HCC - 07/24 - The Provision of Extra Care Services

Hertfordshire County Council is currently out to procurement for the Provision of Extra Care Services

Extra Care offers people the opportunity to live in the privacy of their own flat with access to on-site care provision. Depending on the needs of the current residents, care may be delivered through 24 hour on-site support to include sleep-in night arrangements, on-site care 7am-10pm with an out of hours service supporting outside these hours, on-site hours during specific periods during the day with an out of hours service supporting outside these periods. This will be subject to review to meet the changing needs of residents and the Service Provider will need to be flexible across the care models.

In providing the Services the Service Provider is required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and to maintain that registration throughout the Contract Period.

The service will be tendered as 9 individual LOT areas as follows:

Lot number Lot Title

Lot 1 Emmanuel Lodge & Wormley Court, Broxbourne

Lot 2 Evelyn Sharp House, Dacorum

Lot 3 Bircherley Court & Calton Court, East Hertfordshire Lot 4 Parkside, East Hertfordshire

Lot 5 Silkin Court, Stevenage

Lot 6 Fred Millard Court, Stevenage

Lot 7 Dale Court & Rutland Lodge, Watford

Lot 8 Chilton Green & Woodside House, Welwyn Hatfield Lot 9 Swanfield Court, Welwyn Hatfield

Please ensure you fully complete and submit a Response Document for each Lot you intend to bid for.

This procurement is an open process. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express an interest' and also 'opt in' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.

To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline of 12 noon on 23rd August 2024

Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.

Please ensure that where possible documents are uploaded as a PDF and that file names are succinct.

Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.

Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate.

Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.

Please Note the TUPE Employee Liability...

Additional information:

Hertfordshire County Council is currently out to procurement for the Provision of Extra Care Services

Extra Care offers people the opportunity to live in the privacy of their own flat with access to on-site care provision. Depending on the needs of the current residents, care may be delivered through 24 hour on-site support to include sleep-in night arrangements, on-site care 7am-10pm with an out of hours service supporting outside these hours, on-site hours during specific periods during the day with an out of hours service supporting outside these periods. This will be subject to review to meet the changing needs of residents and the Service Provider will need to be flexible across the care models.

In providing the Services the Service Provider is required to be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and to maintain that registration throughout the Contract Period.

The service will be tendered as 9 individual LOT areas as follows:

Lot number Lot Title

Lot 1 Emmanuel Lodge & Wormley Court, Broxbourne

Lot 2 Evelyn Sharp House, Dacorum

Lot 3 Bircherley Court & Calton Court, East Hertfordshire Lot 4 Parkside, East Hertfordshire

Lot 5 Silkin Court, Stevenage

Lot 6 Fred Millard Court, Stevenage

Lot 7 Dale Court & Rutland Lodge, Watford

Lot 8 Chilton Green & Woodside House, Welwyn Hatfield Lot 9 Swanfield Court, Welwyn Hatfield

Please ensure you fully complete and submit a Response Document for each Lot you intend to bid for.

This procurement is an open process. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express an interest' and also 'opt in' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.

To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline of 12 noon on 23rd August 2024

Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.

Please ensure that where possible documents are uploaded as a PDF and that file names are succinct.

Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.

Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate.

Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.

Please Note the TUPE Employee Liability Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information is personal data and must be protected in accordance with the requirements of Data Protection legislation and must also be kept confidential. Therefore, by accessing this Tender via Supply Hertfordshire and then the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree to undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party.

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Delivery Notes

The Contract is for a Core three (3) year period with the option to extend for up to two (2) further years

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No