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# Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System for Domiciliary Care Services in Sefton

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pseudo-dynamic-purchasing-system-for-domiciliary-care-services-in-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-03a6e0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sefton Council: "Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System for Domiciliary Care Services in Sefton". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: £80,000,000. 13 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Mar 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sefton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sefton-council-ons-e08000014)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £80,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 March 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 13
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Metal, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pseudo-dynamic-purchasing-system-for-domiciliary-care-services-in-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-03a6e0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03a6e0`

## Before you bid
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- **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/pseudo-dynamic-purchasing-system-for-domiciliary-care-services-in-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-03a6e0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pseudo-dynamic-purchasing-system-for-domiciliary-care-services-in-sefton-ocds-h6vhtk-03a6e0#participate

## Description
Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System for Domiciliary Care Services in Sefton 2023 - 2033.
Sefton Council wishes to set up a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) for the provision of Care at Home Services.
This PDPS is initially being established for the following lot listed below under the title Initial Lots. It is the Council’s intention to establish additional lots during the lifetime of the PDPS. The potential lots are also listed below (no timeframes for the potential lots have been determined):
Initial Lots
•	Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Providers in Locality 1
•	Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Providers in Locality 2
•	Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Providers in Locality 3
•	Lot 2 = Care at Home Services – Tier 2 Providers (non-locality specific)
Potential Lots
•	Lot 3 = Care at Home Services to support Children and their Family / Carers
•	Lot 4 = Continuing Healthcare packages
•	Lot 5 = End of Life Care packages
•	Lot 6 = Sitting Services (including support / respite for Carers)
•	Lot 7 = Reablement Services
•	Lot 8 = Winter Pressures / Hospital Discharge Services
•	Lot 9 = Community Support for People with Mental Health Conditions / Learning Disabilities
•	Lot 10 = Extra Care Housing Services
a)	Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole discretion, may extend the period for up to two years (either in a single extension, annual (12 month) extensions or separate extensions for periods that in total amount to a maximum two-year extension period from the expiry of the initial three-year contract period).

## Lots (13)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 1
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 1st.
Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole disc...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 2
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 2nd.
Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole disc...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 1
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 1st.
Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole disc...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 2
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 2nd.
Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole disc...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 5: Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 rankled 1
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 ranked 1st.
Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole disc...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 6: Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 rankled 2
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 ranked 2nd.
Tier 1 contracts for specific localities will be awarded to successful bidders.  These contracts will be for a period of three years. However, the Council, at its sole disc...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 7: Lot 2 = Care at Home Services – Tier 2 Providers (non-locality specific)
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD

- **Description:** Lot 2 = Care at Home Services – Tier 2 Providers (non-locality specific)
For the period:  For the period - 1st August 2023 to 31st July 2033.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 8: Winter Pressures / Hospital Discharge Services
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Winter Pressures / Hospital Discharge Services -This is a potential future lot that may be activated during the 10 year life of the PDPS

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 9: Community Support for People with Mental Health Conditions / Learning Disabilities
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Community Support for People with Mental Health Conditions / Learning Disabilities-This is a potential future lot that may be activated during the 10 year life of the PDPS

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 10: Extra Care Housing Services
- **Lot id:** `10`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Extra Care Housing Services-This is a potential future lot that may be activated during the 10 year life of the PDPS

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 1a: Domiciliary Care Services – Tier 1 Providers in Locality 1
- **Lot id:** `1a`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Domiciliary Care Tier 1 provider Locality 1, 3 years with the option to extend for 2 x 12 months

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 1b: Domiciliary Care Services – Tier 1 Providers in Locality 2
- **Lot id:** `1b`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Domiciliary Care Tier 1 provider Locality 2, 3 years with the option to extend for 2 x 12 months

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 1c: Domiciliary Care Services – Tier 1 Providers in Locality 3
- **Lot id:** `1c`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Domiciliary Care Tier 1 provider Locality 3, 3 years with the option to extend for 2 x 12 months

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (15)
- **Award:** Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 1 (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Cera Homecare Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-94039`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-10`
  - Supplier(s): **Delta Care Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185072`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-11`
  - Supplier(s): **HIGHLAND ORNATE LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105673`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-12`
  - Supplier(s): **Quartz Care Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105675`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-13`
  - Supplier(s): **Rainbow Care Solutions Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-101622`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-14`
  - Supplier(s): **The Care Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-06362325`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-15`
  - Supplier(s): **VERITY GROUP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170935`

- **Award:** Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 2 (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-2`
  - Supplier(s): **WarrenCare Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105681`

- **Award:** Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 1 (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Cera Homecare Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-94039`

- **Award:** Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 2 (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-4`
  - Supplier(s): **WarrenCare Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105681`

- **Award:** Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 ranked 1 (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-5`
  - Supplier(s): **ICare**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PDDG-1253-XXPY`

- **Award:** Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 ranked 2 (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Local Solutions**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-120939`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-7`
  - Supplier(s): **C4 Care**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185065`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-8`
  - Supplier(s): **Care Connect UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-94045`

- **Award:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)
  - Award id: `029057-2023-DN629803-9`
  - Supplier(s): **Caring Connections**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-139645`

## Contracts (15)
- **Contract:** Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 1 (a) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 1 ranked 2 (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 1 (b) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 2 ranked 2 (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 ranked 1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 1 (c) = Care at Home Services – Tier 1 Provider in Locality 3 ranked 2 (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 2  - Tier 2 PDPS provider (active)

  - Signed Date: 06/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029057-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-03T08:47:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T15:58:00.947Z
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