Published date: 18 October 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.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£210,000
Procurement reference
OXFS001-DN371758-85543449
Published date
18 October 2018
Closing date
12 November 2018
Contract start date
10 December 2018
Contract end date
31 July 2019
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
Oxfordshire County Council's Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards team is advertising an opportunity to complete outstanding assessments which are outside of Oxfordshire.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is the procedure for authorising a deprivation of liberty within hospital and care home settings in England and Wales. Care homes or hospitals, (the managing authority) must ask the local authority if they can deprive a person of their liberty, requesting a standard authorisation.
Oxfordshire County Council has a backlog of approximately 199 outstanding out of county DoLS requests (with the potential for a further 32) which require urgent action. These are vulnerable people, the clear majority having a learning disability.
The successful Service Provider should be suitably experienced will be responsible for ensuring that all the out of area DoLS referrals are accurately assessed, that the assessments comply with all legal requirements and are then returned to the Council, including prepared authorisation Form 5 to the point of authorisation.
Timescales
The Service Provider will be required to complete 50% of all assessments and return them to the Council by the end of March 2019 and the remaining 50% of the assessments must be completed and returned to the Council by the end of July 2019.Though bidders are encouraged to demonstrate if the backlog can be cleared sooner.
Contract
The contract will be for one year with an option to extend for a further year. The indicative contract start date is 10 December 2018.
TUPE does not apply.
The Council welcomes applications from organisations who have a proven track record in providing similar services for other local authorities.
The Council reserves the right to request additional and complimentary services as approporiate.
Bids must be submitted to the Council before 12 noon on Monday 12 November 2018 via the Council's electronic tendering portal at https://sebp.due-north.com/
Any queries can be submitted via the electronic tendering portal.
About the buyer
Contact name
Kashi Akhtar
Address
4th Floor County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 7557082605
kashi.akhtar@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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