PRF 1466 – Direct Payment Support Services to Peterborough City Council

Location

United Kingdom: Peterborough

Description

Provision of a Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) to provide information and advice to people who receive a Direct Payment from the Council or fund their own care and support. The service helps people to find, recruit and pay for the types of care and support they wish to receive. This enables people with care needs to have greater choice and control over the care they receive. Please note that this is NOT a call for competition and NOT a contract opportunity

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Legal Justification

The Direct Payment Support Service (DPSS) provides information and advice to people who receive a Direct Payment from the Council or fund their own care and support. The service helps people to find, recruit and pay for the types of care and support they wish to receive. This enables people with care needs to have greater choice and control over the care they receive. The DPSS contract in Peterborough was awarded to Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service (PCVS) in December 2017 following a tender process held according to Peterborough City Council procurement rules. The contract commenced on 1st March 2018 for 3 years with 2 possible extensions of 12 months. A plan to recommission the DPSS was approved with a planned Invitation to Tender (ITT) issue date of 9th September 2022. This timescale assumed that resources would remain static however, these were depleted to the extent that there is no capacity within the service area to retender the service and so an extension to the current contract is necessary to maintain service provision. It is proposed to extend the service with the current provider for 24 months on a 1+1 year basis (01/03/23-28/02/25) thereby increasing the total contract term to 01/03/2017 - 28/02/2025. This allows sufficient time for a planned increase in resources to support the procurement process. The Council is required to ensure that it provides care in accordance with the Care Act 2014 as supported by the existing contract, which expires on 28th February 2023. Unless the Council extends the existing contract, the Council will not have a contract in place to deliver the essential services and meet its obligation under the Care Act. The Modification has been considered in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, which permits contracts to be modified without a new procurement where: (i)the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen; (ii)the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract; (iii)any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract or framework agreement.”

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Council will be observing a 10 day standstill period from the publication of this notice.