Break Point Re-Opening of the 2019 Social Work Framework for Selected Purchased Social Care Supports

Tender description

The Council invites new Applicants, or those Providers who were not previously successful in being awarded to any part of the original 2019 Framework, or who wish to apply for a new Framework category not previously awarded, to participate in this first break point opportunity, to tender for the provision of one or more of the following categories of care: Care and Support (including Technology Enabled Care and Support, Day Opportunities and Employability Supports and Short Breaks (Respite). Applicants seeking to join the Framework at this 'break point' opportunity, will as a minimum, be required to meet all Framework qualifying criteria as laid out in the tender documentation and will be strictly limited to providing services under Option 2 of the SDS Act, where Service Users or their Proxies only, will be able to choose those Providers awarded using a non-ranked alphabetical list created for this purpose. The Council will not use the successfully awarded Applicants under Option 3 of the SDS Act.