CP1145-15 The Provision of Community Based Support and Personal Care in Devon (To be known as Living Well at Home)

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This is a joint procurement between Devon County Council (the lead authority), NHS NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group ("CCG"), NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG, and Devon Partnership NHS Trust. For the purposes of this procurement process, the four authorities are collectively referred to as the "Commissioners" or "Commissioning Bodies". The Commissioners are seeking to award services contracts for the delivery of personal care services with associated unregulated care activities to help people remain safely within their own homes. The contracts are divided in to eight geographical zones within the administrative area of Devon County Council ("Devon") (each a "Zone" and together the "Zones"). Each Zone is designated as a lot ("Lot") for the purposes of this procurement process and consequently the Commissioners will be awarding up to eight services contracts. The community based and regulated personal care services required by the Commissioners are: Personal care associated unregulated support (Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); 24 hour care (Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); Waking Night (Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); Sleep in Night (Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8); and Live in Care and Support (Zones 4, 6, 7, 8). The contracts will be for a duration of 5 years (60 months) with an option, at the discretion of the Commissioners, to extend for two further 12 month periods or a single 24 month period. The intention of this procurement process is to award a service contract to a primary provider for each of the eight geographical Lots in Devon. Each Zone will be aligned to one of three Care Direct Plus teams. The Primary Provider will be required to support the relevant NHS & Social Care System Resilience Groups linked to the Royal Devon & Exeter, Northern Devon District, Torbay and Derriford (Plymouth) hospitals. The lots(Zones)are: Lot 1 Bideford/Northam, Great Torrington and Holsworthy; Lot 2 Ilfracombe, Lynton/Lynmouth, Barnstaple, South Molton; Lot 3 Tiverton, Crediton, Cullompton; Lot 4 Exeter; Lot 5 Honiton, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Seaton; Lot 6 Newton Abbot, Totnes, Dartmouth; Lot 7 Tavistock, Ivybridge; and Lot 8 Okehampton, Moretonhampstead. For the purposes of this procurement process potential bidders may tender lots on the following bases: on an individual basis for a single lot (referred to a 'Single Individual Bid' in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire; or on an individual basis for more than one Lot (referred to as 'Multiple Individual Bids' in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) The Provider function in each Lot will be to ensure capacity for the req..(view full details to see more)