---
title: "Care @ Home Approved List"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d.json"
source: "Contracts Finder"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL"
published: "2018-03-12"
---

# Care @ Home Approved List

Buyer: HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d.json)

## Summary

Herefordshire Council is seeking to establish a Care @ Home Approved List, aimed at offering accredited providers for home care services in Herefordshire. The procurement process is classified under the health and social work services industry category, with a total estimated contract value of £11 million. The contract period is set to begin on 31 January 2018 and will extend until 30 January 2038, following a restricted selective procurement method. The tender notice was published on 21 November 2017, with the submission deadline for applications on 22 December 2017.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialised in providing home care services. Home care providers, particularly those who can support individual or group packages tailored to specific needs, would find this tender fitting. The process allows for mini-competitions that can include exclusivity rights for successful providers, making it attractive for both small and large providers in the social care sector who can deliver flexible and responsive care services.

## Notice

Care @ Home - Herefordshire Council is seeking to create an approved list of accredited providers, in respect of Home Care in Herefordshire. This list will be primarily used by the Council's Brokerage team and commissioners to make purchases on behalf of service users, in order to deliver the necessary care services which meet their assessed needs. The Care @ Home Approved List of Providers is intended to be a flexible approach to securing packages of home care. With the capability to both supply individual packages of care as well as deliver larger projects. Mini Competitions may take the form of : 1) An individual package of care for a single person or family groups or: 2) A group of packages based on common factors or other commonality this may include a similar level of needs, services, geographical locations, zones or routes or any other factor or factors. The council may also run mini competition's which give exclusivity rights to successful providers for existing or new packages of care, to operate pilot projects or services designed to support packages in any form. The tender will be let under "Light Touch" arrangements under the EU Procurement Directives and implemented in English Law in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015). It will be maintained as an open list in a similar way to a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) with some deviations in terms of the evaluation and award timeframes of the list applications and the mechanism of award of subsequent mini competitions which may be focused on service user needs in terms of geographical location, specific types of needs and/or choice or other requirements. Additional information: Herefordshire Council has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the tender documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal (Procontract) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/27ac4365-ed43-47f3-af81-9f934d521bb9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Mar 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 22 Dec 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Contract period | 31 Jan 2018 - 30 Jan 2038 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £11,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £11,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | HEREFORD |
| Post town | Hereford |
| Postcode | HR4 0LE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG11 Herefordshire, County of |
| Local authority | Herefordshire, County of |
| Electoral ward | Widemarsh |
| Westminster constituency | Hereford and South Herefordshire |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 47 |
| Supplier names | ABELIA CARE SERVICES; AGINCARE GROUP; ALLIED HEALTHCARE GROUP; ALTOGETHER CARE; ANGY CARE; ASHFIELD CARE (ROSS ON WYE; ASPIRE LIVING; BALMER CARE; BLUEBELLES CARE AGENCY; BORDER CARE; CARE 4 ME; CARE4U HEALTHCARE; CARING FOR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE; CHRISTIES CARE; CLOVER CARERS; CROSSROADS CARE-FOREST OF DEAN & HEREFORDSHIRE; DMC SIGNATURE CARE; ECLIPSE HOMECARE; ELGAR CARE; ELITE SOCIAL CARE; FIRST CALL COMMUNITY SYSTEMS; FOUR OAKS HEALTHCARE; H.M.CARE AGENCY; HANDS CARE AGENCY; HEREFORDSHIRE HOUSING; KATHERINE HARRIET; KEMBLE CARE; KEY STAFF; LIVABILITY; METRO HOMECARE; MOBILE CARE & DOMESTIC SERVICES; MORTIMER HOMECARE; MY CARE MY HOME; NEW HOPE SPECIALIST CARE; PRIMERA HEALTHCARE; QUALITY CARE @ HOME; QUALITY CARE AND COMPANIONSHIP; RADIS COMMUNITY CARE; SALTERS HILL CHARITY; SCOPE; SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING; SHAW HEALTHCARE; SUNCARE HOME CARE; TEHY HOME CARE SERVICES; TENDER HEARTS CARE AGENCY; TOTAL LIVING CARE; WALSINGHAM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 12 Mar 2018 at 15:05 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/27ac4365-ed43-47f3-af81-9f934d521bb9
- 21 Nov 2017 at 15:06 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/27ac4365-ed43-47f3-af81-9f934d521bb9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/27ac4365-ed43-47f3-af81-9f934d521bb9
  21st November 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk
- https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb631c91-e601-4848-85fd-be981e59969d.json.