Social services

Tender description

A new framework agreement for the provision of adult learning disability services in the borough of Lewisham is being procured in 2019. The length of the framework is 4 years. This framework agreement covers 4 categories of service in separate lots: Lot 1: Supported Living; Lot 2: Residential Care; Lot 3: Day Services; Lot 4: Outreach and Non-residential Respite. Suppliers could choose to bid for one or more lots. Supported living for adults with learning disabilities. The services will offer service users/tenants opportunities to live as independently as possible within the community. Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults with learning disabilities who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. Day services provide a variety of community based day opportunities for people with a learning disability to support them to participate in their local and wider communities, to enhance effective personal support networks, to maintain healthy lifestyles and to lead independent and fulfilled lives. Outreach’ comprises both support related to helping people to live independently in their own homes and that related to supporting people living with family around. Non-residential respite care comprises a range of models of support to enable carers, and the person they care for, to have a break. This may be as an alternative to, or an addition to the use of residential respite care.