Living Well at Home PDPS

Opportunity overview

Lancashire County Council is establishing a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS), "the Living Well at Home PDPS" to enable the purchase of various Services for adults. The Services have been divided into the following Lots: • Lot 1 - Regulated Care Services by the Care Quality Commissioner o Lot 1a - Short Term Care at Home o Lot 1b - Homecare Services o Lot 1c - Extra Care Services • Lot 2 - Non-Regulated Support Services Please see procurement documents for more information. Applicants are invited to apply for all or any of the Lots, there are no restrictions on the number of Lots that Applicants apply for, however the Applicant must ensure they meet the relevant Core and Lot Specification(s) for the Lot they choose to apply for. Additionally, the Applicant needs to ensure they have the resources available to carry out work in their chosen Lot(s). The Living Well at Home PDPS will be an open arrangement with no restrictions on the number of Service Providers who can be awarded a place on the PDPS. There will be an initial application phase to award places on the Living Well at Home PDPS within the Lots. Please see procurement documents for details: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and-procurement/tenders/living-well-at-home-pdps/ Following the initial application phase (Round 1), the PDPS will reopen, and evaluations of new Applications will be held annually approximately between May and September of each year. The Authority reserves the right to evaluate new Applications sooner and/or amend the evaluation dates. Evaluation dates will be published on the Authority's e-tendering portal as a message or any other format which the Authority stipulates. This Living Well at Home PDPS Agreement is for use by each of the Contracting Bodies identified in the contract notice. • Lancashire County Council • NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) • Blackburn with Darwen Council Total values stated include the estimated spend of call -off from the PDPS from all contracting bodies.

Lot 1 — Lot 1 Regulated Care Services

This is care and support delivered to Individuals, in their own accommodation (with their own front door) whose occupation of the property is entirely independent of the care and support arrangements (which remain at all times a visiting arrangement). The Authority will have the ability to commission the following Services from the PDPS across the life of the arrangement under Lot 1 - Regulated Services: • Short Term Care at Home (formerly Reablement and Crisis contracts) • Homecare Services (formerly Homecare Framework) • Extra Care Services Please see ITP documents for more information

Extension: See II.2.11.

Lot 2 — Lot 2 Non Regulated Support Services

This is support delivered to Individuals living in their own homes. This type of support does not include personal care and instead is a support service assisting with identified needs in accordance with the Care Act Eligibility determinations: • Admission avoidance • Reducing the reliance on formal care and support • Practical support in the home in order to reduce reliance on formal care and support • Outcome based support in the community to support with practical things such as time management, social activities, mood management, to prevent social isolation or would offer direct support to people e.g., signposting and wellbeing visits. The Authority will have the ability to commission the following Services from the PDPS across the life of the arrangement: • Short Term Help and Support (formerly Hospital Aftercare contracts) • Other Non-regulated Support Services to be determined. See the ITP Documents for more information

Extension: See II.2.11.

Contracting authority

Lancashire County Council Fishergate, Preston, PR18XJ, UKD4, United Kingdom Contact: Procurement Care-Health Email: caphprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk Website: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk

Procurement timetable and procedure

Procedure: Open procedure

Legal basis: 32014L0024

Submission deadline: 31 July 2035 at 01:00 am

Submission language: EN

CPV Classification

85000000 — Health and social work services

How to submit

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