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title: "Care at Home Flexible Framework Agreement"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000733384"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL"
published: "2024-01-18"
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# Care at Home Flexible Framework Agreement

Buyer: WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000733384

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## Summary

The West Lothian Council has awarded the "Care at Home Flexible Framework Agreement" contract to various suppliers for a total value of £5,620,920. The contracting process was completed on September 22, 2023. The contract is aimed at providing personal care services to enable individuals to reside in their own homes with quality of life and independence. The procurement stage is now in the award phase, and the service delivery mainly focuses on quality and price criteria.

The "Care at Home Flexible Framework Agreement" tender presents significant business opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the care services sector. Businesses offering personal care, social and emotional support, and domiciliary care services would find this tender suitable for their operations. The contract duration is 2 years with the option to renew for additional periods, providing stable and potentially long-term business growth prospects for eligible suppliers.

## Notice

Care at Home services provide personal care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain independence, Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the center of the decisions about the way they live and the support they want to receive. The strategic aim of shifting the balance of care and 'Home First' is highly dependent on delivering the right care at the right time in the right place. Care at Home services are particularly important to ensuring that more care and support is delivered at home or closer to home rather than in hospitals or other clinical settings. The service landscape is complex and must also support the key principles associated with the Self-Direct Support legislation ensuring that service users and carers have choice and control over how their care is delivered.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Care at Home services provide personal care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain independence, Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the center of the decisions about the way they live and the support they want to receive. The strategic aim of shifting the balance of care and 'Home First' is highly dependent on delivering the right care at the right time in the right place. Care at Home services are particularly important to ensuring that more care and support is delivered at home or closer to home rather than in hospitals or other clinical settings. The service landscape is complex and must also support the key principles associated with the Self-Direct Support legislation ensuring that service users and carers have choice and control over how their care is delivered.

Renewal: Optional extension of 2 x 12 month periods

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496729 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Sep 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Contract is for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month periods. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £60,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £5,620,920 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL |
| Locality | LIVINGSTON |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH54 6FF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM14 West Lothian |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Electoral ward | Livingston South |
| Westminster constituency | Livingston |
| Delivery location | TLM78 West Lothian |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 16 |
| Supplier names | ADIGO; ALL CARE SERVICES; BLESSING GRACE LIMITED T/A CURA; BLISS CARE SOULTIONS; CALL-IN HOMECARE; CARE1 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; CARING HEARTS; CERA CARE OPERATIONS SCOTLAND; CONSTANCE CARE; DIRECT CARE SERVICE; ION CARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES; P4C HEALTHCARE; POTTERS HEALTH CARE; RAINBOW SERVICES (UK; SRS CARE SOLUTIONS (SCOTLAND; WILTA HEALTH SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 18 Jan 2024 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496729
- 31 May 2023 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY479894

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY479894
  Care at Home Flexible Framework Agreement - Care at Home services provide personal care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain independence, Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the center of the decisions about the way they live and the support they want to receive. The strategic aim of shifting the balance of care and 'Home First' is highly dependent on delivering the right care at the right time in the right place. Care at Home services are particularly important to ensuring that more care and support is delivered at home or closer to home rather than in hospitals or other clinical settings. The service landscape is complex and must also support the key principles associated with the Self-Direct Support legislation ensuring that service users and carers have choice and control over how their care is delivered.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496729
  Care at Home Flexible Framework Agreement - Care at Home services provide personal care, including social and emotional support to enable people to continue or resume residing in their own home. The purpose of the service is to ensure quality of life for the individual, while enabling them to retain independence, Successful delivery of the service involves putting the person at the center of the decisions about the way they live and the support they want to receive. The strategic aim of shifting the balance of care and 'Home First' is highly dependent on delivering the right care at the right time in the right place. Care at Home services are particularly important to ensuring that more care and support is delivered at home or closer to home rather than in hospitals or other clinical settings. The service landscape is complex and must also support the key principles associated with the Self-Direct Support legislation ensuring that service users and carers have choice and control over how their care is delivered.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000733384
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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