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title: "Care in a Residential Setting with or without Nursing (IRN)"
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# Care in a Residential Setting with or without Nursing (IRN)

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02a327

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## Summary

The procurement process titled "Care in a Residential Setting with or without Nursing (IRN)" is managed by Essex County Council, based in Chelmsford, UK. This tender falls under the health and social work services category and is currently in the Award stage, having reached completion. The framework is designed for annual contracts to provide both residential and nursing care, segmented into three lots for adults of different age groups, specifically aimed at older people (65+) and adults (18+). The tender submission period ended on 24 May 2021, while the contract period is set to run from 1 August 2021 to 31 May 2025 with an estimated value of £6 billion.

This tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses involved in either residential or nursing care services. Enterprises adept in offering social care solutions, particularly those that can comply with regulations set by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), will find this procurement process suitable. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as larger organisations, are encouraged to participate, especially those familiar with working under existing frameworks and those able to deliver high-quality care to meet the diverse needs of the community served by Essex County Council and associated Clinical Commissioning Groups.

## Notice

This tender is for an annual opening of the Integrated Residential and Nursing framework agreement with two call-off contracts, one using ECC terms and conditions and the other using NHS Terms and conditions. This framework is broken down into 3 lots: Lot 1 - Residential care for older people (65+) commissioned by ECC using ECC terms and conditions, this will be operated using a Preferred Supplier ranked List Lot 2 - Nursing care for older people (65+) commissioned by ECC using ECC terms and conditions, this will be operated using a Preferred Supplier ranked List Lot 3 - Nursing care for all aged adults (18+) commissioned by CCGs using NHS terms and conditions, this will be operated using a Preferred Supplier ranked List

### Lot Information

Lot 1 Residential Care for ECC

ECC will be awarding an over-arching framework agreement to successful bidders, named parties within thisnotice will be able to directly award a call-off contract to suppliers for the relevant lots. Supplier are able to bid for inclusion on one or multiple lots as detailed in II.1.4. All figures quoted in this notice include Adult's contribution, if relevant, but exclude market spend by other Health, other Local Authorities and people who payfor their own care. This lot 1 is for Social Care Residential Care without Nursing for Older People (65+). Additional information: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Lot 2 Nursing Care for ECC

ECC will be awarding an over-arching framework agreement to successful bidders, named parties within this notice will be able to directly award a call-off contract to suppliers for the relevant lots. Supplier are able to bid for inclusion on one or multiple lots as detailed in II.1.4. All figures quoted in this notice include Adult's contribution, if relevant, but exclude market spend by other Health, other Local Authorities and people who pay for their own care. This lot 2 is for Social Care Residential Care with Nursing for Older People (65+). Additional information: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

Lot 3 Nursing Care for CCGs

ECC will be awarding an over-arching framework agreement to successful bidders, named parties within this notice will be able to directly award a call-off contract to suppliers for the relevant lots. Supplier are able to bid for inclusion on one or multiple lots as detailed in II.1.4. All figures quoted in this notice include Adult's contribution, if relevant, but exclude market spend by other Health, other Local Authorities and people who pay for their own care. This lot 3 is for Residential Care with Nursing for Adults (18+), for the CCGs. Additional information: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019351-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 24 May 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Jul 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2021 - 31 May 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,000,000,000 |
| Lots value | £6,400,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £11,000,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | BASILDON AND BRENTWOOD CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; CASTLE POINT & ROCHFORD CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; MID ESSEX CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; NORTH EAST ESSEX CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; SOUTHEND CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP; WEST ESSEX CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | TLH3 Essex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 22 |
| Supplier names | ABBOT CARE CENTRE; BELING; BROOME END; CARE SOLUTIONS (EAST ANGLIA; CARE UK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS; CHERRY LEAS CARE HOME; DIOMARK CARE LIMITED T/A BELMONT LODGE CARE CENTRE; DOWN HALL CARE; EDEN HEALTH CARE SERVICES (UK; FOUR SEASONS 2000; GLENDALE RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME; JEM CARE HOME SERVICES; LARCHWOOD CARE HOMES (SOUTH; MANSION HOUSE RESIDENTIAL HOME; OPAL CARE HOMES; SCIMITAR CARE HOTELS; ST FILLAN HEALTHCARE; ST MARKS CARE HOME; ST MICHAELS HOMES; STOW HEALTHCARE GROUP; UMIKA TRADING; UPLANDS CARE CENTRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2021 at 14:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019351-2021
- 7 Apr 2021 at 11:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007094-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.essex.gov.uk
- http://www.essex.gov.uk/Business-Partners/Supplying-Council/Pages/default.aspx
- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:576275-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML

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