DPS for the Provision of Domiciliary Care Services

Location

Kirklees

Description

Kirklees Council, in conjunction with the Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Group and North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group, established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of domiciliary care services. The purpose of the procurement exercise was to seek and appoint providers to the DPS, who have the relevant skills and experience, for the delivery of personal care and support (domiciliary care) in service users homes. Kirklees Council and the CCG's have established a DPS to be able to access additional capacity in the market and be able to purchase services to support people to live successfully in their own homes with an appropriate range of person centred services and to enable Service Users receiving care to lead a good quality of life, maximising their independence, remain safe and comfortable in their own homes for as long as possible whilst maintaining their individual dignity, privacy and freedom of choice.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

The sector has seen a large growth of home support providers nationally. Subsequently this has been seen in the DPS leading to increased competition and risks of instability in the local market. This instability is a result of providers competing for the new home support packages available through the DPS. Therefore, it was agreed that the DPS would end in June 2026 and not take up the full extension periods and a new procurement process would be put in place. Therefore the Council is undertaking a new procurement to replace this DPS. The ICB will not be part of the new procurement (as they have undertaken their own procurement and have a new contract that is due to commence on the 1st December 2025) and have asked that Lot 2 on the DPS is removed. The ICB has served notice on the contract w/c 11th August 2025 to all providers on Lot 2 to end on 30th November 2025 to align with their new contract that will be in place from 1st December 2025 via PSR Direct Award Process B.