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title: "Supported Living Services at Bathgate and Uphall station"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000623981"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL"
published: "2020-06-23"
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# Supported Living Services at Bathgate and Uphall station

Buyer: WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000623981

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## Summary

West Lothian Council is proceeding with a direct award of the contract titled "Supported Living Services at Bathgate and Uphall Station," intended to provide essential services to vulnerable residents in the area. This award process, executed under extreme urgency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is recorded as complete and falls under the services category. The contract, signed on 22 June 2020, has a total estimated value of £1,209,030. The service addresses the needs of eight adults with profound learning disabilities residing in Bathgate and Uphall Station.

This opportunity presents significant potential for companies specialising in care services, particularly those with experience in supported living arrangements for individuals with learning disabilities. Businesses able to scale their operations quickly to respond to urgent needs would be particularly well-suited to benefit from such contracts. Given the council's need for a swift and reliable service provider during an unprecedented crisis, enterprises with a reputation for quality and efficacy in service delivery may find this a valuable avenue for growth.

## Notice

A direct award to the incumbent provider in light of the present Covid 19 pandemic to ensure that the Council has Supported Living Services to tenants in separate properties at Bathgate and Uphall Station.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A direct award for supported living services to 8 adults with profound and moderate learning disabilities with high support needs based in two locations in West Lothian: Gideon Street, Bathgate EH48 4HD (premises owned by Barony Housing Association) and Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station which is owned by the incumbent provider. A direct award is required to ensure continuity of care for vulnerable service users during the present Covid 19 pandemic.. As this was a direct award and no competitive tendering activity took place, there is no price or quality award criteria. Also,although the estimated total value including the proposed contract extension is GBP 1,209,030 the estimated value of the proposed extension is GBP 301,070

### Procurement Information

The Council needs to respond immediately to the ongoing COVID-19 consequences with staff for example being diverted from their normal duties. The events that have led to the need for extreme urgency were unforeseeable and could not have been predicted by a reasonable diligent Authority. The present situation is not attributable to the Contracting Authority in any way and with council staff employed in other capacities it is not possible to comply with the usual timescales in the 2015 Regulations. There is also no known available framework whereby a call off contract under an existing commercial agreement such as a framework or dynamic purchasing system could be undertaken.The Council therefore perceive that the extreme urgency factors within Section 33 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 have been met and with a duty to ensure that there is service provision for vulnerable persons, it is proposed that a direct award is made for a period of seven months as the full impact of COVID 19 is unknown in terms of both our own workforce and that of service providers. This will allow time for tendering activity to re-commence.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN389093 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jun 2020 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Jun 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,209,030 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL |
| Locality | LIVINGSTON |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH54 6FF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM14 West Lothian |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Electoral ward | Livingston South |
| Westminster constituency | Livingston |
| Delivery location | TLM78 West Lothian |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | REAL LIFE OPTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 23 Jun 2020 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN389093

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN389093
  Supported Living Services at Bathgate and Uphall station - A direct award to the incumbent provider in light of the present Covid 19 pandemic to ensure that the Council has Supported Living Services to tenants in separate properties at Bathgate and Uphall Station.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000623981
- https://westlothian.gov.uk

## Provenance

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