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Derbyshire County Council

SSD 15 08 Derbyshire Handy Van Service and Single Point of Access for the Handy Van Service

Community ServicesCPV 98000000
Value£1.5m
Awarded20 Oct 2015
Published9 Feb 2016
RegionEast Midlands
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£4.1m

This is a large award for Other Community & Personal Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Derbyshire Handy Van Service and Single Point of Access for the Handy Van Service will deliver preventative and practical support to older and vulnerable people across Derbyshire.

The range of services to be provided in Lots 2 and 3 by the Handy Van Service includes: Home Fire Safety Checks, installation, programming, handover, maintenance and servicing of Assistive Technology equipment (Telecare, Community Alarms, Telehealth etc.), practical assistance / small DIY tasks etc.

The Single Point of Access Service in Lot 1 will administer all service requests for the two Handy Van Services.

Tenders are invited from suitably experienced and qualified providers that have staff with the relevant/appropriate skills and experience to effectively manage and provide the services.

The contract is for 3 years initially with an option to extend for a further 2 x 1 year periods.

Tenderers may bid for one or more Lots.

The maximum number of Lots to be awarded to any bidder is 2 provided that this includes Lot 1.

The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 has been taken into consideration in the development of this service.

TUPE may apply to this contract.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The Derbyshire Handy Van Service and Single

The Derbyshire Handy Van Service and Single Point of Access for the Handy Van Service will deliver preventative and practical support to older and vulnerable people across Derbyshire.

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Tenders are invited from suitably experienced

Tenders are invited from suitably experienced and qualified providers that have staff with the relevant/appropriate skills and experience to effectively manage and provide the services.

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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