Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-11
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Region: Hertfordshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85300000
Estimated value: 14000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-06
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hertfordshire County Council is looking to procure Lead Providers for 4 distinct areas across the county (referred to as Lots as follows);
Lead Providers are responsible for ensuring the delivery of Support at Home services for people over the age of 18 with Health and Social Care needs. This will predominantly be older people and those with a physical disability, but could include people with a Learning Disability and Mental Health Problems. Lead Providers will ensure that support plans for Service Users are person centred and developed with achievable outcomes, which can be delivered effectively. Lead Providers will ensure that Services delivered are innovative and creative both in terms of direct delivery and the use of community resources.
Lead Providers must consult with the community of Service Users, potential Service Users and other key stakeholders to develop a thorough understanding of the needs within the community, with Services being developed to reflect these needs.
Lead Providers should follow any statutory guidance for the provision of domiciliary care issued by the Department of Health.
Please Note The TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. By clicking on the View Details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, Tenderers agree:
a) To undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party.
b) That under no circumstances will any of the information be disclosed by your organisation or your personnel to any third party without the Council's prior consent in writing.
c) That the information supplied will be stored securely and destroyed or returned to the Council, after your Organisation's bid has been submitted or you decide not to proceed with a tender submission.
d) That you will indemnify the Council for any losses, arising from your breach or breach by any of your personnel of these confidentiality requirements specified above and data protection requirements in relation to TUPE Staffing Information.
e) The requirements above apply whether the supplier uploads a tender response to this procurement or not.
This procurement is an Open (one stage process). Suppliers wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express interest’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.
To be considered as a Bidder you must complete and submit a Bid by the deadline of 12:0 Noon on 6.6.2017
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The estimated total aggregated value of the Contract (inclusive of all Lots) is approximately  14 000 000 GBP and is for the Contract period.

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