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title: "DPS for the Provision of Domiciliary Care"
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# DPS for the Provision of Domiciliary Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dps-for-the-provision-of-domiciliary-care-ocds-h6vhtk-041ad9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Torfaen County Borough Council: "DPS for the Provision of Domiciliary Care". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Torfaen County Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/torfaen-county-borough-council-ons-w06000020)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 December 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Home-help services, Social work and related services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL16
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041ad9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dps-for-the-provision-of-domiciliary-care-ocds-h6vhtk-041ad9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dps-for-the-provision-of-domiciliary-care-ocds-h6vhtk-041ad9#participate

## Description
Creation of a Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Domiciliary Care
The services concerned fall under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) and accordingly are subject to the so called ‘Light Touch Regime’ which means that when procuring these Services the Council should comply with the mandatory requirements set out in the Light Touch Regime (Regulations 74-77). Under Regulation 76, the council is free to establish a procedure, provided that, the procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (suppliers). Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 expressly provides that contracting authorities may use a dynamic purchasing system for commonly used purchases the characteristics of which are generally available on the market, and meet their requirements and for this reason the model proposed, is a Dynamic Purchasing System.
The Council reserves:-
1. the right to withdraw this contract notice and opportunity advertised at any time
2. the right to award all, part or none of the business forming the subject matter of this procurement and to abandon, halt, postpone this procurement at any time.
All economic operators (potential suppliers), who wish to take part in this procurement do so at their own expense and risk.
Under no circumstances will the Council incur any liability (including, but not limited to, liability as to costs) in respect of this procurement exercise, the abandonment of the same, or any documentation issued as part of this procurement exercise

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85300000, 85310000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** Provision of Domiciliary Care by means of a Dynamic Purchasing System for a period of least four years.
The Dynamic Purchasing System has not been broken down into specific lots because each package of care required will be brokered via the Dynamic P...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034104-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-17T13:46:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:46:26.016Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041ad9