Care at Home Block Contract

Concepts

• social work
• livingston
• west lothian
• small block contract
• home services
• residential care
• block contract
• home block contract
• care
• success of the block contract

Location

Description

Care at Home services provide personalised care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain their independence. Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the centre of the decisions about the way they live and the support that they want to receive. The Council's intention is to tender a pilot for a small block contract for 185 hours per week to operate alongside the Care at Home Framework. The block contract will operate for 1 year plus an option to extend for a further 1 year period.

Total Quantity or Scope

Care at Home services provide personalised care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain their independence. Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the centre of the decisions about the way they live and the support that they want to receive. … This ‘Test of Change’ block contract will differ from the framework and explore new approaches to service delivery across all areas of West Lothian, which will include responding to priority emergency need, geographical constraints, and addressing those packages of care that have been problematic to fulfil under the existing care at home arrangements. The project will also aim to ensure the availability of high quality, cost effective, reliable services that can adapt to meet surges in demand from critical areas such as hospital discharge and crisis care and help to alleviate winter pressures on the system. The block contract will attract a guaranteed contracted value each week which also differs from the framework. The success of the block contract will be evaluated on an ongoing basis and will inform future Care at Home contracts. The block contract will operate for 1 year plus an option to extend for a further 1 year period.

CPV Codes

• 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
• 85310000 - Social work services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The award of a block contract for Care at Home services as part of a ‘test of change’ to evaluate the potential benefits of operating block contracts alongside a flexible framework agreement. The block contract will support the framework however be different in nature and that it will be dynamic and responsive across West Lothian. Please note, the Supplier Development Programme are running an event on Wednesday 9th November 2022, 10:30am-12:00pm to help businesses prepare for tendering for a public sector procurement requirement. Further information on the event and how to book a space can be found at the following link: https://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/events/13-getting-your-business-tender-ready-the-c... NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=712183. (SC Ref:712183)