Social work services with accommodation

Tender description

The London Borough of Hillingdon (the ‘Council’) is inviting expressions of interest from suitability qualified and experienced service providers to enter into a long term contract (the ‘Contract’) to deliver a range of care and support services to adults and children with learning disabilities, respite care, older peoples' day care and children's care home, and spot purchased services in the Council's catchment are (together ‘the Services’). The Council's vision is to modernise the provision of care services with the aim of putting service users in charge of their own care through the use of personal budgets and a core/flexible support model. The Council intends that the Contract will run for a term of ten (10) years, subject to satisfactory performance. Further details are set out below and in the Descriptive Document. Notwithstanding the information given elsewhere in this notice, this procurement is subject only to Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2016. The Contract is a contract for ‘social and other services’ and therefore subject only to Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The Council has elected to conduct this procurement in a manner which is generally consistent with the competitive dialogue procedure set out at Regulation 30 of the Regulations. However, due to the limitations of the internet portal through which this contract notice is published, Section IV.1.1 indicates that the procurement is being undertaken through competitive dialogue. Unless the Council directs otherwise, Applicants can assume that the conduct of this procurement will be consistent with Regulation 30. Further details of the procurement are set out in the Descriptive Document.