Official UK procurement notice
Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System for 'Care and Support in Your Home'
Authority: South Gloucestershire Council (Local council)
The Council is inviting tenders from potential suppliers who wish to provide high quality care and support services under the ‘Care and Support in Your Home Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)’. Providers may be registered with the Care Quality Commission as a provider of personal care to those who require this. An option to extend the contract for a further two periods of 12 months is enabled under the Pseudo DPS. Potential suppliers will need to complete all the documents outlined within the Invitation to Tender document and upload these to ProContract by the deadline specified. Any provider wishing to be considered for block contracts to be called off of the Pseudo DPS must ensure they complete the method statements appropriate for the contracts (i.e. for care and support within Extra Care Housing the method statements for the Community Lot must be completed; and for the Reablement service the method statements for the Partnership Lot must be completed).
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council is inviting tenders from potential suppliers who wish to provide high quality care and support services under the ‘Care and Support in Your Home Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)’. Providers may be registered with the Care Quality Commission as a provider of personal care to those who require this. Submissions from non-regulated providers able to provide support and assistance are also welcome.
The Pseudo DPS includes three Lots – Home, Community and Partnership. Providers are invited to apply to join the Pseudo DPS at one or more of these levels, the expectations of each level being detailed in the specification. Personal care, as defined by the Care Quality Commission, will only be delivered by providers qualifying to join the Pseudo DPS Home Lot.
Contract award to the Pseudo DPS does not guarantee any call off contracts, either on a spot purchased basis or through mini competitions for block contracts. The processes for call off are described in the Specification. All spot purchased care and support services called off of the Pseudo DPS will be subject to fixed rates as specified in the Contract Terms (£27.52 per hour for regulated care and £24.78 for non-regulated support)
The contract term will be for an initial period of five years, anticipated to commence from 1st April 2025. An option to extend the contract for a further two periods of 12 months is enabled under the Pseudo DPS.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The contract term will be for an initial period of five years, anticipated to commence…
The contract term will be for an initial period of five years, anticipated to commence from 1st April 2025. An option to extend the contract for a further two periods of 12 months is enabled under the Pseudo DPS.
Potential suppliers will need to complete all the documents outlined within the Invitation to Tender document and upload these to ProContract by the deadline specified. Any provider wishing to be considered for block contracts to be called off of the Pseudo DPS must ensure they complete the method statements appropriate for the contracts (i.e. for care and support within Extra Care Housing the method statements for the Community Lot must be completed; and for the Reablement service the method statements for the Partnership Lot must be completed).
This is an open procedure under the light touch regime. The Council reserves the right to reopen the Pseudo DPS in response to market shaping requirements as necessary, to meet the needs of its communities. However, the Pseudo DPS will be open for new submissions as a minimum every six months and/or over the life of the DPS.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
- “Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System for 'Care and Support in Your Home'” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Sept 2024, 10:15 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2024, 10:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Oct 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN744342- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-030430- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049d31Find a Tender
Publisher note: Providers will need to register on the Supplying the Southwest portal and express an interest in order to view the tender documents. https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 28 Oct 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Oct 2024, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Sept 2024 → 28 Oct 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published24 Sept 2024, 10:15 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Oct 2024, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Oct 2024, 10:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.