Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Place 2 Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
Contact
Sarah Lynn
sarah.lynn@staffordshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1785854645
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Home Care including carers home based respite services in Staffordshire
Reference number
IA2063
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Council are commissioning Care in the home services including a Carers home and community respite service across Staffordshire for Carers who have been assessed as having support needs. Respite Care and support enables Carers to take a break from their caring role and evidence suggests that this can help to achieve positive health, wellbeing and quality of life outcomes for Carers. Fewer Carers experienced mental health problems if they had taken a break since beginning their caring role. The purpose of Care in the home and Carers home and community respite Services are to enable Service Users to remain in their own homes, living as independently as possible and to achieve and maintain their autonomy, independence, personal identity and assessed outcomes. This Procurement is a 'flexible Platform Agreement' which will be commissioned under the Light Touch Regime (implemented through Regulations 74-77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015).
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-001164
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
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Date
5 March 2021
Local time
12:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
The scheduled closing date has been amended to 12 noon Friday 5th March 2021.