Social work services with accommodation

Tender description

The London Borough of Hillingdon (the ‘Council’) invited 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 considers that the breadth of the Services resulted in a limited number of candidates with the requisite experience or delivery structures with previous experience of operating together in this way. For this reason, it has decided to discontinue this procurement exercise in order to reconsider its procurement options. Please note that this procurement was subject only to Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Light Touch Regime’). The Contract was a contract for ‘social and other services’ and therefore subject only to Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The Council 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 award notice is published, Section IV.1.1) indicates that the procurement is being undertaken through the competitive procedure with negotiation.