Notice Information
Notice Title
Supported Living Services for Individuals with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Mental Health Conditions (aged 16+)
Notice Description
The Council invites suppliers to join a light touch regime dynamic purchasing system (LTR DPS) for supported living services for individuals with a learning disability, autistic spectrum conditions and/or mental health conditions (aged 16+).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Staffordshire County Council (the Council) has put in place a Light Touch Regime Dynamic Purchasing System (LTR DPS) arrangement for the provision of Supported Living Services for Individuals with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Mental Health Conditions (aged 16+). Suppliers will also be expected to consider reasonable adjustments to also enable the needs of clients with Sensory Impairments, Physical Disabilities and Acquired Brain Injury. The Council has received applications to join the DPS from Suppliers and has awarded successful Suppliers onto the DPS. The DPS arrangement will remain open up to 30 June 2025 and the Council will continue to receive and consider applications to join the DPS until such closing date. Invitations to Tender for Call For Competition Contracts under the DPS commenced on 1st October 2019. This Contract Award Notice relates to Call For Competition Contracts which have been awarded under the DPS Agreement with effect from 1st January 2025 to 31st March 2025 (inclusive).
Options: The initial period is 1.9.2019 to 30.9.2021 with 2 x 12 month options to extend - therefore options may be taken up for the period 1.10.2021 to 30.9.2022 and 1.10.2022 to 30.9.2023. The options will be exercised at the discretion of the County Council and the Council reserves the right to further extend the LTR DPS in line with public contract regulations. The original OJEU Notice Reference published in 2019 was 2019/S 145-357356. A Corrigendum was issued in November 2023 OJEU Notice Reference 2023/S 227-715092 which stated: The initial period is 1.9.2019 to 30.9.2021 with 2 x 12 month options to extend - therefore options may be taken up for the period 1.10.2021 to 30.9.2022 and 1.10.2022 to 30.9.2023 and 01.10.23 - 30.06.2024.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-047331
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076429-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £93,860,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £93,860,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £256,439 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Nov 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
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
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Stafford
- Electoral Ward
- Forebridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Stafford
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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