Community Health and Wellbeing Service

CPV: Health and social work services

Procedure method

Open procedure

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

No (one-off requirement)

First published

5 Dec 2023, 17:50 GMT

Last source update

16 Apr 2026, 13:24 BST

Award evaluation window

29 Jan 2024 – …

Authority reference

81733

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-034695

Classification (CPV)

Health and social work services

Delivery area

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)

Official registry OCID

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Publisher note: Under Regulation 72 (1) (b) contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure in accordance with this Part in any of the following cases: - “(b) for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement where a change of contractor – (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement, and (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract;” Regulation 72 (1) (b) (i) & (ii) are deemed to be satisfied for the following reasons: (i) Changes to contractors cannot be made at this stage due to the specialist and technical knowledge of the CHWS Providers as they are testing out a different way of delivering homecare from other Providers. This includes undertaking Delegated Healthcare activity whereby the CHWS Provider staff have been trained to deliver certain healthcare tasks. It would not be feasible within the timescales prior to the recommissioning of citywide homecare to move this to other providers. It would also impact continuity for people using the service. The CHWS Providers are also working more closely with Social Work teams and Occupational Therapists that are based within the specific geographical pilot area with established communication routes and processes, along with the ability to right size packages through a trusted reviewer approach. This is something that is not currently applicable to other homecare Providers. In addition, part of the CHWS contract is around fostering community connections. As such, Pilot providers have been building links and relationships with other organisations in that area in addition to acquiring sound knowledge of the community assets– this would take too much time to replicate if the Providers were to change for such a short, interim period. Modifying the contract maintains separation from citywide provision which allows for clearer comparison and evaluation. The on-going pilot feeds in well to the concept of a locality model which is the basis on which the Council aspires to commission homecare in future across the city. (ii) Terminating the CHWS contract and putting another one in place would have both resource and cost implications for the Council. Due to the nature of the pilot, a significant level of mobilisation would be required if Providers were to be changed. This would cause significant disruption to people in receipt of the service and their family carers, as their support would need to be brokered to other Providers. Many of these people have already moved once to the CHWS providers – so having to move again could impact their wellbeing. The current provider is well-integrated and positioned to deliver this service. A change in provider for this interim period prior to the tender process for citywide homecare provision is therefore not feasible in terms of timescales and resources. he original contract value was £5,730,000 with the indicative value for this modification being £2,300,000 which is 40% and therefore meets this condition.

Submission deadline

29 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

Bids opened

29 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT

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