Care At Home Services Framework

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        "description": "West Lothian Council has a requirement to purchase Care at Home services from external service providers. Care at Home services provide personalised care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain their independence. Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the centre of the decisions about the way they live and the support that they want to receive. The Council wish to appoint successful service providers to a framework, in addition to two block contracts which are being advertised separately. The highest service providers will be appointed to the framework and must score at least 50% of the maximum available quality score to be appointed to the framework.",
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                    "description": "Registration with the Care Inspectorate - Level 3 is a mandatory requirement. Where providers have no previous registration history, they will be required to provide evidence of a level 3 grade within the first 12 months of the contract commencement."
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                    "type": "economic",
                    "description": "Minimum Insurance required is: Employers Liability 10,000,000 GBP (Ten Million GBP) subject to legislative requirements. Professional Indemnity 2,000,000 GBP (Two Million GBP) Public liability 5,000,000 GBP (Five Million GBP) - Employers should hold insurance at a minimum level of 5m GBP in line with current legislation unless specifically exempt. Re ESPD question 4B.6 West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet's DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a Failure Score of 35 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please note that below 35 will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a Failure Score of less than 35, the tenderer may be required to submit their last three years accounts. In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent rating,tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. The council will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 year period. It is recommended that candidates review their own Dun & Bradstreet Score in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun & Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun & Bradstreet score 35) from a recognised credit referencing agency. The council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Tenderer's financial status. In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee. Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected. Whilst there is no exclusion criteria pertaining to minimum turnover requirements, bidders are required to enter details of general yearly turnover for the last three years within the Invitation to Tender."
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