Health and social work services

Tender description

The supply of service in respect of Domiciliary Care. Split into geographical lots: Lot 1 — Central locality; Lot 2 — West locality; Lot 3 — East locality; Lot 4 — South locality. Tenderers could apply for 1 or more of the above lots however, any single Service Provider will only be awarded up to a maximum of 2 lots. It is at the Council's sole discretions how the lots are allocated and the number of lots allocated to each successful Service Provider. For each of the 4 geographical lots, the Authority will appoint a maximum of 4 Service Providers in each lot. Care packages will then be allocated between the Service Providers on a strictly rotational basis. It is anticipated that for existing care packages the contract will start incrementally with customers being offered the choice of a direct payment or moving to the provider in their area on the new framework at the time of their annual review. The Authority has a maximum set rate for the provision of Domiciliary Care services. Tenderers confirmed that they accepted delivery at these rates as part of their bid. Tenderers must also have sufficient CQC registration in place prior to the contract start date. The contract is for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.