Published date: 24 January 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: 2 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work services - 85310000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£109,000

Procurement reference

ECC001-DN592119-96687850

Published date

24 January 2022

Closing date

2 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

10 February 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Essex County Council is running a tender process to identify a provider for the delivery of support services across Essex in existing care settings when existing staff teams are unable to continue to provide care. This is an emergency service that is required to be flexible and deliver high quality care to adults with complex learning disabilities and/or autism.

The provider must make staff available to deliver the agreed level of staffing (2 staff available) 24 hours a day, seven days a week including bank holidays. The provider must have the agreed number of staff in operation or available to deliver care at any point in time and will be paid on a block contract basis to ensure staff are available when required.

Due to the urgent requirement for these services the tenders must be completed and returned to Essex County Council by 12pm on 2nd February 2022.

The contract is for an initial expiry date of 31st March 2022 but may be extended by a period of three months depending on requirements.

Bidders can access the procurement documents directly at https://procontract.due-north.com/

About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Rodway

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 333

Email

michael.rodway@essex.gov.uk

Website

https://www.essex.gov.uk/