SCC IC Care & Support with Community Accommodation DPS
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This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
Surrey County Council, NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board and NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (referred to as the “Commissioner”) are undertaking a joint procurement under the Light Touch Regime (regulation 74 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015) to identify suitably qualified providers for a Care and Support with Community Accommodation Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
The DPS will comprise 8 lots as listed below: Lot 1 Level one LDA Supported Independent Living Lot 2 Level two LDA Supported Independent Living Lot 3 Level one PDSI Supported Independent Living Lot 4 Level two PDSI Supported Independent Lot 5 Level one Mental Health A Place to Call Home Lot 6 Level two Mental Health A Place to Call Home Lot 7 Level one Mental Health Support to Recover Lot 8 Level two Mental Health Support to Recover Both current and new entrants to the market are encouraged to join the new DPS.
This DPS also includes five indicative ‘Ghost Lots’ (place holders for future provision the Council may want to purchase under this DPS), these lots will not be available at the beginning of this DPS and are currently placeholders for a future requirement which may become available under the DPS.
The Council reserve the right to present this lot to bidders in the future, and qualification criteria and detailed specification will be provided at that time.
These ‘ghost lots’ are: Lot 9: Shared Lives WAA (Working Age Adults) Lot 10: Scheme-wide Care and Support (WAA) Lot 11: Independent living from age 16 years (WAA) Lot 12: Multi-disciplinary bespoke packages (WAA) Lot 13: 100% Health Funded / CHC (WAA)
What the supplier must deliver
Lot 7 Level one Mental Health Support
Lot 7 Level one Mental Health Support to Recover.
Lot 8 Level two Mental Health Support
Lot 8 Level two Mental Health Support to Recover.
Lot 10: Scheme-wide Care and Support (WAA)
Lot 10: Scheme-wide Care and Support (WAA).
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
- Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
- Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- tender · Open
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- 028600-2023
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