Official UK procurement notice
IA3118 Shared Lives Service
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStaffordshire County Council (SCC) has placed a contract for a Shared Lives Service, which is a service whereby individuals with assessed eligible social care needs share the family home of a specially recruited and trained Shared Lives Carer and their family. The purpose of the Shared Lives Service is to support Individuals to reach their potential and live healthy, safe, independent, and fulfilling lives in their own communities. The objective is to provide the best possible support in accordance with the lifestyle and wishes of each Individual, incorporating a person-centered, strength and asset-based approach to service delivery.
- Recurrence: The initial contract is for 36 months until 31 March 2027 plus an extension to extend for up to 2 x 12 months up to 31 March 2029. In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the County Council's sole discretion.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Staffordshire County Council has re procured the current Shared Lives Service which is…AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,500,000
Staffordshire County Council has re procured the current Shared Lives Service which is due to expire on 31st March 2024. The Shared Lives Service, is a service whereby individuals with assessed eligible social care needs share the family home of a specially recruited and trained Shared Lives Carer and their family. The purpose of the Shared Lives Service is to support Individuals to reach their potential and live healthy, safe, independent, and fulfilling lives in their own communities. The objective is to provide the best possible support in accordance with the lifestyle and wishes of each Individual, incorporating a person-centered, strength and asset-based approach to service delivery.
The Contract for the Service includes the Support charges, the Council set the support rates/bandings based on level of assessed need and then may (but no obligation to) apply an uplift following each year's annual fee review process.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (11)
- Service Delivery Model: 15%
- Management & Staffing: 6%
- Outcomes: 8%
- Practice & Procedures: 3%
- Promotion of the Service: 6%
- Communication & Information: 3%
- Performance Management: 5%
- Implementation: 6%
- Service Feedback & Improvement: 5%
- price: 40%
- Social Value: 3%
Published award criteria (11)
- Service Delivery Model: 15%
- Management & Staffing: 6%
- Outcomes: 8%
- Practice & Procedures: 3%
- Promotion of the Service: 6%
- Communication & Information: 3%
- Service Feedback & Improvement: 5%
- Performance Management: 5%
- Implementation: 6%
- Social Value: 3%
- Price: 40%
- Suitability
The Provider must be appropriately registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to deliver regulated activities in Shared Lives Services.
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 52 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · The initial contract is for 36 months
until 31 March 2027 plus an extension to
extend for up to 2 x 12 months up to 31 March 2029.
In the event the Agreement is extended the extension shall be on the same Terms and Conditions as the original Agreement period and will ultimately be at the County Council's sole discretion.
- First published
- 12 Oct 2023, 15:06 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jan 2024, 09:28 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Nov 2023 – …
- Authority reference
IA3118- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003152- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040b7bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: Agreement value range - from £6,700,000 to £7,444,000 over the total 5 years. Note that the ranges are indicative values. The Contract value for the Service will include the Management fee rate and Support charges, the Council set the support rates/bandings and the fees are passed directly to the Shared Lives Carers by the Provider. Spend is subject to placement activity.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Nov 2023 → 1 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline13 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published31 Jan 2024, 09:28 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Jan 2024, 09:28 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSS (UK) | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
IA3118 Shared Lives Service · PSS (UK)
- Signed
- 18 Jan 2024
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire County Council has re procured the current Shared Lives Service which is… | 10bids · 10 electronic | — | — | £6,700,000 – £7,444,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £6,700,000 – £7,444,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PSS (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.