Living Well at Home Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS)

Lancashire County Council is establishing a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS), "the Living Well at Home PDPS" to enable the purchase of various Services for adults.

The Services have been divided into the following Lots:

• Lot 1 - Regulated Care Services by the Care Quality Commissioner
• oLot 1a - Short Term Care at Home
• oLot 1b - Homecare Services
• oLot 1c - Extra Care Services
• Lot 2 - Non-Regulated Support Services

Please see procurement documents for more information.

Applicants are invited to apply for all or any of the Lots, there are no restrictions on the number of Lots that Applicants apply for, however the Applicant must ensure they meet the relevant Core and Lot Specification(s) for the Lot they choose to apply for. Additionally, the Applicant needs to ensure they have the resources available to carry out work in their chosen Lot(s).

The Living Well at Home PDPS will be an open arrangement with no restrictions on the number of Service Providers who can be awarded a place on the PDPS. There will be an initial application phase to award places on the Living Well at Home PDPS within the Lots. Please see procurement documents for details: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and-procurement/tenders/living-well-at-home-pdps/ Following the initial application phase (Round 1), the PDPS will reopen, and evaluations of new Applications will be held annually approximately between May and September of each year. The Authority reserves the right to evaluate new Applications sooner and/or amend the evaluation dates. Evaluation dates will be published on the Authority's e-tendering portal as a message or any other format which the Authority stipulates.

This Living Well at Home PDPS Agreement is for use by each of the Contracting Bodies identified in the contract notice.

• Lancashire County Council
• NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)
• Blackburn with Darwen Council

Total values stated include the estimated spend of call -off from the PDPS from all contracting bodies.