Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-21
Buyer: Leicestershire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85112000: Hospital support services | 85311100 | 85320000
Submission deadline: 2019-01-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Leicestershire County Council wishes to seek suitable providers to deliver a pilot scheme for 6 short term residential care beds for individuals who require a short period of assessment to enable them to return home or to be moved into the correct setting for their needs. Typically, this scheme will be required following a hospital stay or where the individual has experienced a health or social care crisis in their own home. The focus of the unit is on social care interventions and approaches, rather than health care ones; the assessment will focus on an individual’s social and environmental situation, helping to resolve social problems and achieve a maximum level of choice and control. A dedicated case manager will be responsible for the case during the admission. This procurement will be using the Light Touch Regime tender.
Leicestershire County Council wishes to seek suitable providers to deliver a pilot scheme for 6 short term residential care beds for individuals who require a short period of assessment to enable them to return home or to be moved into the correct setting for their needs. Typically, this scheme will be required following a hospital stay or where the individual has experienced a health or social care crisis in their own home.
The focus of the unit is on social care interventions and approaches, rather than health care ones; the assessment will focus on an individual’s social and environmental situation, helping to resolve social problems and achieve a maximum level of choice and control. This Service is for adults who reside in the County of Leicestershire; it is for individuals who are assessed as medically stable and consequently able to transfer from a hospital setting or community environment.
Due to the pilot status of the service, it is likely that the service model, service standards and reporting requirements will change over time (funding may also change in a directly proportional manner in response). LCC and the provider will adopt a partnership working style to improve both outcomes and shared learning.
Leicestershire County Council (LCC) will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point of information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. Tenderers who are unsuccessful shall be informed by LCC as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the applicant/tenderer was unsuccessful.
If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to review the award decision before the contract is entered into.