Planning

Supported Living Care Services

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Planning

03 Mar 2025 at 10:16

Summary of the contracting process

Staffordshire County Council is in the planning stage for a tender titled "Supported Living Care Services," within the health and social work services industry. This involves providing support to individuals with assessed eligible care needs in Supported Living schemes. A key date to note is 19 March 2025, when the Supported Living Commissioning Plan will be presented for approval. Following this, a market sector update event will be hosted online on 7 April 2025. The engagement process has a milestone due on 12 May 2025. The tender seeks services in Staffordshire (UKG24 region) and is part of a light-touch regime, with the contract period planned to start on 1 May 2026 and end on 30 April 2031.

This tender represents significant business growth opportunities for care providers specialising in supported living services catering to individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, sensory impairments, and mental health conditions. Businesses that are well-suited to compete include those already providing regulated care services and registered with the Care Quality Commission. This framework agreement is particularly beneficial for SMEs capable of delivering independent care services in various Supported Living schemes across Staffordshire. Interested care providers should consider attending the market sector update to understand the Commissioning Plan and network with relevant stakeholders.

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Notice Title

Supported Living Care Services

Notice Description

Staffordshire County Council are recommissioning Supported Living care services, which is the provision of support to individuals with assessed eligible care and support needs living in Supported Living schemes. Supported Living schemes are housing and care services that support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, sensory impairments and/or mental health conditions to live independently in the community. Schemes can be shared houses, clusters of flats or may be single households (in specific circumstances) and an individual's accommodation in the scheme is known as a 'unit'. Individuals with an assessed eligible need for adult social care receive care services from a care provider who is independent of their landlord. If the care provider provides regulated care, they must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). For the purpose of recommissioning Supported Living care services, the scope will include schemes with on-site care from a care provider either contracted by the Council or purchased by an individual using a direct payment issued by the Council; in the majority of circumstances individuals will have a tenancy agreement in respect of their accommodation. Schemes where individuals are receiving care services from directly employed staff, often called Personal Assistants, are not included.

Planning Information

Following our last communications in January 2025, we are pleased to confirm we will be presenting the Supported Living Commissioning Plan to Cabinet, for approval, on 19 March 2025. We will be hosting a Supported Living Care Services Market Sector Update shortly after to share with you an overview of the Commissioning Plan. Please see below for further information: Time: 10:00 - 12:00 Date: Monday 7 April 2025 Venue: Microsoft Teams (online) Who should attend? • This session is open to care providers who currently provide Supported Living care services in Staffordshire AND care providers who may be interested in doing so in the future. How do I book a place? • If you are interested in attending, please email: Supportedliving@staffordshire.gov.uk • Please include the following information: o Name of the person attending o Role of the person attending o Organisation the person attending is representing o Email address of the person attending - please note, your email address will be visible to others on the invite • Once you have emailed and booked on, we will share the Microsoft Teams link. • To support the session, we would ask that there are no more than 3 representatives from each organisation attending the session. • We would appreciate it, if you did not forward the Microsoft Teams meeting link, to help us manage the number of attendees. What if I can't attend? • If you are unable to attend, we will be sharing the presentation and other key information shortly after the event, via Proactis - Supplier Network. Please ensure you are registered on Proactis https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login and view the opportunity by searching for contract reference number IA3345 Supported Living Care Services. The information will then be found in the "request documents" section. • If you book a place and you can't attend the session, please let us know on the email above asap. If another representative from your organisation wants to attend, please ask them to email us directly (using the above address) and we will send the Microsoft Teams link directly. Following the event, information will be shared via Proactis on how to participate in the engagement.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e8de
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007617-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
12 May 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Apr 2026 - 30 Apr 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

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

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