Published date: 16 November 2021
This notice was replaced on 5 August 2022
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Awarded contract (published 5 August 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Personnel-training services - 79632000
Operation of an educational centre - 80490000
Staff training services - 80511000
Training facilities - 80520000
Industrial and technical training services - 80531000
Management training services - 80532000
Health and first-aid training services - 80560000
Personal development training services - 80570000
Health services - 85100000
Social work and related services - 85300000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£2,300,000
Procurement reference
LINCOLN001-DN572191-60513288
Published date
16 November 2021
Closing date
17 December 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2025
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
Lincolnshire County Council will be undertaking a procurement in line with Regulations
74-76 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR) the light touch regime and pursuant to
Reg 76(7) of the PCRs.
The Strategic Market Support Service (SMSS) and Care Home Trusted Assessors (CHTA)
contracts main aim is to engage with care providers to support and develop the market and
to meet the demand for critical adult social care services.
The SMSS provides long term stability through the delivery of a workforce strategy and
supportive workforce training needs analysis, with the subsequent delivery of education and
training courses to develop Lincolnshire care services and their workforce whilst ensuring
the offer of support to the provider market is attractive and meaningful. This leads to a
longer term plan of sustainability to ensure that all Lincolnshire residents who receive their
care from independent and third sector providers in Lincolnshire will have those services
delivered by a skilled, competent and caring workforce.
The CHTA service aims to reduce the demand (and need) for care home managers (or care
home staff) to attend an acute hospital setting to review the suitability of someone ready for
discharge. The CHTA team complete discharge assessments in a time responsive manner
which supports the urgency of operational capacity and demand in the acute hospital setting
and promotes discharges seven days a week.
About the buyer
Contact name
Catherine Kinnaird
Address
County Offices
Newland
Lincoln
LN1 1YL
United Kingdom
catherine.kinnaird@lincolnshire.gov.uk
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