Supporting Vulnerable Adults Dynamic Purchasing Vehicle

Category 1: Supported Living -

Supported Living Services are accommodation-based services for Residents with a wide range of needs such as mental health, learning disabilities, autism, physical and/or sensory disability etc. Supported living enables adults to live in their own home whilst maintaining their independence and have choice and control. As a term, it covers a wide variety of settings and can include some form of group living.

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £266,777,101

Once suppliers for Category 1 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken. Mini-Competition refers to the "bid writing" stage, where suppliers submit tenders to win the contract outlined in the service specification.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live.

Stage 2: Mini-Competition Stage will be further divided into two routes:

Route 1: Individual Placements

Route 2: Schemes

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid for both Routes.

Bids for both Routes will be evaluated via Method Statements - a series of questions that seek to understand how suppliers would deliver the programme objectives in line with the terms of the service specification. Method Statement questions are part of the ITT pack. Suppliers upload their responses to the Method Statements via the Fusion portal.

Suppliers will be required to complete responses to Method Statements to demonstrate how they will deliver the service. Each Method statement will have a specified word limit.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 1.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.

For Category 1: Supported Living, Suppliers will be required to demonstrate that they are able to meet Newham Council's 'bronze, silver or gold' contract monitoring quality standards as part of their bid submission at Mini-Competition Stage. For further details of how to progress to Silver and Gold quality standards, please see tender documents.

For Category 1: Supported Living, Suppliers will also be required to meet LBN's Accommodation Standards in order to be awarded at Mini-Competition Stage.

Suppliers who do not have accommodation may be able to partner with organisations on LBN's Accommodation List to deliver the service specified at Mini-Competition Stage.

Category 2: Supporting Vulnerable Single Homeless Adults (SVSHA) - Service provides accommodation based support, emergency accommodation solutions, targeted and specialised support for rough sleepers and to those who are homeless/ or at risk of rough sleeping. Service also may include support to residents to facilitate hospital discharges or other specialist type support or accommodation based support to prevent homelessness, rough sleeping or return to the streets.

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £65,597,760

Once Suppliers for Category 2 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid at Mini-Competition Stage.

For Category 2, it is intended that Mini-Competitions will be held approximately every three (3) years. Additional Mini-Competitions may be held subject to additional external Funding received and NEL Borough requirements. Timetables will be indicated at time of publication of Mini-Competition.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 2.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.

Mini-Competitions will allow Bidders to bid for a block contract or Scheme.

Bidders will be requested to advise which level of need and specialisms they are applying for as part of the Mini-Competition.

For Category 2, there will be core standards bidders will need to meet based on level of need. Bidders will need to respond to additional method statements to reflect the additional specialism they have applied for.

Bidders will need to pass the core standards in order to have the responses to the additional method statements evaluated.

Category 3: Prevention and Floating Support - Floating Support with specialisms in varied accommodation settings that include sustaining and maintaining tenancies in the community, prevention of homelessness/ statutory ASC support or stepping down from higher needs accommodation-based support at varying level of needs.

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £ 62,889,463

Once Suppliers for Category 3 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid at Mini-Competition Stage.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 3.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.

Category 4: Extra Care - Extra Care Housing is designed to meet the needs of predominantly older people who require 24-hour care and support to flexibly meet a wide range of needs which may include physical care and support needs, learning disability, cognitive disability and mental ill-health. Unlike Residential and Nursing Care, people who live in ECH have their own self-contained home within a purpose-built block and hold their own tenancy agreement.

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £ 39,620,361

Once Suppliers for Category 4 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid at Mini-Competition Stage.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 4.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.

Category 5: Shared Lives - Shared Lives is an accommodation-based service for adults with eligible social care needs including mental health, physical disability, learning disability, cognitive impairment, sensory and other conditions. Shared Lives can provide both long term and short term respite placements in the Shared Lives Carers own home. This is a highly personalised and tailored service allowing individuals to live in the community within a family home environment.

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £ 16,521,691

Once Suppliers for Category 5 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid at Mini-Competition Stage.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 5.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.

Category 6: Care Homes - The Council aims to support its Adult Social Care Customers to remain as independent in their home, for as long as possible; however, it recognises that Care Homes provide an important Service to those who can no longer live safely in their own home. In line with The Care Act 2014, Customers whose care and support needs have been assessed to be best met in a Care Home have the choice (with support from their family and Health and Social Care practitioners) to choose which Care Home they would like to live in - providing the Home is able to meet their needs.

To ensure each Care Home, which a Customer chooses to live in, meets the Council's requirements and expectations, the Council plans to develop a Pre-Placement Contract (with pre-agreed Terms and Conditions and Specification). Placements will then be purchased on a spot basis via an Individual Service Agreement (under the terms of the Contract).

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £ 503,115,701

Once Suppliers for Category 6 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid at Mini-Competition Stage.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 6.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.

Category 7: Service provides residents with immigration advice and support to apply for settled/ regularised immigration status.

Estimated Aggregate Value across the lifetime of the DPV (5+5 years) £ 2,834,516

Once Suppliers for Category 7 are admitted onto the DPV then 'Mini-Competitions' can be undertaken.

Full service specifications will be published in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) pack when the Mini-Competition stage goes live

All Suppliers admitted to the DPV, will be invited to bid at Mini-Competition Stage.

Mini-Competitions will be held on the basis of 60% Quality, 10% Social Value and 30% Price for Category 7.

For future Mini-Competitions, flexibility has been allowed to vary the quality/price/social value percentage weightings by +/- 10%, details of this will be set out in the Mini-Competition documents. This flexibility will also apply to any other Local Authorities who may choose to access the DPV.

Full details will be available via the Council's 'Fusion' e-tendering portal at time of publication.