Notice Information
Notice Title
Shared Lives Services in Buckinghamshire
Notice Description
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to contract with an innovative Provider to deliver and expand the Shared Lives Service in Buckinghamshire. The Provider will take over the existing service and work with the Council to realise it's growth ambitions to significantly increase the number of Live-In, Short Break and Day Support Arrangements available for Individuals over the next 5 -7 years. The Provider will implement a successful marketing strategy to recruit and train a pool of self-employed Carers who are able to deliver care and support services to Individuals with a wide range of social care and health needs who require varying intensities of support. The Provider should be able to demonstrate experience of managing a Shared Lives, supported lodgings or fostering service as well as strong partnership working with a Local Authority, particularly around service expansion. The Provider will aim to make Shared Lives the ' first choice' for Social Care Workers, Individuals and their Families in Buckinghamshire when considering types of care and support for an Individual. What is Shared Lives Shared Lives enable Individuals, with assessed eligible social care and health needs, the opportunity to live and/ or to be supported in the households of carefully selected, trained and approved Carers. Together, the person needing support, and the Carer, share the Carer's domestic, family and community life. The individuals will be supported and enabled by the Carer to achieve and maintain as much independence as possible and to live meaningful and fulfilling lives in line with their individual choices and ambitions. The Service supports a range of Individuals with varying levels of needs across a range of care cohorts including, but not limited to older people, people with mental health needs including dementia, those with a physical disability or sensory impairment, learning disabilities, autism, neurodivergences, care leavers, people recovering from addictions and people fleeing domestic violence. The Council requires the delivery of the following types of Shared Lives services: * Live-in: an Individual with support needs lives with a Carer and their family (this is sometimes referred to as "long term"). * Short Break: an Individual stays with their chosen Carer on a regular basis, from one night to several weeks. * Day Support: an Individual receives support from their Carer during the day. The Carer's home is used as a base for community activities. Contractual Conditions: The Provider must be registered with the CQC for the regulated activity of personal care. The Provider will maintain an annual membership to Shared Lives Plus for the Service and each Carer. The contract is for 5 years with a 2-year extension option. The start date of the contract will be5th January 2026. TUPE may apply to this contract.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: Option to extend for up to two years after initial term
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051d4f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062295-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,538,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £10,538,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 30 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 5 Jan 2026 - 4 Jan 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Cancelled
- Contracts Status
- Cancelled
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Ann Spence
- Contact Email
- ann.spence@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- AYLESBURY
- Postcode
- HP19 8FF
- Post Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
-
- Local Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Electoral Ward
- Aylesbury North West
- Westminster Constituency
- Aylesbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062295-2025
3rd October 2025 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030630-2025
6th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028701-2025
30th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024705-2025
22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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