Contract

Discharge to Assess Care Act Assessments

  • SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-032579

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03437f

Published 17 November 2022, 8:24am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

Civic Centre,Civic Centre Road

SOUTHAMPTON

SO147LY

Email

tendermangement@southampton.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2380833000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ32 - Southampton

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.southampton.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

Social protection


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Discharge to Assess Care Act Assessments

Reference number

SCC-ICU-0043

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Southampton City Council invites potential suppliers to submit tenders for the provision of a significant number of Discharge to Assess Care Act Assessments.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Lowest offer: £80,000 / Highest offer: £160,000 taken into consideration

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ32 - Southampton

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Southampton City Council invites potential suppliers to submit tenders for the provision of a significant number of Discharge to Assess Care Act Assessments.

Since March 2020 National COVID guidance has required that patients discharging from hospital who require ongoing care should receive any assessment of need in a community setting, either their own home or an alternative environment such as a nursing or care home.

The expectation that ongoing assessment of need is undertaken in the community is termed "Discharge to Assess" (D2A) and has been the default hospital discharge approach.

This procurement is for a contract to undertake 150 Care Act Assessments over a 4-month period. Each "care act assessment" will be in respect to new packages of care/placements and may include the undertaking of mental capacity assessments as required.

The overarching aim of the service will be to: 

• Provide Care Act assessment and support planning services to a predefined number of service users as set out in chapter 6 of the Care Act Guidance 

• Provide Care Act reviews of support plans to a predefined number of service users as set out in chapter 13 of the Care Act Guidance 

The individuals being assessed will be adults aged over 18 discharging from hospital who require an assessment of need.

The provider will carry out person-centred, strengths-based assessments and reviews, along with associated support planning, in accordance with Care Act 2014 principles and in line with Southampton City Council policies, which will be shared with the provider during service mobilisation.

The financial envelope for this procurement is up to £80,000 for the 4-month period covered by the initial contract term, during which time the provider will be required to undertake 150 Care Act Assessments.

In the event that additional Care Act Assessments are required, and if future funding is available, the Council reserves the option to extend the contract term by up to two extension periods - each of two months - which would extend the financial envelope by up to a further £80,000 in total, (i.e., up to £40,000 for each period of extension) - such that the maximum value of the contract is potentially £160,000.

Please see Document 3 Service Specification for more service-related information.

Due to the urgency for the service provision, this procurement will follow an accelerated Open type procedure and will be conducted in compliance with The Public Contracts Regulations 74-77, 2015, under the Light Touch Regime. It is essential that the service provider is able to mobilise service delivery to enable a contract start date of 18th July 2022.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 55

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 5

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-015577


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

SCC-ICU-0043

Title

Discharge to Assess Care Act Assessments

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

11 August 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 6

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Five Social Care Limited

9 Alnwick Way,

Grantham

NG31 8UJ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKF3 - Lincolnshire
Companies House

12823210

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £152,772


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Procurement Review Body

London

Country

United Kingdom