Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Independent Living Support Services
Notice Description
The provision of a support service to those whose care needs are met via a Direct Payment requires to continue. Failure to do so could lead to service delivery breakdown for those who rely on this care, loss of employment to those personal assistants and ultimately care responsibility falling back to the Council as provider of last resort. Provision to be over 12 months commencing on 1 April 2024.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The provision of a support service to those whose care needs are met via a Direct Payment requires to continue. Failure to do so could lead to service delivery breakdown for those who rely on this care, loss of employment to those personal assistants and ultimately care responsibility falling back to the Council as provider of last resort. The provision of a support service from 1st April 2024. In the first instance this will be for one year and then reviewed.
Procurement Information
The existing provider indicated that they no longer wished to provide the Independent Living Support. A new provider needed to be sourced as a matter of urgency. Failure to do so could lead to service delivery breakdown for those who rely on this care, loss of employment to those personal assistants and ultimately care responsibility falling back to the Council as provider of last resort.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000813561
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT541801
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £94,819 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Apr 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Denise Link
- Contact Email
- denise.link@orkney.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01856873535
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KIRKWALL
- Postcode
- KW15 1NY
- Post Town
- Kirkwall
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM65 Orkney Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Electoral Ward
- Kirkwall East
- Westminster Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT541801
Provision of Independent Living Support Services - The provision of a support service to those whose care needs are met via a Direct Payment requires to continue. Failure to do so could lead to service delivery breakdown for those who rely on this care, loss of employment to those personal assistants and ultimately care responsibility falling back to the Council as provider of last resort. Provision to be over 12 months commencing on 1 April 2024.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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