--- title: "Domiciliary Care Rounds - Early Engagement and Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-07-18" --- # Domiciliary Care Rounds - Early Engagement and Soft Market Testing Buyer: WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7501e54f-fd8a-4936-aee1-6f823c4eb07b.json) ## Summary West Sussex County Council is planning a procurement process titled "Domiciliary Care Rounds - Early Engagement and Soft Market Testing" in the health and social work services category. The tender involves seeking feedback from domiciliary care provider organisations in West Sussex to support continued service delivery and growth. The engagement end date for this market testing exercise is set for August 1, 2023. This tender by West Sussex County Council presents an opportunity for registered domiciliary care provider organisations, especially SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) entities. The aim is to encourage providers to enhance delivery in specific locations, improve efficiency in accepting and commencing new referrals, and ensure a smooth transition for service users to long-term care and support at home. Businesses in the health and social work services sector that can contribute to these aims are well-suited to participate in this procurement process. ## Notice WSCC are inviting views from registered domiciliary care provider organisations as part of a soft market testing exercise in relation to a Domiciliary Care Rounds and Provider Incentive Payments Feedback in West Sussex. Providers are asked to provide feedback on the points below and to confirm whether they feel any of these options would enable them to continue to grow in the delivery of care and support at home to the residents of West Sussex. WSCC recently procured and awarded contracts for Domiciliary Care Rounds which were delivered during the winter of 2022 to 2023. WSCC also oversaw the delivery of Incentive Payments; inviting the domiciliary care providers to identify proposals required funding which would support their continued service delivery. WSCC is now seeking feedback from the market about each of these schemes as well as thoughts regarding potential future options. The aims of WSCC's Rounds and Incentive Payments over winter 2022/2023 were to: * Encourage an increase in Provider delivery in specific geographical locations, * Increase the time efficiency of Providers acceptance and commencement of new referrals, and * Maintain the flow of service users moving on from interim services such as Hospital Discharge Care and Community Reablement Service onto long-term Care and Support at Home. This piece of market testing aims to get Providers' feedback on these schemes and their views on the potential for other models of delivery to potentially compliment or substitute the above range of schemes to support the market to best meet the aims listed above. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c9f4b07-106e-4fcd-a316-7a83bf544535 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Jul 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Aug 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHICHESTER | | Post town | Portsmouth | | Postcode | PO19 1RG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ27 West Sussex (South West) | | Local authority | Chichester | | Electoral ward | Chichester Central | | Westminster constituency | Chichester | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation ## Release History - 18 Jul 2023 at 08:56 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c9f4b07-106e-4fcd-a316-7a83bf544535 - 18 Jul 2023 at 08:54 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec64da87-0e5e-4d3c-9d35-261551f1bfb2 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6c9f4b07-106e-4fcd-a316-7a83bf544535 18th July 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec64da87-0e5e-4d3c-9d35-261551f1bfb2 18th July 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/66eca5d8-96e3-4f1d-963b-d6e3f8178ad1 Soft Market Testing - Rounds and Incentive Payments Feedback Sheet - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c9ddaa1e-aa86-499f-8e03-4446d4782af2 Soft Market Testing - Rounds and Incentive Payments Feedback Sheet ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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