Official UK procurement notice
Framework Agreement for Supported Living Services for Adults with Mental Health Needs
Authority: City & County of Swansea (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSwansea Council has published this Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform organisations of its intentions in respect of supported living services for adults with mental health needs.
The Council is working in partnership with the Swansea Bay University Health Board with the intention of establishing a Framework Agreement for providers with the capacity and expertise to deliver care and support to people with mental health needs.
There will be two Lots on the Framework Agreement:-
- The first will be for service providers who can effectively operate supported living projects at designated properties. The Framework Agreement will facilitate the award of a block contract for each project. The aim of these projects will be to help people to recover and live independent lives, but it will primarily be achieved via the provision of ‘support’ as opposed to ‘care’. Please note that successful providers will be expected to have the capability to undertake some care tasks, particularly around medication management and compliance, as and when this is required.
- The second Lot will be used to commission services for people with greater care needs. The Framework will enable the Partners to commission individual packages of care and support for people living in their own home or shared housing. Every individual has different needs and the service should build on their unique strengths. However, the service provider must have the capacity to undertake personal care tasks where this is required and may, in some cases, be expected to keep people safe by enforcing the conditions of a lawful deprivation and or a Community Treatment or Guardianship Order.
Prospective providers do not necessarily need to have sourced accommodation to be on the Framework Agreement, but they will need to share the view of the Council and Health Board that:
- people should be able to have access to modern supported living services that enable them to lead fulfilled and independent lives;
- people prefer to be less, rather than more, dependent;
- services should be outcome-focused;
- services should be delivered in a manner which is planned and pro-active, and ensure recovery is not forgotten or displaced;
- people should be central to how they receive services as they are more likely to progress when it is something that they have chosen to do and something that matters to them; and
- it is necessary for people to take proportionate risks if they are to progress.
Supported living is not a prescriptive model which means services can look quite different in their appearance. The Council is open to consider innovative models.
CPV: Social services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services with accommodation
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Supported Living Projects at Designated PropertiesPlanned
This lot will be for service providers who can effectively operate supported living projects at designated properties. The Framework Agreement will facilitate the award of a block contract for each project. The aim of these projects will be to help people to recover and live independent lives, but it will primarily be achieved via the provision of ‘support’ as opposed to ‘care’. Please note that successful providers will be expected to have the capability to undertake some care tasks, particularly around medication management and compliance, as and when this is required.
Lot #2Individual packages of care and support for people living in their own home or shared housingPlanned
The second Lot will be used to commission services for people with greater care needs. The Framework will enable the Partners to commission individual packages of care and support for people living in their own home or shared housing. Every individual has different needs and the service should build on their unique strengths. However, the service provider must have the capacity to undertake personal care tasks where this is required and may, in some cases, be expected to keep people safe by enforcing the conditions of a lawful deprivation and or a Community Treatment or Guardianship Order.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Framework Agreement for Supported Living Services for Adults with…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Jan 2023, 15:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Jan 2023, 15:38 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000433- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0395a6Find a Tender
Publisher note: Interested organisations are invited to initially submit an expression of interest to Swansea Council: Christopher.Francis@swansea.gov.uk by 4pm pm on 31st January 2023 with the following information: 1) Name of your organisation and brief description of its background and experience 2) Would you be interested in tendering for the service described above? If yes, please explain full detail of what you are able to provide. 3) Do you have the current capacity to deliver the required objectives and availability of resources? 4) Other comments or suggestions Interested organisations may also want to note that the Council is going to be developing a framework agreement for domiciliary care services for adults with one or more of the following needs: mental health, physical disability, learning disability, and acquired brain injury. A separate Prior Information Notice has been developed in respect of domiciliary care. This exercise will not be used for the purposes of short-listing at a later stage and non-participation will not restrict access to any tender opportunity that might follow from this exercise. Swansea Council reserves the final right to follow what it considers to be the most appropriate approach to market and will not meet any costs incurred by any party in responding to this exercise. Having considered all representations Swansea Council reserves the right to package the requirements in such a way as to offer the most cost effective, sustainable solutions. The estimated date for publication of the contract notices is subject to change depending on the outcome of this PIN notice and market testing exercise. Please note the purpose of this notice is to notify the market on the upcoming Framework Agreement which will be tendered in the coming months. (WA Ref:127930)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
6 Jan 2023 → 17 Apr 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published6 Jan 2023, 15:38 GMT
- Tender notice expected17 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Official documents & specifications
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