Health and social work services

Tender description

The services being commissioned aims to involve carers in identifying their needs, assist them to remain in their caring role, ensure their individual outcomes are achieved and their well-being is maintained. The council and SDCCG also want to improve reach out to carers to identify carers more efficiently and effectively. It is envisaged that all carers be able to access support, training, advice and information to help them in their caring role. Clear pathways for the carer will help to reduce carer stress and the requirement for more intensive support for the carer or the adult in need for whom they are caring for. This will be a universal offer regardless of eligibility. The aim of the services within this specification is preventative, ensuring carers do not reach crisis point, keeping them well and ensuring carers can retain their caring role for as long as possible. The council has a statutory duty to reduce, prevent and delay the need for statutory services. Derby City Council and Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group (SDCCG) are prioritising support for carers as the needs of carers are often cross cutting in terms of health and social care. The services being commissioned aims to involve carers in identifying their needs, assist them to remain in their caring role, ensure their individual outcomes are achieved and their well-being is maintained. The council and SDCCG also want to improve reach out to carers to identify carers more efficiently and effectively. It is envisaged that all carers be able to access support, training, advice and information to help them in their caring role. Clear pathways for the carer will help to reduce carer stress and the requirement for more intensive support for the carer or the adult in need for whom they are caring for. This will be a universal offer regardless of eligibility. The aim of the services within this specification is preventative, ensuring carers do not reach crisis point,keeping them well and ensuring carers can retain their caring role for as long as possible. The council has a statutory duty to reduce, prevent and delay the need for statutory services. Specifically, this specification requires the service provider to deliver 5 key services. 1) Information, advice and guidance for carers; 2) carers training; 3) wellbeing activities for carers; 4) support and peer support for carers; 5) carers clinics in conjunction with GP services. Funding for this service is better care funding and is a pooled budget between the council and SDCCG. The tendered service is a remodelling of an existing service provision, which is currently being provided by 2 service providers. The tendering of this contract may give rise to a possible presumption that the European Acquired Rights Directive 77/187 and /or the transfer of undertakings (protection of employment)2006 regulations may apply in the event of this contract being awarded to a new service provider. Tenderers are advised to make their own enquiries by seeking independent professional legal advice on the consequences for them if they are the successful tenderer and the TUPE regulations do apply. The initial term of the contract is 2 years the contract is estimated to commence 1.9.2018 and expire 31.8.2021.There will be an option to extend the contract for a further 3 years in annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and business needs. Maximum contract period is 5 years. There is a maximum budget of 260 000 GBP per year for the duration of the contract for the services for carers. The costs for parental carer will not form part of the price submitted and are not included in the budget limit of 260 000 GBP. Parent carers. The Council may during the term of the contract request that the successful service provider provides the same service to parent carers on an ad-hoc individual basis, such as attending a training session or participating in a well-being activity. The successful service provider will be required to provide this service to parent carers and will ensure it is capable of doing this. Further funding will be applicable to this element of service delivery and the service provider will ensure any additional costs to the council are in line with tendered price. The costs for parental carer will not form part of the price submitted in Section 9 and are not included in the budget limit of 260 000 GBP, any such increase of this limit shall be in accordance with those permitted by the regulations and the councils contract procedure rules /finance procedure rules. The service provider should note that any funding for these services for parental carers and any service provision to these parental carers is subject to further internal funding approval.