Awarded contract

Provision of Domiciliary Care Service

Details

Supplier(s)
Value
£42,522,545.27
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
3 March 2025

Tender description

The Council wishes to enter into contracts to deliver a Domiciliary Care Service across the borough of Halton. The Service is for adults with a social care assessed need for domiciliary care. This will include older people, as well as adults who may have a physical disability, learning disability or mental health problems. The Service will be available between 7:00am and 11:00pm, 365 (366 in a leap year) days a year. Suppliers MUST be registered with the CQC to provide Personal Care and will need to demonstrate a proven track record in providing domiciliary care services to vulnerable people in their own homes. Suppliers will be required to demonstrate at the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage that they are capable of meeting the Domiciliary Care Service Specification and quality standards required by the Council. Suppliers must show how they can deliver services to a Council defined quality standard in full partnership with the Council, people in receipt of care, Carers and other agencies. Suppliers will be required to have an appropriate system of Electronic Care Monitoring (ECM) in place and provide regular reports to the Council regarding Service delivery. For the delivery of the Domiciliary Care Service, the Borough of Halton will be split into two town-based geographical areas: Area 1: Runcorn and Area 2: Widnes The borough consists of the two towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. For the purposes of the delivery of the Domiciliary Care Service, Area 1: Runcorn will include the civil parishes of Daresbury, Moore, Preston Brook and Sandymoor, and Area 2: Widnes will include the civil parishes of Hale and Halebank. The areas are referred to simply as Runcorn and Widnes for ease of reference. TUPE will apply to this contract Lot 1: Lot 1 - Runcorn (Area 1) - Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Lot 1 - Runcorn (Area 1) - (1250 hours per week) Lot 2: Lot 2 - Runcorn (Area 1) Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Lot 2 - Runcorn (Area 1) (1250 hours per week) Lot 3: Lot 3 - Widnes (Area 2) - Provision of DomiciliaryCare Service Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Lot 3 - Widnes (Area 2) (1500 hours per week) Lot 4: Lot 4 -Widnes (Area 2) - Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Provision of Domiciliary Care Service Lot 4 - Widnes (Area 2) (1500 hours per week) Lot 5: Lot 5 - Single Purchase Framework (SPF) for Provision Domiciliary Care Tender Lot 5 - Single Purchase Framework (SPF) for the Provision of Domiciliary Care Service. Lot 5 is a call off Framework for direct award for single/spot purchase of Care packages to those suppliers included within Lot 5 - Single Purchase Framework (SPF) following the published evaluation/ award criteria based on - 60% Price and 40% Quality. Minimum hourly rate: £20.00 to £24.87 maximum.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date14 January 2025
  2. Completed: Award published3 March 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Halton Borough Council buys as a local authority, publishing contract opportunities on The Chest e-procurement portal. Registration on The Chest is free, and larger contracts also appear on the national Find a Tender service. The council complies with the Procurement Act 2023, current legislation for public contracts. From April 2026 suppliers need a Public Procurement Organisation Number, registered through the Find a Tender platform. Suppliers can also opt into alerts for similar opportunities from local authorities across the North West. Procurement queries go through a dedicated council mailbox rather than a general enquiries line.

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 Halton Borough Council's contract awards have been in transport services, health and social work and construction work.

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  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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