ASC22011 - Positive Days - Day Services DPS

Tender description

Worcestershire County Council wishes to engage suitably qualified organisations to provide day services to people living in the county. The council has previously operated two separate dynamic purchasing systems for day services, one for Older People, People with Physical Disabilities, Sensory Impairment, and people living with, Dementia and a second for people with Learning Disabilities. We have undertaken a number of market engagement and other stakeholder events which have helped shape the new combined specification, revised monitoring, and proposed contract. We will now have one dynamic purchasing system for all day services called Positive Days - Day Services which will become operational from 1st October 2022. The Council proposes a shift in practice in the delivery of day services for all client groups, based on the overarching aims, on feedback as well as national and local priorities and good practice evidence. Commissioned providers and WCC Commissioners will work together to deliver support based on the following principles: • be well and stay safe, • be independent and connected, • be supported. The new specification is based on a new model of daytime support called 'Positive Days' which is about putting in the right support to enable people to connect to their communities and live the lives they want to lead. There is a greater emphasis on accessing mainstream and universal services in the community, outcome focused and shorter-term support for some and longer-term support only for those who need it as well as flexibility of delivery. To reduce the need for re-applications, suppliers awarded contracts under the previous dynamic purchasing systems (DPS) are able to 'fast track' their applications. Please see the tender documents for more information. As this is a DPS procedure, the Council will be open to new applications on a 'rolling basis' after the initial closing date. The intention is to award the contracts under the DPS from 1st October 2022 for an open period, or until notice is given otherwise. Light Touch Regime: The subject matter of this procurement process relates to the delivery of services which are listed in Chapter 3, Section 7 to the PCR 2015 regulations. As such the full regime set out in the regulations will not apply to the award of the contract. Consequently, the procurement process adopted by the Commissioners has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76 of the regulations and in particular in accordance with the fundamental public procurement principles of transparency and equal treatment. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the Commissioners have adopted a two-stage open procedure described in the associated tender documents. The Council reserves the right not to use a voluntary 'standstill 'period. Applicants will be evaluated against price and quality criteria and further information concerning the procurement process is include...