Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults

Location

Dumbarton

Description

This procurement exercise is to establish a Flexible Framework Agreement in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts(Scotland) Regulations 2015 for the provision of Care at Home Services for Adults. New Entrants can to be admitted after the Flexible Framework has been established. West Dunbartonshire Council are seeking to appoint Providers on to a Flexible Framework for the provision of Care at Home Services which will be delivered to Supported Persons residing within West Dunbartonshire and who are clients of the Council acting on behalf of West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). The value provided in II.1.7 is an ESTIMATE only for the total period of the Flexible Framework of 5 years, with an option to extend a further 2 years. Applicants should note that there is no guarantee of any business, use, level of use or continuity of business through the Flexible Framework Agreement. The Services required under the terms of this Flexible Framework are those which fall under Self-Directed Support (Scotland) Act 2013 (SDS) Options 2 and 3. The Service shall be delivered in a range of ways including providing personal care, personal support and housing support within Supported Persons own homes, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, each day per year.

Lot Division

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85310000 - Social work services

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Other Information

There is no fixed number of Providers who may be awarded participation on the Flexible Framework Agreement. In accordance with Regulations 20 (7) and 20 (8) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Scotland Excel may, where it is considered necessary, impose conditions for the performance of the contract by a group of economic operators which are different from those imposed on individual participants (for example Scotland Excel may require the group of economic operators to be jointly and severally liable for the performance of the contract), and may require groups of economic operators to assume a specific legal form for the purposes of the award of the contract. The Flexible Framework Agreement has now been established and remains open for admission by new providers throughout its duration. Full details of the requirements of this Flexible Framework Agreement (including permitted variations and contract conditions) are available in the Procurement Documents within the relevant project on PCS-T. (SC Ref:830777)