Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-07-07
Buyer: Kent County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85310000
Estimated value: 25500 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: SC19 012 — Residential Care Home Services (Learning Disability, Physical Disability and Mental Health), Supported Living Services, Discharge Support Services, CSiH and Community Lunchtime Service
Kent County Council is embarking on a journey to transform social care in Kent. Within the context of this opportunity, it is imperative that individuals are at the heart of the care and support they receive, which should be easy to access, of good quality and that maximise their ability to live independently and safely in their community.
This commissioning exercise included residential care home services (learning disability, physical disability and mental health needs), supported living services, discharge support services and the community lunchtime service. This process will also included the opportunity to bid for care and support in the home services (Homecare and Community-based SiS) across limited areas of Kent.
Lot 1: (LD, MH and PD Residential Care Home Services — Specialist and Specialist Plus) includes those individuals aged 18+ who have been assessed as requiring a residential care service, whose primary assessed need is in relation to a learning disability, physical disability or mental health and whose need level has been assessed as specialist. Full details for this requirement can be found in the tender documents.
KCC intends to establish for DPS-style arrangement for this service, full details of the tender process to be followed can be found in the tender documents. Please note, this process is under the Light Touch Regime established pursuant to Regulations 74-76 and Regulation 76(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purposes of commissioning these services.
Lot 2: (LD, MH and PD Residential Care Home Services — Mid and High Level Needs) includes those individuals aged 18+ who have been assessed as requiring a residential service, whose primary assessed need is in relation to a learning disability, physical disability, or mental health and have been assessed as having mid to high level needs. Full details for this requirement can be found in the tender documents.
KCC intends to establish for framework arrangement for this service, full details of the tender process to be followed can be found in the tender documents. Please note, this process is under the Light Touch Regime established pursuant to Regulations 74-76 and Regulation 76(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purposes of commissioning these services.
Lot 3 involves supported living services. Supported living enables people to continue to live within their homes by receiving the support required to maintain their tenancies and remain as independent as possible. Full details for this requirement can be found in the tender documents.
Please note, this process is under the light touch regime established pursuant to Regulations 74-76 and Regulation 76(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purposes of commissioning these services. Full details of the procurement process followed can be found in the tender documents.
Lot 4: Discharge support services incorporates the discharge to assess, home to decide and home to settle services. The aim of the discharge to assess service is to provide ‘wrap around’ support to people in their own homes for up to 3 days post-discharge from hospital (with potential to extend for a further 2 days and the person's outcomes will either negate the requirement for ongoing service or reduce the need). The Home to Decide service provides a person with an intensive 72 hour nurse led assessment period following an acute episode service of care in hospital, the opportunity to have a holistic health and social care assessment in their own home environment and provides an analysis of both physical and emotional improvement out of an acute setting. The aim of the assisted discharge (Kent) service is to provide support for up to 3 days initially, supplemented by other support services from the statutory or voluntary sector such as advocacy, benefits checks and social support/activities where appropriate.
Award of this lot has been postponed at this time, pending further investigation of the Council's community commissioning offer.
Care and support in the home: following the previous (2018) care and support in the home services commissioning exercise, there will be the opportunity for tenderers to bid for particular areas of Kent, where there currently is capacity for additional providers, in an attempt to strengthen the service.
The Community Lunchtime Service encompasses an individuals’ preference of a meal delivered to them in their own homes so that they may remain in the community environment, for longer than would otherwise have been possible. This service would be provided to individuals assessed as needing this meal delivery service by KCC.
Award of this lot has been postponed at this time, pending further investigation of the Council's community commissioning offer.
Please note that award of lot 4 (Discharge Support Services) and lot 6 (Community Lunchtime Service) have been postponed at this time.


Winner: Blythson Ltd
Award value: 25500
Number of bids: 23