Published date: 18 May 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 28 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Welfare services for the elderly - 85311100

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

dfb56019-10f7-45f3-9eca-e5e5ed91ed5f

Published date

18 May 2018

Closing date

28 June 2017

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2022

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

Bracknell Forest Borough Council intends to award block contract(s) for residential care for adults, including people with dementia. The maximum number of care homes with block contracts will be four, with a maximum number of 20 beds.

Within the maximum of 20 beds, approximately four could be intermediate care beds. Organisations must be financially sound, having a minimum turnover of a least double the contract value of approx. £4m (over a five year period). The Council reserves the right to undertake any financial checks that they believe are appropriate.

The contracts awarded will be for a minimum of three years and maximum of five years. Care Homes must meet the following criteria:

• The care home must be within three miles of Bracknell Forest boundary. We would consider care homes slightly outside of this limit in the event that we can not meet our requirement within three miles.

• The minimum number of beds in any one home will be five • We will not consider a fee higher than GBP(£)725 per week per bed for residential care, including for people with dementia.

• For intermediate care provision, the service must be available within Bracknell Forest boundary.

• We will not consider a fee higher than GBP(£)900 per week per bed for intermediate care provision.

• The care home must be registered with Care Quality Commission (CQC).

• Where a care home has been inspected by CQC, they must hold a minimum of a Good rating

• The care home must not have any restrictions on placements by their host authority

• The care home must be prepared to sign the Council's block contract terms for residential care. The anticipated contract start date is 1st September 2017.

This procurement process is being completed under the 'Light Touch Regime', governing 'Social and Other Specific Services' detailed in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please note that contracts will be awarded without any further publication and that no further publication will be placed on the Tenders Electronic Daily website (OJEU) after this Contract notice. All care homes who express an interest and meet the minimum criteria will be considered.

If the Council receives multiple expressions of interest, selection will be based on price, location, building, facilities and occupancy plus others as appropriate. If you would like to be considered for this contract, please email Contracts.Team@Bracknell-Forest.gov.uk and briefly detail how you meet each of the criteria stated above. The last date for clarifications is midnight 18th June 2017. Final date for expressions of interest is noon Wednesday 28th June 2017.

The Council will not be held responsible for not communicating important information to any organisation who has not officially registered their interest on the South East Business Portal link below:

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=e74b8e75-494f-e711-80e3-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Adult Residential Care Block Contract(s)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 June 2017, last edited 12 June 2017

Links

Award information

Awarded date

20 July 2017

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2022

Total value of contract

£3,161,600

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Avery Healthcare

Address

Avery Group Support Centre
3 Cygnet Drive
Swan Valley
Northampton
NN4 9BS

Reference

Companies House number: 08599361

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Joshua May

Address

Time Square, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1JD
Bracknell
RG12 1JD
England

Telephone

01344 351446

Email

Joshua.May@Bracknell-forest.gov.uk

Website

http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/