Tender for the Provision of Personal Care and Wellbeing Support Services for Frickley Mews Extra Care Scheme

Wakefield Council is seeking applications from suitably qualified organisations / companies experienced in managing and delivering personal care and wellbeing support services throughout a whole Extra Care Scheme for the new Frickley Mews Extra Care Scheme in South Elmsall, Pontefract. The scheme is a purpose-built 67 apartment, dementia friendly unit which will be completed end October 2015. The Contract will be awarded in August 2015, commence on 2nd November 2015 and run for a five-year period (with option to extend for further five-years), with the on-site Personal Care and Wellbeing Support Services expected to commence third week November 2015 following three weeks of on-site preparation (all dates subject to building completion/handover). The Personal Care and Wellbeing Support Services will be on-site 24 hour a day, 7 days a week. The dependency levels of those living in the scheme will be 65% high needs; 25% medium needs and 10% low needs. 8 of the 67 apartments will be utilised by the Council for reablement with reablement services being delivered by the Council's in-house team with night-time cover and unplanned care and support provided by the on-site Service Provider. The total hours to be delivered are up to a maximum of 966 per week.

Additional information: Please refer to Instructions to Tenderers and Tender Evaluation Framework document.

Frickley Mews Extra Care Scheme, South Elmsall, Pontefract, West Yorkshire