Official UK procurement notice
Home and Community Based Support
Authority: Bolton Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice and is intended to provide notice of Bolton Council's (hereinafter referred to as "the Council") intention to make a direct award of contract for Home Care Services under Regulation 32 (2) (c), to the nine incumbent providers, pursuant to the existing Framework Agreement. This direct award will run for a 14-month period starting from 1st September 2023 and will expire on 30th November 2024.
The original opportunity to be admitted to the Framework Agreement was advertised in OJEU ( 2016-000009) and procured under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Further details of the services and the Framework Agreement are set out in that OJEU notice.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This direct award will run for a 14-month period starting from 1st September 2023 and…
This direct award will run for a 14-month period starting from 1st September 2023 and will expire on 30th November 2024.
In 2015, the Council awarded a Framework Agreement with two lots to about ten providers following a competitive tender process. The initial term of the Framework Agreement was subsequently extended and is due to expire on 31st August 2023. There are currently nine providers who provide Services to the Council under this Framework Agreement.
The intention of the Council is to go out to tender at the end of 2024, so that a new framework agreement will commence from 1 December 2024. At the same time as making these direct awards, the Council will also open up Q068 DPS Home Care Framework. (see section 11.2.14 below for further details).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jul 2023, 11:06 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Jul 2023, 11:06 BST
- Authority reference
TC157- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021064- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e41eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Home Care Services in Bolton provide person-centred care to support people to retain or regain their ability to carry out basic tasks of everyday living. The Community Based Support element of the service refers to support provided outside the person's home which includes regaining skills and confidence, to enable participation within the community. These services are for all adults over the age of 18, with a diverse range of presenting conditions, needs and requirements.
The Council wish to carry out a wide-ranging review of these services, which will lead to a new service model. The Council needs to extend the current arrangements in order to be able to have sufficient time to carry out this exercise due to the scale of the review which has to take into account the requirements of the homecare market in line with the changing demographic and advancing needs.
Nationally, the home care market has been very fragile at intermittent periods during recent years, which have impacted on how health and social care is delivered and may also alter the future service model.
The Council needs to ensure continuity of Service in order that it can comply with its statutory obligations during this period. Therefore, the Council has taken a decision to continue to work with the incumbent providers for up to another 14 months. This will provide sufficient time to decide on the new service model so that the Council can carry out a tender Details will be communicated to the market in due course via relevant Contract Notices.
The Council will observe a 10-day standstill from the date of publication of this VEAT.
It should be noted that Homecare services are also provided to the Council by providers under a separate Dynamic Purchasing System arrangement ("DPS Agreement"). This DPS Agreement was set up in March 2021 and will be extended from 30th November 2023 to 30th November 2024, which is permitted under its terms.
At the same time as the direct award is made to the incumbent providers, the Council will re-open the DPS Agreement (Q068 Homecare). This will allow potential providers to request admission onto the DPS Agreement, which will give them the opportunity to bid for and/or to be allocated services.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Homecare UK Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
| Homecare For You LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
| Jewel Home Support LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
| Mayday Homecare | — | — | Awarded |
| Premier Care Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
| Rosie Nightingale Homecare | — | — | Awarded |
| Seva Line LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
| Surecare Bolton | — | — | Awarded |
| The Local Care Company (Bolton) Limited | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Home and Community Based Support · Guardian Homecare UK Ltd
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Homecare For You LtdSME
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Jewel Home Support LtdSME
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Mayday Homecare
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Premier Care Ltd
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Rosie Nightingale Homecare
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Seva Line LtdSME
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · Surecare Bolton
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Home and Community Based Support · The Local Care Company (Bolton) Limited
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2016
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | £0 – £16,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
9 commercial parties on the notice- Guardian Homecare UK LtdAwarded supplier
- HomeCare for You LtdAwarded supplier
- Jewel Home Support LtdAwarded supplier
- Mayday HomecareAwarded supplier
- Premier CareAwarded supplier
- Rosie Nightingale HomecareAwarded supplier
- Seva Line LtdAwarded supplier
- Surecare BoltonAwarded supplier
- The Local Care Company (Bolton)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.