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Published 10 Mar 2023, 15:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

ASC22036 - Independence Focused Domiciliary Care Service (Supplementary Framework)

Official notice

Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreement8 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitableMax 8 lots to bidMax 4 lots per supplier
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG12)
Framework ceiling (notional)£285,000,000total for 8 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 25 Apr 2023awarded 11 Sept 2023
Lots 8max 4 won per supplier · max 8 to bid
Framework period 3 yrs 11 moends 31 Mar 2027 · extension options published · starts 1 May 2023

What is being bought8 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Worcestershire County Council is inviting tenders for the provision of domiciliary care to provide care and support in accordance with the essential standards of quality and safety as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 No.2936 and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009 (Part 4).The appointed Providers will deliver all new domiciliary care (including Reablement) within: ZONE 1 – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:Lot 1a - Zone 1 - Role - 1x Primary. Lot 1b - Zone 1 - Role - 1x Secondary. Lot 1c – Zone 1 – Role – 1x Secondary. ZONE 2 – Tenbury, Stourport, Bewdley and surrounding areas: Lot 2b - Zone 2 - Role - 1x Secondary. ZONE 3 – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:Lot 3a - Zone 3 - Role - 1x Primary. Lot 3b – Zone 3 – Role – 1x Secondary. ZONE 4 – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:Lot 4a - Zone 4 - Role - 1x Primary. Lot 4b – Zone 4 – Role – 1x Secondary.

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 54 bids on the busiest of 8 lots (54.0 per place) · 5 appointed (full)
Framework period
3 yrs 11 mo from 1 May 2023, To provide statutory services in synchronisation with current contract.

Lots and requirements (8)Procurement structure

8 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 8 and win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1ZONE 1a – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #2ZONE 1b – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #3ZONE 1c – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #4ZONE 2b – Tenbury, Stourport, Bewdley and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #5ZONE 3a – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #6ZONE 3b – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #7ZONE 4a – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 11 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 11 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services
Lot #8ZONE 4b – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:AwardedRenewal 3 yrs 10 mo

Please refer to the Tender Pack & 06 - Appendix 1 - Estimated Hours and Zone Maps

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 3 Mar 2027 (3 yrs 10 mo)
Delivery: West Midlands · Worcestershire
Extensions: Optional extension up to a further two years.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 8 lots
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Quality & Social Value: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality & Social Value: 100%
  • Price: 0%
Lot distribution rule: Any lots if awarding one lot per zone is not feasible under the current tendering model.
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    Registered with CQC for the regulated activity of 'Personal Care' - Refer to SSQ.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

What this means for your bid
  • “ASC22036 - Independence Focused Domiciliary Care Service…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
10 Mar 2023, 15:24 GMT
Last source update
21 Sept 2023, 13:54 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Apr 2023 – …
Authority reference
WCC 00003045
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027912
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b1f7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Appointment period ends
25 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.in-tendhost.co.uk/worcestershire/aspx/… ↗

Timeline

10 Apr 2023 → 21 Sept 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    10 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    25 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    21 Sept 2023, 13:54 BST

Notice history

3 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Mar 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 11 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
    15 Mar 2023, 11:58 GMT
    +1 days · was 10 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Deadline moved to 25 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
    6 Apr 2023, 10:12 BST
    +14 days · was 11 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    21 Sept 2023, 13:54 BST
Published amendments (3 · 3 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.210 Apr 202311 Apr 2023+1 d
—Bid openingIV.2.710 Apr 202311 Apr 2023+1 d
—DeadlineIV.2.211 Apr 202325 Apr 2023+14 d
—Bid openingIV.2.710 Apr 202325 Apr 2023+15 d
—DeadlineIV.2.210 Apr 202311 Apr 2023+1 d
—Bid openingIV.2.710 Apr 202311 Apr 2023+1 d

3 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2023-03: 2 releases · 10 Mar 2023, 15 Mar 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 5admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 5447 from SMEs · busiest of 8 lots
Contracts signed 8latest 11 Sept 2023

8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £11,733,775, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • ZONE 1a – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £35,201,325
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 1b – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 1c – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 2b – Tenbury, Stourport, Bewdley and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £13,021,246
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 3a – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £43,156,427
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 3b – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £14,385,476
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 4a – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £37,378,511
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

  • ZONE 4b – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:

    Signed
    11 Sept 2023
    Value
    £12,459,504
    Period
    … – 3 Mar 2027
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · ZONE 1a – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
2 · ZONE 1b – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
3 · ZONE 1c – Great Malvern, Upton, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
4 · ZONE 2b – Tenbury, Stourport, Bewdley and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
5 · ZONE 3a – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
6 · ZONE 3b – Pershore, Evesham, Broadway, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
7 · ZONE 4a – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——
8 · ZONE 4b – Southeast Worcester, Kempsey, and surrounding areas:54bids · 54 electronic · 54 from abroad47——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Worcestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Spetchley Road, , Worcester, West Midlands, WR5 2NP Contact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • As aboveMediation body Worcester
  • Worcestershire county Council, Head of Commercial Review body Worcester

Framework contractors & participating bidders

5 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria