Published date: 17 June 2022

Last edited date: 22 June 2022

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: 29 July 2022, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Daycare services - 85312100

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

WR5 2NP

Value of contract

£0 to £2,600,000

Procurement reference

IT-336-2782-WCC 00002782

Published date

17 June 2022

Closing date

29 July 2022

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

31 May 2032

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?

Yes

Description

Worcestershire County Council wishes to engage suitably qualified organisations to provide day services to people living in the county. The council has previously operated two separate dynamic purchasing systems for day services, one for Older People, People with Physical Disabilities, Sensory Impairment, and people living with, Dementia and a second for people with Learning Disabilities. We have undertaken a number of market engagement and other stakeholder events which have helped shape the new combined specification, revised monitoring, and proposed contract. We will now have one dynamic purchasing system for all day services called Positive Days - Day Services which will become operational from 1st October 2022.

The Council proposes a shift in practice in the delivery of day services for all client groups, based on the overarching aims, on feedback as well as national and local priorities and good practice evidence. Commissioned providers and WCC Commissioners will work together to deliver support based on the following principles:
• be well and stay safe,
• be independent and connected,
• be supported.

The new specification is based on a new model of daytime support called 'Positive Days' which is about putting in the right support to enable people to connect to their communities and live the lives they want to lead. There is a greater emphasis on accessing mainstream and universal services in the community, outcome focused and shorter-term support for some and longer-term support only for those who need it as well as flexibility of delivery.

To reduce the need for re-applications, suppliers awarded contracts under the previous dynamic purchasing systems (DPS) are able to 'fast track' their applications. Please see the tender documents for more information.

As this is a DPS procedure, the Council will be open to new applications on a 'rolling basis' after the initial closing date.

The intention is to award the contracts under the DPS from 1st October 2022 for an open period, or until notice is given otherwise.

Light Touch Regime: The subject matter of this procurement process relates to the delivery of services which are listed in Chapter 3, Section 7 to the PCR 2015 regulations. As such the full regime set out in the regulations will not apply to the award of the contract. Consequently, the procurement process adopted by the Commissioners has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76 of the regulations and in particular in accordance with the fundamental public procurement principles of transparency and equal treatment. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the Commissioners have adopted a two-stage open procedure described in the associated tender documents. The Council reserves the right not to use a voluntary 'standstill 'period.

Applicants will be evaluated against price and quality criteria and further information concerning the procurement process is include...

More information

Links

Additional text

Please refer to the DPS documents published on InTend.
There is also a 'fast track' procedure in place for suppliers who have previously applied and been accepted onto either of the Council's existing day service DPS's, and wish to join this replacement DPS:
o Day services in Worcestershire for Older People, People with Physical Disabilities, Sensory Impairments and People living with dementia - (Ref: WCC 00000528); and/or
o Learning Disability Day Services in Worcestershire Dynamic Purchasing System - (Ref: WCC 00000292).


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Alastair Jewson

Address

Spetchley Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2NP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01905 846257

Email

AJewson@worcestershire.gov.uk