Herefordshire Council is seeking to establish an accredited list of providers to deliver a range of community activity Services.
United Kingdom-Hereford: Health and social work services
2016/S 051-085060
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Ms Rachel Horne
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383729
E-mail: rachel.horne@herefordshire.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Ms Rachel Horne
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383729
E-mail: rachel.horne@herefordshire.gov.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Ms Rachel Horne
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383729
E-mail: rachel.horne@herefordshire.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Ms Rachel Horne
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383729
E-mail: rachel.horne@herefordshire.gov.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 25: Health and social services
NUTS code UKG11
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This list will include a wide range of community activities in order to reflect customers’ individual choices, and may include a focus on accessing and integrating community resources. In order to facilitate this element of the service, the Council will continue to work with the market to grow and nurture community-based alternatives, including social and community enterprises, to ensure choice for individuals to live independently and reduce social isolation.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
85000000, 85300000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
The service should provide specific support in a range of daily life situations including but not limited to:
Access to leisure opportunities;
Fulfilling social roles such as visiting relatives and socialising with peers;
Access to a range of centre-based and non centre-based activities as requested by the service user involved;
Access to education, employment and voluntary work;
Assisting in accessing day activities based on set, transparent costs and accessible, up to date information;
Finding out about organisations and services that could be of use to people;
Physical and emotional well being.
Service providers must ensure that services are developed around promoting independence and re-ablement in both the short and the longer term where appropriate. In addition enabling service users to set their own outcomes and achieve them.
There should be a focus on reducing dependencies and care needs.
In future the local authority will develop an adult social care assessment process that can be delivered by a ‘trusted assessor’, and providers will be invited to be trusted assessor organisations.
In addition, it may be necessary for providers to support people with personal care and administrating medication if and when needed during the day opportunity.
This Service will also encompass the provision to support all service users, which includes those who have a Personal Budget, through Direct Payments, and also Self Funders. Service providers will be required to individually market their service towards those on direct payments, and self- funders, who will be accessing day opportunities independently of the council.
The service should aim to offer service users flexible access to a range of personally selected activities, which are tailored to meet the needs and outcomes identified in their Personal Support Plan. The service users’ views and preferences, and where appropriate the views of their circles of support, should also be central to all discussions as to how those outcomes should be achieved.
Service Users should be supported in retaining all their existing social and emotional links with family, friends and the community, in so far as they wish to do so.
In addition, the community activities service should contribute towards alleviating Service User loneliness and isolation.
Daily living skills such as shopping, doctor’s appointments and attending hairdressing appointments should be facilitated by the use of volunteers to add value to chargeable services and deliver added value to service users.
Location:
The community activities service should not be constrained by the physical location of a “traditional day centre”. Instead, the Services should be delivered in a community based hub from which service users can access complementary services which support their individual needs and engage with the local community.
The intention for the service is to use existing assets within communities and to prevent duplication. The council would encourage partnership working in all areas of the business to provide innovative, effective and outcomes based services for the individuals.
Progression model:
The new community activities service should focus on training/employment and the achievement of service user’s personalised outcomes rather than just leisure services. In addition, the service should be based on the principle of progression through services. Service users should be supported to lead as independent and fulfilling lives as possible and only receive services whilst they need them. At every opportunity providers should be promoting independence.
An important caveat is that the progression model will not be of benefit to all service users, in recognition of the varying levels of disability and support needs of service users. The Council does not envisage, for example that service users with profound and complex needs and/behaviours that challenge will be progressed through services in the same way as those with less support needs.
Service Availability:
The availability of the Services will be based on the assessed need and individual outcomes of the service user. The Council encourages providers to deliver flexible access times to the Services 7 days a week (including evenings where relevant). In addition, a booking facility in relation to the Services should be available for at least 50 weeks of the calendar year.
The services which are the subject of this specification should be provided during the hours of approx. 7:00 to 23:00 at a location outside a service user’s home.
Outcomes:
The Council is committed to delivery of outcomes desired by the citizens who are being supported. The success of any support received is determined by the end result achieved for the person being supported (the outcome) and not the volume or resources deployed in its delivery (the input).
These outcomes are in line with the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework 2015-2016. The service provider has a high degree of freedom and flexibility to shape service delivery to meet the outcomes set within predetermined parameters.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 267 000 and 300 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Number of possible renewals: Range: between 1 and 2
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 0 (from the award of the contract)
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: