Innovative Platform for Home Based Services
The Purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to notify the market of Southampton City Council (the "Council") in partnership with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Commissioning Board's intention to re-open the tender opportunity by inviting suitably experienced and qualified Providers to submit a tender for the Innovative Platform for Home Based Services ("The Platform") more specifically for the provision of Home Care, Live-In Care, Continuing Health Care(CHC) and Complex Care for Adults and Continuing Care (CC) and Complex Care for Children, Bridging Services, and Extra Care in accordance with the overarching and lot specific service specifications (Volume Two of the tender documentation).
Please note that the council has previously advertised this tender opportunity via Contracts Finder and via PIN (Prior Information Notice) reference EC09-01-3216 published 10th February 2023.
This notice now replaces the original PIN that was published.
The Council is subsequently communicating/clarifying intended timescales for evaluation of tenders for the remaining term of the framework, please note that this is applicable for existing providers who have already been appointed to the framework for either a change to a current offer or submission of a new tender application (for example for additional branch(es) to be added to the Platform or for existing branch (es) to deliver additional lots) and new/perspective providers.
Please refer to the tender for further information and documents and we recommend you review information relating to - how the platform will work, contract management and award documents.
We would like to advise that when a new tender is submitted it will be evaluated via an evaluation panel on behalf of the Council, during the following months of February, May, August and November and that this pattern will be repeated throughout the term of the framework.
Please note for tenders to be evaluated during these months, tenders must be received prior to the last working day of the month, all further tenders received after this date will be evaluated during the next period of evaluation.
Lot 1 - Homecare Lot 2 - Live in Care Services Lot 3 - Continuing Health Care (CHC) and Complex Care for Adults and Continuing Care (CC) and Complex Care for Children Lot 4 - Bridging Services Lot 5 - Extra Care
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the value not published — mid-band assumed 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
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
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- OCID
- d711fdd2-a863-4928-ada0-77b9555815e1
- Stage
- preprocurement · Open
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Buyer ref
- EC09-01-3216(2024)
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