Supporting Vulnerable Adults Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle (DPV): Category 1 Supported Living

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Category 1: Supported Living Admission Stage - Round 1 The London Borough of Newham wishes to establish a Supporting Vulnerable Adults Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle (DPV) for an initial term of 5 years with the option to extend for a further 5 years. Estimated Total Aggregate Value for Newham across the lifetime of the DPV is £957,356,593 The DPV will include the following categories: Category 1: Supported Living Category 2: Supporting Vulnerable Single Homeless Adults (SVSHA) Category 3: Prevention and Floating Support Category 4: Extra Care Category 5: Shared Lives Category 6: Care Homes Category 7: Immigration Advice and Support The Authority will undertake the procurement for Category 1 first, followed by subsequent categories in 2023 onwards. Supported Living Services are accommodation-based services for Residents with a wide range of needs such as mental health, learning disabilities, autism, physical and/or sensory disability etc. Supported living enables adults to live in their own home whilst maintaining their independence and have choice and control. As a term, it covers a wide variety of settings and can include some form of group living. Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV for Category 1 (5+5 years) is £266,777,101 The procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services. Under Regulation 76 the Authority is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (Providers). Any interested organisation/consortium with relevant experience may apply to be admitted onto the Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle (DPV). Lot 1: The DPV will work in two ways for Category 1 - Supported Living: • Route 1 - Individual Placements The DPV establishes approved lists for 9 specialisms (each with 3 sub-categories) for Individual placements made via the DPV through Route 1. • The Authority may during the life of the DPV include additional lists for specialisms/ sub categories. • Route 2 - Schemes The Authority has an ambition to develop more schemes tailored to best meet similar needs. This will over time provide a strategic pathway of high-quality specialist services and maximise the use of economies of scale reflecting a defined cohort of need. Scheme contracts will be tendered via Route 2. Admission to the DPV: Both Routes will have a pre-selection stage (Stage 1A) which qualifies a provider for admission to the DPV. Providers who wish to accept individual placements via Route 1 will in addition be required to complete an Evaluation of Offer stage [Stage 1B] at admission. Based on the outcome of this Evaluation of Offer stage, providers will be admitted to one or more approved lists as set out below. Providers who only wish to apply for Schemes (Route 2) will not be required to complete stage 1B.