Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Lincolnshire County Council
County Offices, Newland
Lincoln
LN1 1YL
Contact
Mrs Catherine Kinnaird
catherine.kinnaird@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 7881039097
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKF3 - Lincolnshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://procontract.due-north.com
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Health and Social Care
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Strategic Market Support Service and Care Home Trusted Assessors
Reference number
DN572191
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Lincolnshire County Council will be undertaking a procurement in line with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR) the light touch regime and pursuant to Reg 76(7) of the PCRs.
The Strategic Market Support Service (SMSS) and Care Home Trusted Assessors (CHTA) contracts main aim is to engage with care providers to support and develop the market and to meet the demand for critical adult social care services.
The SMSS provides long term stability through the delivery of a workforce strategy and supportive workforce training needs analysis, with the subsequent delivery of education and training courses to develop Lincolnshire care services and their workforce whilst ensuring the offer of support to the provider market is attractive and meaningful. This leads to a longer term plan of sustainability to ensure that all Lincolnshire residents who receive their care from independent and third sector providers in Lincolnshire will have those services delivered by a skilled, competent and caring workforce.
The CHTA service aims to reduce the demand (and need) for care home managers (or care home staff) to attend an acute hospital setting to review the suitability of someone ready for discharge. The CHTA team complete discharge assessments in a time responsive manner which supports the urgency of operational capacity and demand in the acute hospital setting and promotes discharges seven days a week.
The contract will start on 1st April 2022 and will be for an initial 3 years with options to extend further.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Strategic Market Support Service
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79632000 - Personnel-training services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80490000 - Operation of an educational centre
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF3 - Lincolnshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Strategic Market Support Service (SMSS) contract will promote and deliver workforce development and training to all care providers in Lincolnshire, specifically (i) Residential and Nursing Home Services, (ii) Home Care and Community Support Services and (iii) Extra Care Housing.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,455,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Duration in months
60
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Care Home Trusted Assessors
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85100000 - Health services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF3 - Lincolnshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Care Home Trusted Assessors (CHTA) contract will establish a team of suitably qualified and experienced staff to support operational hospital discharges pressures. Their role is to conduct an operational assessment of all individuals identified as medically optimised and fit for discharge from Boston, Lincoln, Grantham and Peterborough hospitals; who may require short or long term social care support. On completion of the assessment, supplementary information is collated and submitted to the provider(s), reducing the necessity for individual providers to attend the hospital to complete their own assessment and therefore reducing unnecessary delays to hospital discharge.
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £850,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement
Duration in months
60
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Form of procedure
Open procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date
17 December 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English