17-156 Home Care and Support Services

The Council is developing a new system to purchase Home Care and Support. The procurement exercise will be undertaken in line with the Light Touch Regime and in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The new system is a Flexible Purchasing System (FPS) also known as a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System. This procurement exercise is being undertaken jointly with NHS Rotherham CCG (the CCG). The Council will lead the procurement exercise to secure a new model of home care and support but the Service Specification has been designed with NHS Rotherham CCG and is very much a joint approach. The FPS will comprise of 6 Lots. Lot 1, Lot 2 and Lot 3 Home Care and Support Service Providers will be arranged over two Tiers Tier 1 - Lots are defined by geographical zones: Tier 1 - Lot 1 - Rotherham North Tier 1 - Lot 2 - Rotherham South Tier 1 - Lot 3 - Rotherham Central. Three Providers will be appointed in each Lot. Applicants appointed to Tier 1 will be required to deliver service in the geographical zone they are appointed too, they may if they choose provide service in other parts of the borough. Tier 2 Providers are expected to provide service across the whole of the borough however this is not a contractual requirement. There is no limit to the number of providers who can be appointed to Tier 2 status. Lot 4 - Specialist Home Care and Support Service. Providers may apply for this Lot if they are a specialist service in that their whole purpose has specific aims which are directed towards the relief by reason of disability and concern and are particular to a client group i.e. a learning disability organisation would support only people with learning disabilities, a mental ill-health organisation would only support people with mental ill-health and so on for sensory impairment or particular physical disability.There is no limit to the number of providers that can be appointed under this Lot. Lot 5 Unpaid Carers Home Care and Support and Breaks Service Providers may apply for this Lot only if they are a specialist service in that their whole purpose is directed towards the provision of service and support to the particular client group of Unpaid Carers. This Lot will be awarded to one Provider only. It is anticipated that the system will commence on 01/04/2020 and it is estimated the system will run for a period of 5 years, this is an estimate only and subject to continuation if the system continues to meet the requirements of the Authority.

Additional information: The Flexible Purchasing System is advertised as an indicative 5-year opportunity from April 2020 .The Council may continue the Flexible Purchasing System after the end of the 5 years if it wishes to do so.