Social work and related services

Tender description

The Council currently operates a Home Care framework agreement with a number of different providers, providing a home care service to around 1 500 service users. New referrals via this framework agreement will cease from 5.9.2016. The Council is running the procurement in conjunction with Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, who will be party to the awarded contracts. The Council is seeking to award home care contracts to a number of different providers for separate Lots via this procurement process. Contracts are for a duration of an initial five years, with provision for extensions of up to 2 additional years. The Lots are broken down as follows: Lot 1: Area Providers: Lead and Back up to each of the ten Areas. A total of 20 potential contracts are available; Lot 2: Homeless: A single Provider; Lot 3: Extra Care Patching Lodge: A single Provider. The Commissioners have divided the city into ten geographical areas (referred to as ‘areas’). A map and details on postcodes and existing activity levels are included in the tender documentation Following the tender process, successful providers will be awarded ‘Lead’ or ‘Back-up’ status for an area or a number of areas. Subject to service user preference, Core and Enhanced home care packages will be initially offered to the Lead provider for the appropriate area, based on the service user's postcode. In the event that the home care package is not accepted by the Lead provider in the area within the required timescales, it will be offered to the Back-up provider for that area. The Commissioners intend to pay a fixed hourly rate for activity provided in Lot 1. As a result, bidders are not required to submit a Pricing Schedule for Lot 1. Lot 2 is for a separate contract to provide a home care service to adults who are homeless or living in supported accommodation and who have an assessed social care need. The service will work in collaboration with existing Homeless services in improving the health and wellbeing outcomes for this service user group — full details of the requirements of the service are provided in the Service Specification. To assist in establishing and maintaining the service, the Commissioners are guaranteeing payment for a minimum of 100 (one hundred) hours per week from the commencement date of the contract (5.9.2016). Details on the existing level and location of demand (at time of writing) is provided in the tender documents. Commissioners are inviting bidders to propose an hourly rate for the delivery of Lot 2, to be fully inclusive of all costs associated with the delivery of the service. The Commissioners require a home care service to be delivered at the Patching Lodge Extra Care building in Park Street, Kemp Town (BN2 0AQ). The successful bidder in this Lot will be required to provide a home care service to all adults in the scheme whose care is managed by the Commissioners. The Commissioners are inviting bidders to propose an hourly rate for the delivery of the service to adults at the scheme. Additionally, each bidder must propose an annual inclusive amount to cover additional costs associated with the delivery of the service, outside of the direct provision of care. These proposed rates will form part of the evaluation process — see ‘Evaluation Criteria’ and ‘Pricing Schedule’ in the ITT for full details. The Commissioners require a home care service to be delivered at the New Larchwood Extra Care building in Waldron Avenue, Coldean (BN1 9EZ) and the neighbouring Library Court building. The successful bidder in this Lot will be required to provide a home care service to all adults in the scheme whose care is managed by the Commissioners. The Commissioners are inviting bidders to propose an hourly rate for the delivery of the service to adults at the scheme. Additionally, each bidder must propose an annual inclusive amount to cover additional costs associated with the delivery of the service, outside of the direct provision of care.