Published date: 1 February 2018

Last edited date: 1 February 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£300,000,000

Procurement reference

LGSS001-DN243347-48122771

Published date

1 February 2018

Closing date

22 February 2018

Contract start date

12 March 2018

Contract end date

31 October 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Tenders are invited for the supply of Home and Community Support Services. The service is for all residents of Cambridgeshire who are identified as having eligible social care needs and all residents of Cambridgeshire and Royston in Hertfordshire where individuals are registered with a Cambridgeshire GP, and are eligible for NHS fully funded Continuing Health Care (CHC) and Joint Funded Health Care from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG. The Authorityhas set up a 'pseudo-DPS' under the Light Touch Regulations. The DPS started on the 1st November 2017. Full details are contained in the tender documents.
The scope of the services includes: older adults, adults of all ages with organic and/or functional mental health problems, people who may be physically frail or with physical disabilities, people who have sensory loss, people who are entering the end stages of life, people with learning disabilities, people with autism, people with cognitive impairment, children and young people, people who are entitled to Continuing Health Care Funding, rapid hospital discharge and transition, delegated health tasks, live-in (24hr) care. All Potential Providers that meet the minimum requirements of the ITT will be accepted on to the DPS. The DPS will then re-open every three months (or other intervals at the Authority's discretion).
*IMPORTANT* - this round of the DPS is open until 12noon on Thursday 22nd February 2018. Submissions will not be accepted after this date and time.
The Authority will call-off the DPS in order to award individual Service Agreements. The call-off procedures are set out in the tender documents. To access the tender documents please register an interest on the LGSS eSourcing Portal (www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Cambridgeshire County Council Home and Community Support Services

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 5 September 2017

Links

About the buyer

Address

Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
England

Email

sarah.fuller@cambridgeshire.gov.uk