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title: "IA3118 Shared Lives Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-040b7b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-01-31"
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# IA3118 Shared Lives Service

Buyer: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040b7b

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## Summary

Staffordshire County Council has recently finalised an award for a Shared Lives Service contract valued between £6,700,000 to £7,444,000 over 5 years. The Shared Lives Service aims to support individuals with assessed social care needs to live healthy and fulfilling lives. The contract was awarded to PSS (UK) Ltd, and the procurement stage was completed on 31st March 2024.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for service providers in the health and social work services sector. Businesses focusing on delivering quality service models, efficient management and staffing, outcomes-driven approaches, and social value creation would be well-suited to compete. The procurement process was open to qualified suppliers, with a focus on quality criteria accounting for 60% of the award decision, ensuring a balanced evaluation approach for interested businesses. The Shared Lives Service contract includes options to extend up to March 2029, offering potential for long-term business partnerships.

## Notice

Staffordshire County Council (SCC) has placed a contract for a Shared Lives Service, which is a service whereby individuals with assessed eligible social care needs share the family home of a specially recruited and trained Shared Lives Carer and their family. The purpose of the Shared Lives Service is to support Individuals to reach their potential and live healthy, safe, independent, and fulfilling lives in their own communities. The objective is to provide the best possible support in accordance with the lifestyle and wishes of each Individual, incorporating a person-centered, strength and asset-based approach to service delivery.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Staffordshire County Council has re procured the current Shared Lives Service which is due to expire on 31st March 2024. The Shared Lives Service, is a service whereby individuals with assessed eligible social care needs share the family home of a specially recruited and trained Shared Lives Carer and their family. The purpose of the Shared Lives Service is to support Individuals to reach their potential and live healthy, safe, independent, and fulfilling lives in their own communities. The objective is to provide the best possible support in accordance with the lifestyle and wishes of each Individual, incorporating a person-centered, strength and asset-based approach to service delivery. The Contract for the Service includes the Support charges, the Council set the support rates/bandings based on level of assessed need and then may (but no obligation to) apply an uplift following each year's annual fee review process.

Options: Option to extend for 12 months from 1st April 2027 to 31st March 2028 and the option to extend for a further 12 months from 1st April 2028 to 31st March 2029.

Renewal: The Contract term will be from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2027 with an additional option to extend by up to 12months - 1st April 2027 up to 31st March 2028 and 1st April 2028 up to 31st March 2029. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions of Contract as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the Authority's sole discretion

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003152-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Nov 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | The initial contract is for 36 months until 31 March 2027 plus an extension to extend for up to 2 x 12 months up to 31 March 2029. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the County Council's sole discretion. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,500,000 |
| Lots value | £7,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | Not specified |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | Not specified |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England), TLG24 Staffordshire CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PSS (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 31 Jan 2024 at 09:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003152-2024
- 12 Oct 2023 at 14:06 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030136-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.psspeople.com/
- http://www.supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
- https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/
- https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Business/Procurement/tendering/home.aspx

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