Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Staffordshire County Council
Tipping Street
STAFFORD
ST162DH
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1785854657
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
IA2063 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).
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £200,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot A Standard Homecare Lots A1 - A12a
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Staffordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The total minimum estimated annual value for Lot A and Lot B(including sub lots) combined is £40,000,000 - £50,000,000. The total minimum Platform Agreement value range identified is the minimum that could be awarded via this Platform Agreement. This Platform Agreement is open ended and therefore the total estimated Platform Agreement value is unknown.
The aim of the Care in the home Services is to support the development of home care, increasing supply and encouraging innovation, whilst avoiding large-scale disruption of the
market.
The strategic objectives are to procure a sustainable supply of home care across the county which:
Is of a suitable quality, meets the needs of the Service Users and improves their outcomes and experience;
Is timely and responsive;
Is cost effective and within the budget set by the medium-term financial strategy (MTFS);
Reduces use of reablement services to provide home care and delayed transfers of Care; and
Improves recruitment and retention of staff and supports a sustainable market.
The Platform Agreement duration will be flexible and will be in place for a minimum of no less than 4 years from 1st September 2021 - 31st August 2025 with the option to extend by 3 x 12
months to 31st August 2028. No later than 1st September 2024, the Council will review its intentions for any future extension to the Platform Agreement and will notify Suppliers of any
future extension period of the Platform Agreement. Any further future extensions will be notified to the Suppliers no less than 6 months prior to the expiry of any future extension period. Should the Platform Agreement be extended following the minimum
Platform Agreement period and should the total estimated Platform Agreement value range be exceeded then the documentation will be updated in line with Public Contract
Regulations 2015.
The Services procured under this flexible Platform Agreement fall under the Light Touch Regime of the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015 and therefore a hybrid approach to
ensure flexibility of Suppliers to help manage demand fluctuations within Care in the Home will be used. Following the initial closing of the flexible Platform Agreement and award of Suppliers to each Platform Lot and sub lots, the
Council will reopen the Platform Agreement from time to time. This is to give prospective Suppliers from across the UK/EU the opportunity to apply to join the Platform Agreement.
The Council reserves the right to reopen the Platform
Agreement and sub lots at other times to help meet demand.
Following the closing of any reopening of the Platform Agreement, the Council will evaluate the submissions against the same award criteria and same process as outlined further in this
ITT Procurement Pack. The timescales associated with any reopening of the Platform Agreement will be identified within the procurement documentation issued at the time.
The lots are as follows:
Lot A1- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 1 East Staffordshire
Lot A1a - Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 1 East Staffordshire
Lot A2 - Standard Home Care Contract Zone 2 Tamworth
Lot A2a - Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 2 Tamworth
Lot A3- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 3 Lichfield
Lot A3a- Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 3 Lichfield
Lot A4- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 4 Moorlands North
Lot A4a- Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 4 Moorlands North
Lot A5- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 5 Moorlands South
Lot A5a -Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 5 Moorlands South
Lot A6 -Standard Home Care Contract Zone 6 Newcastle
Lot A6a- Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 6 Newcastle
Lot A7 -Standard Home Care Contract Zone 7 Newcastle North
Lot A7a -Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 7 Newcastle North
Lot A8- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 8 Stafford
Lot A8a -Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 8 Stafford
Lot A9- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 9 South Staffordshire North
Lot A9a- Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 9 South Staffordshire North
Lot A10- Standard Home Care Contract Zone 10 South Staffordshire
Lot A10a -Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 10 South Staffordshire
Lot A11 -Standard Home Care Contract Zone 11 Cannock South
Lot A11a -Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 11 Cannock South
Lot A12 -Standard Home Care Contract Zone 12 Cannock North
Lot A12a -Standard Home Care Pre Purchase Rota Contract Zone 12 Cannock North
two.2.14) Additional information
The full details of the Providers awarded to the Platform Agreement from the commencement on 1st September 2021 can be found:
This list will be updated following each Platform Agreement reopening.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot B Non Standard Home Care B1-B12
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Staffordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The total minimum estimated annual value for Lot A and Lot B(including sub lots) combined is £40,000,000 - £50,000,000. The total minimum Platform Agreement value range identified is the minimum that could be awarded via this Platform Agreement. This Platform Agreement is open ended and therefore the total estimated Platform Agreement value is unknown.
The aim of the Care in the home Services is to support the development of home care, increasing supply and encouraging innovation, whilst avoiding large-scale disruption of the
market.
The strategic objectives are to procure a sustainable supply of home care across the county which:
Is of a suitable quality, meets the needs of the Service Users and improves their outcomes and experience;
Is timely and responsive;
Is cost effective and within the budget set by the medium-term financial strategy (MTFS);
Reduces use of reablement services to provide home care and delayed transfers of Care; and
Improves recruitment and retention of staff and supports a sustainable market.
The Platform Agreement duration will be flexible and will be in place for a minimum of no less than 4 years from 1st September 2021 - 31st August 2025 with the option to extend by 3 x 12
months to 31st August 2028. No later than 1st September 2024, the Council will review its intentions for any future extension to the Platform Agreement and will notify Suppliers of any
future extension period of the Platform Agreement. Any further future extensions will be notified to the Suppliers no less than 6 months prior to the expiry of any future extension period. Should the Platform Agreement be extended following the minimum
Platform Agreement period and should the total estimated Platform Agreement value range be exceeded then the documentation will be updated in line with Public Contract
Regulations 2015.
The Services procured under this flexible Platform Agreement fall under the Light Touch Regime of the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015 and therefore a hybrid approach to ensure flexibility of Suppliers to help manage demand fluctuations within Care in the Home will be used. Following the initial closing of the flexible Platform Agreement and award of Suppliers to each Platform Lot and sub lots, the Council will reopen the Platform Agreement from time to time. This is to give prospective Suppliers from across the UK/EU the opportunity to apply to join the Platform Agreement.
The Council reserves the right to reopen the Platform
Agreement and sub lots at other times to help meet demand.
Following the closing of any reopening of the Platform Agreement, the Council will evaluate the submissions against the same award criteria and same process as outlined further in this
ITT Procurement Pack. The timescales associated with any reopening of the Platform Agreement will be identified within the procurement documentation issued at the time.
The lots and sublots are as follows:
Lot B1 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 1 East Staffordshire
Lot B2 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 2 Tamworth
Lot B3 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 3 Lichfield
Lot B4 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 4 Moorlands North
Lot B5 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 5 Moorlands South
Lot B6 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 6 Newcastle
Lot B7 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 7 Newcastle North
Lot B8 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 8 Stafford
Lot B9 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 9 South Staffordshire North
Lot B10 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 10 South Staffordshire
Lot B11 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 11 Cannock South
Lot B12 -Non Standard Home Care Contract Zone 12 Cannock North
two.2.14) Additional information
The full details of the Providers awarded to the Platform Agreement from the commencement on 1st September 2021 can be found:
This list will be updated following each Platform Agreement reopening.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot C Respite & Sitting Service C1 - C12
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG24 - Staffordshire CC
Main site or place of performance
Staffordshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The estimated minimum annual agreement value for Lot C is £400,000 - £600,000. The total minimum Platform Agreement value range identified is the minimum that could be awarded via this Platform Agreement. This Platform Agreement is open ended and therefore the total estimated Platform Agreement value is unknown.
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.
The Platform Agreement will be flexible and will be in place for a minimum of no less than 4 years from 1st September 2021 - 31st August 2025 with the option to extend by 3 x 12
months to 31st August 2028. No later than 1st September 2024, the Council will review its intentions for any future extension to the Platform Agreement and will notify Suppliers of any future extension period of the Platform Agreement. Any further future extensions will be notified to the Suppliers no less than 12
months prior to the expiry of any future extension period. Should the Platform Agreement be extended following the minimum Platform Agreement period and should the total estimated
Platform Agreement value range be exceeded then the documentation will be updated in line with Public Contract Regulations 2015.
The Services procured under this flexible Platform Agreement fall under the Light Touch Regime of the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015 and therefore a hybrid approach to
ensure flexibility of Suppliers to help manage demand fluctuations within Care in the Home will be used. Following the initial closing of the flexible Platform Agreement and award of
Suppliers to each Platform Lot and sub lots, the Council will reopen the Platform Agreement from time to time. This is to give prospective Suppliers from across the UK/EU the opportunity to apply to join the Platform Agreement. The Council reserves the right to reopen the Platform Agreement and sub lots at other times to help meet demand.
Following the closing of any reopening of the Platform Agreement, the Council will evaluate the submissions against the same award criteria and same process as outlined further in this
ITT Procurement Pack. The timescales associated with any reopening of the Platform Agreement will be identified within the procurement documentation issued at the time.
The lots and sublots are as follows:
Lot C1 -Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 1 East Staffordshire
Lot C2 -Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 2 Tamworth
Lot C3 -Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 3 Lichfield
Lot C4 -Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 4 Moorlands North
Lot C5- Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 5 Moorlands South
Lot C6- Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 6 Newcastle
Lot C7 -Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 7 Newcastle North
Lot C8- Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 8 Stafford
Lot C9- Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 9 South Staffordshire North
Lot C10 - Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 10 South Staffordshire
Lot C11 -Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 11 Cannock South
Lot C12 - Respite & Sitting Service Contract Zone 12 Cannock North
two.2.14) Additional information
The full details of the Providers awarded to the Platform Agreement from the commencement on 1st September 2021 can be found:
This list will be updated following each Platform Agreement reopening.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-001164
Section five. Award of contract
Lot No
Lots A-C including sublots
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 July 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 110
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 110
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Multiple Providers see weblink
https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Business/Procurement/DPS-Contract-Award-Notices/Home-Care-Including-Respite-and-Sitting-Services.aspx
UK
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £200,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £200,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The full details of the Providers awarded to the Platform Agreement from the commencement on 1st September 2021 can be found:
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non electronic or fax methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers.
The award decision process will specify the criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender(s), and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the Contracting Authority will not conclude the contract.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If an agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that
the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages.
The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award
decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months