Dudley Domiciliary Care and Extra Care Tender
Dudley Council is seeking to procure Domiciliary Care Services and Extra Care Services to deliver care and support across the Dudley borough to people who are ordinarily resident in Dudley and have assessed Care Act eligible needs as set out in the FTSN (Find a Tender Service Notice) and the Specification at Appendix 5 and the procurement documents
Domiciliary care
Tier 1
Tier one is comprised of five zones A – E with the expectation on Service Providers to deliver on average at least one thousand (1000) hours a week or above of long-term work. The expectation of hours is to ensure sufficient staffing and resources to respond to demand.
Tier 2
Tier 2 is comprised of ten zones 1-10.
Tier 2 will consist of multiple Service Providers delivering long-term care within their zone(s)
It is anticipated that Tier 2 Service Providers would deliver on average between three hundred (300) hours and six hundred (600) hours
Extra Care
There are two providers of Extra Care in Dudley providing four schemes between them with a total of 395 properties of which 315 are for social rent, and 74 are shared equity properties. Dudley MBC has nomination rights for each of the Extra Care schemes.
There are 4 lots for Extra Care one per scheme. Bidders may submit bids for no more than 2 Extra Care schemes. The landlord for schemes 1, 2, 3 below is Midland Heart, these schemes have a mix of rented and shared ownership and outright owned apartments.
The successful bidder will be required to agree to a Service Level Agreement with the landlord to deliver the housing support. An example copy of the SLA and information/costings is provided in Appendix G of the Core Specification.
Type of procedure
Open procedure
Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The procurement is under Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.A single one stage process is being undertaken. This will result in contracts for each of the 4 Extra Care Schemes, and a flexible Framework for the Dom Care Service. The Dom Care Framework may be opened as per the tender documentation.
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 4 years:
The Framework will be re-opened periodically as per the tender documentation.
Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
17 November 2023
Local time
1:00pm
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
17 November 2023
Local time
1:00pm
The tender documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/ProjectManage/3603
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