Published date: 27 October 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.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Other community, social and personal services - 98000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£12,807,125
Procurement reference
LEICSCITY02-DN636607-88776232
Published date
27 October 2022
Closing date
6 December 2022
Closing time
2pm
Contract start date
1 July 2023
Contract end date
30 June 2027
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Leicester City Council ('the 'Authority') invites Tenders for the provision of Pathway 2: rehabilitate, reable and recover (RRR) Discharge to Assess (D2A) services for people in Leicester and Leicestershire. Leicester City Council is leading the procurement on behalf of the NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB), Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council.
For Lot 1 Reablement and Rehabilitation Pathway (therapy-led beds) up to 25 beds are required on a block contract basis in residential care home/s*. Care Homes are invited to bid for no less than 5 beds and no more than 15 beds in one Care Home location. The price per bed per week for Lot 1 for 2022/23 is set at £808.00 irrespective of whether the bed is used or not.
For Lot 2 Reablement and Recovery Pathway beds, up to 50 beds on a framework spot purchase basis are required in residential care home/s*. Care Homes are invited to bid for up to 2 beds located in one Care Home location. The Authority anticipates that up to 25 providers may be awarded Lot 2 Framework Agreements. The price per bed per week for Lot 2 for 2022/23 is set at £722.00. The price will only be paid for the period that the bed is used.
*Note this does not exclude dual registered care homes from providing Services but is more an acknowledgement that Services do not require any clinical oversight from registered nurses. The primary focus is to provide Services for people who do not have nursing needs and who do therefore not require nursing care.
It is the intention of the Authority to award each Lot described above to Care Home/s located within the geographical boundary of the city of Leicester and/or county of Leicestershire to a commission the number of beds listed for Lot 1 and Lot 2.
Tenders may be submitted by a Tenderer for all or any of the Lots listed above. The Authority reserves the right to award the Lots and Framework Agreements to a single Tenderer or a combination of Tenderers.
For Lot 1 Block Contract/s will be awarded.
For Lot 2 Framework Agreements will be awarded.
The contracts will be for an initial period of 2 years to commence on 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2025 with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, for a further period or periods up to a no more than 24 months in total to 30 June 2027, taking the contract term to a maximum of 4 years.
An Online Microsoft Teams Tenderers Information Session is being held on 15 November 2022 commencing at 10.00 am. Further details regarding how to register for this session is in the Invitation to Tender document and its appendices and all other documentation issued to Tenderers sets out the details of the Authority's requirements and how to submit your Tender. The link to the documentation is included below.
The Authority is conducting this procurement under the Light Touch Regime for Social and Other Specific Services.
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Yatish Shah
Address
City Hall
115 Charles Street
Leicester
LE1 1FZ
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1164542348
procurement-asc@leicester.gov.uk
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