Published date: 13 April 2023

Last edited date: 9 May 2023

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: 23 May 2023, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£4,155,200,000

Procurement reference

KHSK/ACS/23/1430

Published date

13 April 2023

Closing date

23 May 2023

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2035

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

Living Well at Home

Lancashire County Council is establishing a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS), "the Living Well at Home PDPS" to enable the purchase of various Services for adults.

Summary of the Living Well at Home PDPS

The aim of the Living Well at Home PDPS is to support the delivery of the Authority's vision to enable Individual's to live as independently and healthily as possible. It will provide Individuals and their informal carers with the right level of care and support with prevention, early intervention, and the promotion of independence.

The Services have been divided into the following Lots:

Lot 1 - Regulated Care Services by the Care Quality Commissioner
Lot 1a - Short Term Care at Home
Lot 1b - Homecare Services
Lot 1c - Extra Care Services
Lot 2 - Non-Regulated Support Services
Please see procurement documents below for more information.

Applicants are invited to apply for all or any of the Lots, there are no restrictions on the number of Lots that Applicants apply for, however the Applicant must ensure they meet the relevant Core and Lot Specification(s) for the Lot they choose to apply for. Additionally, the Applicant needs to ensure they have the resources available to carry out work in their chosen Lot(s).

The Living Well at Home PDPS will be an open arrangement with no restrictions on the number of Service Providers who can be awarded a place on the PDPS. There will be an initial application phase to award places on the Living Well at Home PDPS within the Lots. Please see procurement documents below for details.

Following the initial application phase (Round 1), the PDPS will reopen, and evaluations of new Applications will be held annually approximately between May and September of each year. The Authority reserves the right to evaluate new Applications sooner and/or amend the evaluation dates. Evaluation dates will be published on the Authority's e-tendering portal as a message or any other format which the Authority stipulates.

This Living Well at Home PDPS Agreement is for use by each of the Contracting Bodies identified in the contract notice.

Lancashire County Council
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Blackburn with Darwen Council

Tender Briefing

Interested care and support providers are invited to attend a Tender Briefing, please see details below.

The Authority is offering a briefing for Applicants. All interested care and support providers are recommended to attend.

Monday 17th April 10.30am-12pm Virtual Teams Meeting

Please confirm who will be representing your organisation (name and status) by registering a place via email to caphprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk using ref: Living Well at Home Tender Briefing.

More information

Links

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How to Apply
To participate and join the Living Well at Home PDPS, please read all documents listed below. Applicants must complete all the required documents (as stated in the ITP) and must be returned via Oracle Fusion:

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/ under LCC15131.

You must also check Oracle Fusion on a regular basis for 'messaging function', this will provide a log of any clarification questions raised by Applicants and the Authority's responses.

All aspects (documents/attachments/responses) of the application can and must be submitted via Oracle Fusion. The Authority will not accept email or hard copy/paper applications in relation to this process and you must submit your application electronically via Oracle Fusion.

All instructions on how to apply to join the Living Well at Home PDPS, evaluation criteria, terms and conditions and documents to be returned can be downloaded from the list of documents below. Please check the e-tendering portal on a regular basis.

You can access the e-tendering portal and access other useful information in relation to the e-tendering portal via the LCC website:

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/fusion-supplier-portal/

About the buyer

Contact name

Kirsty Harrison

Address

Fishergate
Preston
PR18XJ
England

Telephone

01772 538079

Email

caphprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk