Provision of Domiciliary Care Services (KMCAS-104)

Kirklees Council, in conjunction with the Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group and North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group, wishes to procure approximately 17,000 weekly hours of domiciliary care.

The Council wishes to maintain the best possible care for Service Users by procuring in the most effective way to stabilise and sustain its Service Providers. The purpose of the procurement exercise is to appoint a number of providers, who have the relevant skills & experience, to deliver Personal Care and Support (domiciliary care) in Service Users homes.

Kirklees Council wishes to purchase Services to support people to live successfully in their own homes with an appropriate range of person centred services and to enable Service Users receiving care to lead a good quality of life, maximising their independence, remain safe and comfortable in their own homes for as long as possible whilst maintaining their individual dignity, privacy and freedom of choice. Domiciliary Care Services, in the Borough of Kirklees, has been divided into six (6) geographical Zones (Lots).The purpose of this tender opportunity is to award one contract for each Zone to one single Principal Provider(Domiciliary Care Services Contract KMCAS-104).

There will also be a Framework Agreement to underpin the Principal Providers across all the Zones, and provide additional capacity in the market (under the Domiciliary Care Framework Agreement KMCAS-105).

Kirklees Council intend that the Principal Providers in each Zone will provide approximately 70% of contracted hours of Service within that Zone. The remaining 30% may be offered to the Domiciliary Care Framework Providers.

The Contract(s) will commence on 1/12/17 for 3 years (with the option to extend for a further period or for successive periods up to 30/11/22).