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Westmorland and Furness Council - Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Framework for the provision of Home Care Services

Details

Value
£41,100,000
Topic
Social work and related services
Published
28 September 2023
Submission
31 March 2027in 6 months

Tender description

Social care support during the day for people living in their own homes. Main place of delivery will be at the residence of the service user, within the Westmorland and Furness footprint. Providers who currently have call off contracts on the current Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Framework for the provision of Home Care Services, who successfully join the new framework, will have those call-off contracts transferred. The AQP Framework is available for use by NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and future successor organisations. Lot 1: An Any Qualified Provider (AQP) 'framework' is to be set up to meet the needs of Social Care support during the day for people living in their own homes. An AQP framework will ensure sufficient capacity to meet demand for clients in Cumbria. The AQP 'framework' approach will appoint multiple organisations capable of delivering the specified service. The provider/s will be selected at time of need. They will register an interest to a commission, and selected according to published criteria. Fixed price per unit, please see procurement documents Additional information: Please note that the AQP does not limit the number of candidates.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published28 September 2023
    Current notice
  2. Next: Submission date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Westmorland and Furness Council is a local authority, and suppliers register free on The Chest, the region's e-procurement portal, to bid for contract opportunities. Registration also opens access to opportunities from district and county councils across the North West of England. Specialist consultancy support is procured through professional services frameworks running for four years. Around half the consultants on the current framework are based in Cumbria. Framework bids are evaluated on capability, capacity, performance management and commitment to social value. Every framework must align with the council's own Social Value Statement.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Westmorland and Furness Council's contract awards have been in construction work, transport services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85300000 · Social work and related services

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