Award

Care and Support Prisons

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

31 Jan 2025 at 14:42

Award Notice
Tender

07 Oct 2024 at 10:54

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Staffordshire County Council has awarded a contract titled "Care and Support Prisons," which falls under the industry categories of imprisonment services, prison services, social work and related services, and other community services. The location for this procurement is the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is currently at the award stage, with the contract officially starting on 1 April 2025 and running until 31 March 2028, with an option to extend to 31 March 2029. Key deadlines included the tender period ending on 6 November 2024. This open procedure tender aimed to find suitably qualified care providers to deliver personalised care and support in prisons and approved premises across Staffordshire.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in care and support services, particularly those experienced in handling the needs of prison populations. SMEs and social enterprises are well-suited to compete for this contract due to the procurement's focus on using an open procedure above threshold, ensuring a transparent and competitive bidding process. The contract's comprehensive goal of enhancing quality of life, promoting independence, and improving health and wellbeing creates ample scope for providers to demonstrate their capabilities and innovate in service delivery, potentially leading to long-term collaborations and business growth within the public sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Care and Support Prisons

Notice Description

Staffordshire County Council has recommissioned the current Personalised Care and Support in prisons (and in approved premises) in the County of Staffordshire which is due to expire 31/03/2025. The purpose of the Service is for suitably qualified care providers to deliver Care and Support to all Prisons and Approved Premises on a Guaranteed Hours basis. Spot Purchase hours will be considered and agreed with the Council once the Guaranteed Hours have been spent. The Service will enable Service Users to achieve their identified outcomes to improve their independence and achieve and maintain their desired strength based, personalised outcomes in relation to their physical, emotional, social, and mental wellbeing. The Council aims to ensure improve Service Users remain as independent as possible; have the knowledge to make informed decisions; have choice and be in control of decisions made about their Care; be part of their community; receive Support at the right time through a strength based and personalised Service. The provider delivering the Service, will aim to achieve the following objectives: enhance the quality of life for Service Users with Care and Support needs; delay and reduce the need for Care and Support; ensure Service Users have a positive experience of Care; safeguard Service Users whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from avoidable harm; improve and maintain Service Users health and wellbeing through increased independence, choice, control, dignity, and quality of life; promote independence, and enable the Service User to be an active member of society and their community; provide a strength based support Service, responsive to the needs and circumstances of the Service Users; help maximise independence after illness or disability through working within a rehabilitation, reablement and enablement philosophy; provide a high quality Service in terms of access, the Service Users' experience and outcomes based on evidence of effectiveness; enable Service User satisfaction, enabling Service Users to have a say in how Support and Services could be developed in the future, ensuring meaningful engagement that enables Service Users to have a say about the future development of Services. provide clear information so that Service Users can make informed choices. The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-8cfef2ae-a5ca-4f88-a4ec-606c7830fd99
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1cae3a9d-3de7-44a7-9359-4c1b814aa9c3
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

75231210 - Imprisonment services

75231230 - Prison services

85300000 - Social work and related services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,116,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,116,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
6 Nov 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Jan 20251 years ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2029 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Clare Kinvig-Jenkinson
Contact Email
commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
01785854657

Buyer Location

Locality
STAFFORD
Postcode
ST16 2DH
Post Town
Stoke-on-Trent
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG24 Staffordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Stafford
Electoral Ward
Forebridge
Westminster Constituency
Stafford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PRACTICE PLUS GROUP HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES

Further Information

Notice Documents

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