Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services

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                "description": "The Council are looking to purchase a Service that will continue to support and work with Young Carers residing in South Lanarkshire to offer holistic, personalised support based on assessed need, risk and personal outcomes, to promote choice, control and independence for Young Carers by offering a range of direct and indirect support. The Service will deliver engagement and empowerment activities, information and representation services and connect Young Carers to their communities. It will offer a range of support including one to one, group work, and short breaks and in school support. It will offer training, information and advice, and Young Carer Statements. The Service will deliver a full spectrum of preventative approaches and supports to enable Young Carers to achieve their outcomes, have a life similar to that of other young people, ensure their rights are met and to stay healthy, safe, nurtured, included, active, achieving and responsible.",
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                    "description": "SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon. SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on. SPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers It is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Councils satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given. If the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. SPD Question 4A.2 Authorisation/Membership Where it is required, within a bidder's country of establishment they must confirm which authorisation or memberships of the relevant organisation(s) are required in order to perform this service. Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular authorisation or memberships."
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                    "description": "SPD Question 4C.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability (Services Experience) With reference to the nature and details of the services that are the subject matter of this tender, Bidders should demonstrate in their response to question 4C.1.2 that they have held contracts (preferably public sector authority) of a similar nature, size and value to those mentioned in the Service Specification. Bidders are required to provide examples that demonstrate relevant experience delivering carers support service over the last 3 years. Experience should be evidenced for all Lots being bid for, bidders should use the Technical Experience Template (Attachment 12) provided in the general attachments to give details of their experience and then upload this attachment to the general area. SPD Question 4C.6 and 4C.6.1 Technical and Professional Ability (Qualifications) It is a mandatory requirement of this tender that the successful bidder's staff and any subcontractor used by them to deliver the services as part of the contract must be appropriately vetted in accordance with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. SPD Question 4C.9 Technical and Professional Ability It is a mandatory requirement of the tender and subsequent contract that the successful bidder(s) must have, or commit to have, by the end of the implementation phase, premises located within South Lanarkshire geographical boundary as shown on Attachment 7 and referred to in the Service Specification. SPD Question 4C.10 Technical and Professional Ability (Sub-Contracting) Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. SPD Question 4C.12 Quality Control Bidders will be expected to hold Information Security Standards / accreditation up to and including ISO/IEC 27001:2013 in conjunction with Cyber Essentials Plus. Also, show demonstrable adherence to National Cyber Security Centres (NCSC) Cyber Security Principles and industry best practice in relation to the delivery of cloud services. Bidders not holding the above criteria must adhere to the attached Cloud Hosting Security Principles in relation to the delivery of the cloud services. SPD Question 4C.12.1 Quality Control If the certificates at question 4C.12 cannot be provided, bidders must adhere to the attached Cloud Hosting Security Principles detailed under Attachment 19 in relation to the delivery of the cloud services. SPD Question 4D.1 Quality Assurance Schemes Bidders should confirm that they hold a recognised Quality Assurance Standard e.g. BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) as detailed under Attachment 13. Health and Safety A Health & Safety Questionnaire must be completed and submitted when requested to do so by the Council, prior to any award being made. The Health and Safety Questionnaire is included in the attachment area for information only at this stage and doesn't require to be submitted within the Qualification Envelope. Bidders should confirm that they agree to complete the Health & Safety Questionnaire and any other associated supporting documents when requested to do so by the Council."
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