--- title: "18 052 Care At Home (Domiciliary Care)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039404" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-039404" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-039404.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-039404.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL" published: "2022-12-23" --- # 18 052 Care At Home (Domiciliary Care) Buyer: CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039404 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-039404) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-039404.json) ## Summary The Cheshire East Borough Council has issued a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice to extend current agreements for Care at Home Services. The Council, jointly with Clinical Commissioning Groups, aims to ensure service users' independence and quality of life. The procurement method is limited, with negotiated contracts. The Council plans to extend agreements by 12 months, with an additional spend of £15,696,067 across all providers. The buying organisation is Cheshire East Borough Council in the United Kingdom. This opportunity in the health and social work services industry presents chances for large and small care providers to deliver services across various areas within the Cheshire East footprint. Care service providers catering to a range of health needs and end-of-life support are well-suited to compete. The Council's extreme urgency in the procurement decision signifies the pressing need for care services due to market dynamics. The scheduled standstill period provides a fair evaluation process before contract signing, ensuring transparency and compliance in the procurement process. ## Notice The Council has previously awarded agreements to a number of Providers to deliver Care at Home Services (formerly known as domiciliary care), this is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice being used to extend the current agreements beyond their expiry dates. This is to ensure continuous operation of the providers during re-commissioning of this area, which is necessary due to a shortfall in provision, when compared with market demand for services. Providers will be expected to provide support to a full range of Service Users including those with complex health needs and end of life support at a level set out within this specification. As such, the Service is being jointly commissioned by Cheshire East Council, Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group and South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group; known know as the ICB. The principle objective of the service is to enable Service Users to remain in their own homes wherever possible, whilst preserving maximum independence, minimising risks, achieving outcomes and promoting quality of life. Provision is expected to complement and support informal carers where appropriate. The Council are proposing to extend current agreements by a period of 12 months until 3rd September 2024, with an anticipated additional spend in total of 15,696,067 GBP being added to the contract value across all lots and providers, taking it to approximately 81,881,100 GBP this allows for some growth in the market and a fee increase, due to wage increases. ### Lot Information Adults Prime Providers -- Knutsford, Wilmslow and Poynton 4 Prime Providers will be contracted to deliver the Services for a specified named patch within the Cheshire East footprint. The Council will guarantee a minimum payment for a certain number of hours of care per week per provider, in line with the documentation. Additional information: Electronically tendered via the Chest portal: www.the-chest.org.uk Options: 2 optional extensions of 12 months each -- maximum contract length was 60 months. Adult Prime Providers -- Macclesfield 3 prime providers contracted to deliver the services for a specified named patch within the Cheshire East footprint. The Council will guarantee a minimum payment of 500 hours of care per week per provider. Options: 2 optional extensions of 12 months each -- maximum contract length was 60 months. Adult Prime Providers -- Congleton and Holmes Chapel 3 Prime Providers contracted to deliver the Services for a specified named patch within the Cheshire East footprint. The Council will guarantee a minimum payment of 400 hours of care per week per provider. Options: 2 optional extensions of 12 months each -- maximum contract length was 60 months. Adult Prime Providers -- Sandbach and Middlewich 3 prime providers contracted to deliver the services for a specified named patch within the Cheshire East footprint. The Council will guarantee a minimum payment of 400 hours of care per week per provider. Options: 2 optional extensions of 12 months each -- maximum contract length was 60 months. Adult Prime Providers -- Crewe 3 prime providers contracted to deliver the services for a specified named patch within the Cheshire East footprint. The Council will guarantee a minimum payment of 500 hours of care per week per provider. Options: 2 optional extensions of 12 months each -- maximum contract length was 60 months. Adult Prime Providers -- Nantwich and Rural 2 Prime Providers contracted to deliver the Services for a specified named patch within the Cheshire East footprint. The Council will guarantee a minimum payment of 300 hours of care per week per provider. Options: 2 optional extensions of 12 months each -- maximum contract length was 60 months. Care At Home -- Framework Contract The Care at Home Framework is used to award care for Adults to enable Service Users to remain in their own homes wherever possible, whilst preserving maximum independence, minimising risks, achieving outcomes and promoting quality of life. Provision is expected to complement and support informal carers where appropriate. Suppliers who are offered Framework Contracts will not be guaranteed any specific volume of work, but will be offered an opportunity to bid for care packages should the Prime Providers named within a specific Lot area not be in a position to undertake the work available. Current prime contracts will be migrated to framework contracts to allow for geographical flexibility when they expire. ### Procurement Information The Council is applying regulation 32 (2) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, due to the current situation in the care at home market this is classed as extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events. Providers are under significant pressure, some have exited the market and others are unable to recruit care workers. Effectively extending the current agreements that the Council has in place with providers and converting the current prime to framework contracts will ensure that the Council is taking every possible action to meet its statutory duty under the Care Act 2014; the intention being to enable providers greater flexibility to work across the borough's geographical areas, hence the new agreements will all be akin to the current framework agreements. The Council intends to re-open the care at home framework to allow new providers to join in January 2023; upon successful evaluation, care packages may be awarded to new providers. It should be noted that this framework was originally procured under the light touch regime with a voluntary 10 days standstill period effected. The original agreements have previously been modified to add a total spending of PS11,000,000 across all providers and to extend the end date to 3rd September 2023. This VEAT notice is being published to show the Council's intention to award further business to the current providers and to effectively extend the current agreements by 12 months from 4th September 2023 to 3rd September 2024, at an anticipated cost of approximately PS15,696,067 in total across all lots and all of the providers. Note the award values provided in this notice are the expected spend for the new 12 month period, a 10 day standstill period will now be applied from the publication date of this notice. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036487-2022 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large, SME | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 Dec 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 19 Aug 2018 | | 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 | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL | | Locality | SANDBACH | | Post town | Crewe | | Postcode | CW11 1HZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire | | ITL 3 | TLD62 Cheshire East | | Local authority | Cheshire East | | Electoral ward | Sandbach Town | | Westminster constituency | Congleton | | Delivery location | TLD62 Cheshire East | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 34 | | Supplier names | ABLEWELL LIMITED T/A ABLEWELL CARE; ACACIA HOMECARE; ACESO SERVICES; AFFINITY HOMECARE (CHESHIRE; ALLIED HEALTHCARE; AMG CONSULTANCY SERVICES; ARCHANGEL ENTERPRISES; AUTHENTIC KARE COMPANY (SAFE HANDS; BLUEBERRY CARE; CARE AT HOME GROUP; CARE CONNECT (INFINITE CARE; CARE MARK; CARE NEEDS; CARE PLUS HOME CARE SERVICE; CARERS TRUST 4 ALL; CERACARE; CHERISHED CARE SERVICES; CHESHIRE RURAL CARE; CHOICE SUPPORT; DELTA CARE; EDEN CARE SERVICES; EVOLVING CARE; IN SAFE HANDS; INSPIRE AND SUPPORT; LILY ROSE; PLATINUM CARE; REACT HOMECARE; SAGE CARE; SOS HOMECARE; SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION; SURE CARE; SURE CARE CENTRAL; SYLK CARE; VALLEYWOOD CARE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 23 Dec 2022 at 10:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036487-2022 ## Notice URLs - http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/ - https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:195553-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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