Innovative Platform for Home Based Services

Tender description

Southampton City Council proposes to establish a platform for the provision of Home care, Live-In Care, Continuing Health Care (CHC) and Complex Care for Adults and Continuing Care (CC) and Complex Care for Children, Bridging Services, and Extra Care. Providers can apply to join the platform at any time. There are no restrictions to the number of providers who can be appointed to the platform, so long as they meet the Councils award criteria and minimum financial and technical requirements. The platform will be for an initial period of 10 years with the option for extension up to a further period of 10 years, subject to periodic reviews. To support the extended duration of the platform the contracting authority will publish further PIN notices as may be necessary. NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Commissioning Board is a named partner under this published PIN as a call for competition and will have recourse to use the Platform and enter into contracts for the delivery of the services with successful tenderers. Full details of this tendering exercise are provided within the Tender documents. Additional information: To provide the ability to commission in the future, the Council may choose to add additional Lots onto the Platform during its lifetime. These lots may include Reablement, Intensive Bridging or similar described services. Upon doing so, the Council will update the PIN and publish all relevant information, including but not limited to evaluation criteria and methodology. New and existing Platform providers can apply for any additional lots under the Platform Agreement. The Authority reserves the right to modify the platform during its operation. The Authority also reserves the right to terminate the operation of the platform at any time. Refer to the Tender documents for further information. The estimated total aggregate value set out in this PIN notice is informed by current spend by the Council for service activity in 2021/22 and is an estimate for the total 10+10 years. The annual spend for each year will be dependent on service activity levels.