Additional information: Scotland Excel intends to use an electronic tendering system in this procurement exercise. Please register using the link: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk to download the tender documentation Bravo Ref. project 2108, ITT Number 4223 SXL-Social and Care Agency Workers (12-13)
The tender documents are only available to access online. The tender documents will not be sent to you. Community benefits will apply.
