Social work and related services

Tender description

Herefordshire Council (HC) is seeking to create a Approved Providers List, ‘the List’, in respect of Specialised Community Activities for Adults in Herefordshire (see Information Document 1: Service Specification). The List was established in the summer of 2016 and the council now wishes to reopen the application process to enable unsuccessful applicants to reapply and to enable new entrants to the market to have the opportunity to apply for inclusion in the List. This tender will be let as Light Touch under the regulations and it will be maintained as an open list in a similar way to a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) with some deviations in terms of the evaluation and award timeframes (which will be up to 3 months) and the award of mini tenders which may be focused on service needs in terms of geographical location, service user needs and/or choice or other requirements. Herefordshire Council (HC) is seeking to create a Approved Providers List, ‘the List’, in respect of SpecialisedCommunity Activities for Adults in Herefordshire (see Information Document 1: Service Specification). The List was established in the summer of 2016 and the council now wishes to reopen the application process to enable unsuccessful applicants to reapply and to enable new entrants to the market to have the opportunity to apply for inclusion in the List. This tender will be let as Light Touch under the regulations and it will be maintained as an open list in a similar way to a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) with some deviations in terms of the evaluation and award time frames (which will be up to 3 months) and the award of mini tenders which may be focused on service needs in terms of geographical location, service user needs and/or choice or other requirements.