Provision of 24/7 Core Service and Planned Care and Support Service at Ashview Extra Care Scheme - Information

Tender description

Please note - this is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. The Council, as Contracting Authority is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market an thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. Kirklees Council will be looking for Providers with relevant experience and ability to demonstrate sufficient capacity for the provision of this service. The scheme provides 50 flats generally for people over the age of 50, they comprise of a purpose built building containing 40 No. one bedroom flats, 5 No. one bedroom adapted flats and 5 No. two bedroom flats, all of which are to rent. The Council is the owner and the landlord. The flats are designed to the Governments ‘Lifetime Homes’ standards which means that, in relation to physical need, the Tenants have a home for the rest of their life. Very occasionally however, a Tenant’s mental health, behavioural or nursing needs may require a different housing solution to be sourced. To be considered for an Extra Care flat, applicants must have both a ‘housing need’ and a ‘care need.’ A ‘care need’ means needing support with personal care or meals for example. A ‘housing need’ may mean that a person’s current home is no longer suitable or needs expensive adaptations. If the person in need of care is part of a couple or two relatives living together for example, one or both must meet this criteria. Therefore a small number of tenants may be living in a scheme who would not ordinarily be allocated extra care housing. For example, a partner or relative of an existing Tenant who does have care needs or occasionally where the Tenant with care needs no-longer lives in the flat and their partner or relative remains. Overall, the intention of Extra Care is to create a ‘balanced community’ of Tenants with varied level of strengths and abilities and care needs where tenants can be of mutual support to one another.