Published date: 1 August 2017
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Social work and related services - 85300000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN290842-30601233
Published date
1 August 2017
Closing date
30 August 2017
Contract start date
21 September 2017
Contract end date
31 August 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Kent County Council (the Council), in undertaking this procurement exercise, is seeking to establish a mechanism for targeted procurement to enable the future provision of a range of community based Services across the County.
Expressions of Interest are invited from Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered Providers for the provision
of any/all of Homecare Services, Supporting Independence Services and Discharge to Assess Services.
Providers must hold a valid and current registration with CQC, and continue to maintain this throughout the life
of their admission to the Flexible Framework. In the event that a Provider ceases to be registered with CQC they
must immediately inform the Council, who in turn may suspend or terminate the Provider's Flexible Framework
admission Contract as appropriate.Providers must note that, within any Further Competitions run under this Flexible Framework, the Council reserves the right to set minimum CQC thresholds and/or quality standards. These will be clearly stipulated
within any call for Further Competition, and based on market intelligence. In any event, an emphasis will be
placed on evidencing quality service provision and so a below threshold rating may be mitigated via appropriate
evidencing of achieving the required quality standards.
The Contracts resulting from Further Competitions will contain a clear process for restricting or suspending
Contracts and/or individual Service placements with a Provider which is not delivering a quality Service,
evidenced by CQC and/or through quality monitoring and evidenced intelligence.
This Flexible Framework will be lotted by both Geography and Service. A pictorial representation of this is given
as an attachment.
Service
- Discharge to Assess, Home Recovery Service as part of "Home First"
- Homecare, including Extra Care Housing
- Supporting Independence Services (SIS)
Geography*:
- Ashford CCG
- Canterbury and Coastal CCG
- Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG
- South Kent Coastal CCG
- Swale CCG
- Thanet CCG
- West Kent CCG
* Providers should note that any Further Competitions may comprise parts of CCG's and/or whole CCG's and/
or any combinations of parts of CCG's, as required, in order to arrive at the most appropriate outcome for these
Services.
More information
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About the buyer
Contact name
John Maccariello
Address
County Hall
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
England
Telephone
+44 3000416410
Website
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