Published date: 14 March 2024
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Opportunity (published 14 March 2024, last edited 10 April 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£49,000,000
Procurement reference
HALT001-DN714572-86258610
Published date
14 March 2024
Closing date
19 April 2024
Closing time
11:30am
Contract start date
2 November 2024
Contract end date
2 November 2029
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Council wishes to enter into contracts to deliver a Domiciliary Care Service across the borough of Halton. The Service is for adults with a social care assessed need for domiciliary care. This will include older people, as well as adults who may have a physical disability, learning disability or mental health problems. The Service will be available between 7:00am and 11:00pm, 365 (366 in a leap year) days a year.
Suppliers MUST be registered with the CQC to provide Personal Care and will need to demonstrate a proven track record in providing domiciliary care services to vulnerable people in their own homes. Suppliers will be required to demonstrate at the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage that they are capable of meeting the Domiciliary Care Service Specification and quality standards required by the Council. Suppliers must show how they can deliver services to a Council defined quality standard in full partnership with the Council, people in receipt of care, Carers and other agencies.
Suppliers will be required to have an appropriate system of Electronic Care Monitoring (ECM) in place and provide regular reports to the Council regarding Service delivery.
For the delivery of the Domiciliary Care Service, the Borough of Halton will be split into two town-based geographical areas: Area 1: Runcorn - Lots 1 and 2 and Area 2: Widnes - Lots 3 and 4. The borough consists of the two towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor.
For the purposes of the delivery of the Domiciliary Care Service, Area 1: Runcorn will include the civil parishes of Daresbury, Moore, Preston Brook and Sandymoor, and Area 2: Widnes will include the civil parishes of Hale and Halebank. The areas are referred to simply as Runcorn and Widnes for ease of reference.
TUPE will apply to this contract for Lots 1 to 4 only. TUPE Information is to follow and will be published via the Chest messaging facility in due course.
Fixed Rate Price for 2024/2025 is to follow and will be published via the Chest messaging facility in due course - (applies only to Lots 1 to 4).
Lot 5 will make provision for a Single Purchase Framework (SPF).
To view the full specification documents and requirements and to express your interest in this opportunity and access the ITT documentation, please visit www.the-chest.org.uk and search Chest Project ID DN714572.
Questions relating to this document must be submitted via the Chest Messaging facility only and telephone calls will not be answered during the live process.
Closing date for questions: Friday 12th April 2024 at 3pm.
Closing date for submissions: Friday 19th April 2024 at 11.30am.
About the buyer
Contact name
Nicki Brooks
Address
Kingsway House
Kingsway
Widnes
WA8 7EA
United Kingdom
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