Scope
Reference
IA3345
Description
Staffordshire County Council are recommissioning Supported Living care services, which is the provision of support to individuals with assessed eligible care and support needs living in Supported Living schemes.
Supported Living schemes are housing and care services that support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, sensory impairments and/or mental health conditions to live independently in the community. Schemes can be shared houses, clusters of flats or may be single households (in specific circumstances) and an individual's accommodation in the scheme is known as a 'unit'.
Individuals with an assessed eligible need for adult social care receive care services from a care provider who is independent of their landlord. If the care provider provides regulated care, they must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
For the purpose of recommissioning Supported Living care services, the scope will include schemes with on-site care from a care provider either contracted by the Council or purchased by an individual using a direct payment issued by the Council; in the majority of circumstances individuals will have a tenancy agreement in respect of their accommodation. Schemes where individuals are receiving care services from directly employed staff, often called Personal Assistants, are not included.
Commercial tool
Establishes a framework
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2031
- 5 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Contract locations
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Engagement
Engagement deadline
12 May 2025
Engagement process description
Following our last communications in January 2025, we are pleased to confirm we will be presenting the Supported Living Commissioning Plan to Cabinet, for approval, on 19 March 2025.
We will be hosting a Supported Living Care Services Market Sector Update shortly after to share with you an overview of the Commissioning Plan. Please see below for further information:
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Date: Monday 7 April 2025
Venue: Microsoft Teams (online)
Who should attend?
• This session is open to care providers who currently provide Supported Living care services in Staffordshire AND care providers who may be interested in doing so in the future.
How do I book a place?
• If you are interested in attending, please email: Supportedliving@staffordshire.gov.uk
• Please include the following information:
o Name of the person attending
o Role of the person attending
o Organisation the person attending is representing
o Email address of the person attending - please note, your email address will be visible to others on the invite
• Once you have emailed and booked on, we will share the Microsoft Teams link.
• To support the session, we would ask that there are no more than 3 representatives from each organisation attending the session.
• We would appreciate it, if you did not forward the Microsoft Teams meeting link, to help us manage the number of attendees.
What if I can't attend?
• If you are unable to attend, we will be sharing the presentation and other key information shortly after the event, via Proactis - Supplier Network. Please ensure you are registered on Proactis https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login and view the opportunity by searching for contract reference number IA3345 Supported Living Care Services. The information will then be found in the "request documents" section.
• If you book a place and you can't attend the session, please let us know on the email above asap. If another representative from your organisation wants to attend, please ask them to email us directly (using the above address) and we will send the Microsoft Teams link directly.
Following the event, information will be shared via Proactis on how to participate in the engagement.
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Procedure
Special regime
Light touch
Contracting authority
Staffordshire County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZDG-2995-QQMD
1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street,
Stafford
ST16 2DH
United Kingdom
Region: UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government