{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-r6ebe6-0000842456-2026-09-21T00:00:00Z", "date": "2026-09-21T00:00:00Z", "ocid": "ocds-r6ebe6-0000842456", "initiationType": "tender", "parties": [ { "id": "org-11", "name": "Inverclyde Council", "identifier": { "legalName": "Inverclyde Council" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Procurement, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square", "locality": "Greenock", "region": "UKM83", "postalCode": "PA15 1LX" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "procurement@Inverclyde.gov.uk", "telephone": "+44 1475717171", "url": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "classifications": [ { "id": "Regional or local authority", "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE" }, { "id": "01", "description": "General public services", "scheme": "COFOG" } ], "url": "http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk" } }, { "id": "org-12", "name": "Greenock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court", "identifier": { "legalName": "Greenock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Sheriff Court House, 1 Nelson Street", "locality": "Greenock", "postalCode": "PA15 1TR" }, "contactPoint": { "url": "http://" }, "roles": [ "reviewBody" ] } ], "buyer": { "name": "Inverclyde Council", "id": "org-11" }, "tender": { "id": "CP0625/HSCP", "title": "Provision of a Mental Health Recovery Service", "description": "Inverclyde Council requires the Provider to provide a Mental Health Recovery Support Service which provides personalised and collective support to adults with mental health and /or drug and alcohol related issue. In delivering the Service, the Provider shall have regard to and support, where relevant and proportionate to the Services, the principles, objectives and outcomes of the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy and any successor national refugee integration strategy or associated delivery framework applicable during the term of the Contract.", "status": "active", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "id": "85000000", "scheme": "CPV" }, { "id": "85323000", "scheme": "CPV" }, { "id": "85312500", "scheme": "CPV" }, { "id": "85312400", "scheme": "CPV" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKM83" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure", "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "submissionMethod": [ "electronicSubmission" ], "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk", "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2026-10-21T12:00:00Z" }, "awardPeriod": { "startDate": "2026-10-21T12:00:00Z" }, "documents": [ { "id": "SEP564880", "documentType": "contractNotice", "title": "Provision of a Mental Health Recovery Service", "description": "Inverclyde Council requires the Provider to provide a Mental Health Recovery Support Service which provides personalised and collective support to adults with mental health and /or drug and alcohol related issue. In delivering the Service, the Provider shall have regard to and support, where relevant and proportionate to the Services, the principles, objectives and outcomes of the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy and any successor national refugee integration strategy or associated delivery framework applicable during the term of the Contract.", "url": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP564880", "format": "text/html" } ], "lots": [ { "id": "1", "description": "Inverclyde Council requires the Provider to provide a Mental Health Recovery Support Service which provides personalised and collective support to adults with mental health and /or drug and alcohol related issue. In delivering the Service, the Provider shall have regard to and support, where relevant and proportionate to the Services, the principles, objectives and outcomes of the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy and any successor national refugee integration strategy or associated delivery framework applicable during the term of the Contract.", "status": "active", "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "quality", "name": "Outcomes and Impact", "description": "5" }, { "type": "price", "description": "60" } ] }, "hasOptions": false, "submissionTerms": { "variantPolicy": "notAllowed" }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2027-02-01T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2030-01-31T00:00:00Z" }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "Retender exercise will take place prior to expiry on 31st January 2030." } } ], "bidOpening": { "date": "2026-10-21T12:00:00Z" }, "contractTerms": { "hasElectronicPayment": true, "hasElectronicOrdering": true, "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed" }, "coveredBy": [ "GPA" ], "selectionCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "economic", "description": "Inverclyde Council will check the financial status of applicants by means of a Dun and Bradstreet assessment. In order to be considered, applicants must achieve one of the following: (a) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 3, the annual contract value should also be less than 50% of the tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 24 months of the date of the financial check). OR (b) Where the tenderers Dun & Bradstreet risk indicator is 2 or better, the annual contract value should also be less than 75% of the tenderers average turnover over the preceding 2 years (with audited accounts dated within 21 months of the date of the financial check). PLEASE NOTE THE IMPORTANT GUIDANCE TO BIDDERS BELOW: APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEY MEET THESE CRITERIA AS FAILURE OF THE FINANCIAL CHECK WILL MEAN THAT THEIR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FURTHER. APPLICANTS SHOULD ALSO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THEIR DUN AND BRADSTREET RATINGS ARE CORRECT AND IT IS THE APPLICANT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE ANY QUERIES WITH DUN AND BRADSTREET IF THEY FEEL A CORRECTION IS REQUIRED. THE COUNCIL WILL RELY ON THE RISK RATING IT OBTAINS AT THE TIME IT PERFORMS THE D&B FINANCIAL CHECK. You must provide your average yearly turnover for the last 2 years. Turnover must be provided from your audited accounts. Turnover from unaudited accounts or part year turnover will not be accepted. If you are unable to provide the turnover information required due to being exempt from submission of full audited accounts, please provide an explanation on why you are exempt in response to this question. If you have responded that you are exempt from submitting full audited accounts, please confirm that you will be prepared to submit alternative information and documentation on your financial position should this be required at any point. This information could be required at selection or in the event that the bidder is identified as the preferred bidder. *INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS* 4B.5.1a/4B.5.1b/4B.5.2 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and minimum levels of insurance indicated below: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5M GBP Public Liability Insurance = 5M GBP with no inner limit for abuse Professional Indemnity Insurance = 2M GBP Data Protection/Cyber Risk = 1M GBP" }, { "type": "technical", "description": "4C.1.2 Bidders must provide a minimum of two (2) examples of contracts or services delivered within the last three (3) years that demonstrate their experience of providing recovery-oriented community support services similar in scope, complexity, scale, value and duration to this contract. Examples should clearly demonstrate: - delivery of person-centred, recovery-focused support; - experience of supporting people with mental health, alcohol and/or drug recovery needs; - partnership working with statutory, third sector and community organisations; - evidence of improved outcomes for individuals; - how outcomes were measured and evaluated; - examples of continuous service improvement arising from performance monitoring and feedback; - experience of delivering trauma-informed and strengths-based practice. SPD Question 4C.6 Bidders will be required to confirm that they have the following educational and professional qualifications: The Provider's Service Manager must hold or be working towards a relevant qualification at SCQF Level 9 (or equivalent) in a subject such as social work, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, counselling, psychology, community education, social care, health and social care, or another discipline relevant to the delivery and management of the Mental Health Recovery Service. OR a minimum of two years demonstrable experience working within mental health, recovery, social care, community support or another relevant service environment such as mental health recovery services, supported accommodation, community-based mental health services, third sector mental health services, peer support services, advocacy services, or services supporting people with complex or enduring mental health needs The Provider's Staff team appointed must hold or be working towards a relevant qualification at SVQ Level 3 in Social Services and Healthcare (or equivalent). SPD Question 4C.10: Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. 4D: QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), OR The bidder must have the following: a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has, and continues to implement, a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, which is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation. 4D: HEALTH&SAFETY The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent), accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS OHSAS 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum OR hold the information contained in the supplier attachment area in PCS-T (file name \"Contract Notice Additional Information\") 4D: ENVIRONMENTALMANAGEMENT The bidder must hold UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate OR hold the information contained in the buyer attachment area in PCS-T (file name \"Contract Notice Additional Information\")" } ] }, "submissionTerms": { "languages": [ "en" ], "bidValidityPeriod": { "durationInDays": 120 } }, "classification": { "id": "85000000", "scheme": "CPV" }, "hasRecurrence": true, "recurrence": { "description": "Retender exercise 2029." }, "legalBasis": { "id": "32014L0024", "scheme": "CELEX" } }, "language": "EN", "description": "Tenderers will be required to return with their submission a completed Data Protection Certificate, FOI Certificate, No Collusion Certification, S1 Equalities Questionnaire, S2 Equalities Declaration, Workforce Matters, Prompt Payment Certificate and Tender Declaration Certificate. It will also be a condition of contract that Tenderers comply with Inverclyde Council's Specification, Terms and Conditions of Contract, Contract Information for Tenderers, Evaluation and Award Criteria Documents, Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme and Disclosure Scotland requirements and enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with Inverclyde Council. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred on in regulation 58 of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32718. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Social Value Points expectation for a contract of this value and duration is 240. It will be a contractual requirement that the successful tenderer deliver the Community Benefits offered during the contract period. (SC Ref:842456)", "links": [ { "rel": "canonical", "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000842456" } ] }