Social work and related services

Tender description

This procurement exercise is to establish a ‘National Flexible Framework’ in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (further referred to as ‘the Flexible Framework’) for the purchase of care at home and supported living services, collectively referred to as care and support services. Care and support services will support people to achieve the best possible quality of life, in terms of their personal aspirations, choices and abilities, that enables them to live independently and safely within their own home for as long as practicable. The flexible framework allows for new entrants to be admitted, as providers, after it has been established. Following award, successful providers will also be able to add new services and locations to their service offering in accordance with the terms of the flexible framework. The value provided is an estimate only. This flexible framework is intended to allow Councils and associate members/other bodies to procure a variety of care and support services, all as further described within the published procurement documents. Councils in Scotland have their own current arrangements for the purchase of care and support services. Current care packages will not necessarily transfer over to this new flexible framework. This will be a decision for Councils to make in line with their care management and review processes. Scotland Excel chose to follow an open procedure for this process and voluntarily adopted the ESPD (Scotland) for the purpose of assessing whether grounds for exclusion applied and whether tenderers met the published selection criteria. The published selection criteria included the requirement for tenderers to be registered with the care inspectorate for the services offered and to hold defined minimum grades under their registration.