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WSCC - Community Reablement Services for Adults in West Sussex

West Sussex County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

West Sussex County Council is procuring a Community Reablement Service for adults in West Sussex.

Awarded to

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Essex Cares Limited

Match pending…
Contract value
£47.4m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Mar 2025
Award ID
016470-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
06723149
Location
Chelmsford, UKH3, CM1 1QH, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Reablement is a strengths-based, person-centred approach, supporting an individual to regain skills, or gain new/alternative skills and confidence to enable a person to remain living independently or with less support in their own home.<br/><br/>The Community Reablement Service will be provided to customers to support them to maintain, retain or regain daily living skills and abilities to reach their maximum level of independence to remain in their own home independently or with less support. As part of West Sussex County Council approach, we will assume that reablement is to be considered as the default starting position for all new customers and only moving to long-term care where reablement has been confirmed as not appropriate.<br/><br/>There is a clear expectation that the Service Provider and the Council will work closely together to ensure the Service is delivering positive Outcomes for individuals identified for reablement and to deliver a responsive and flexible Service.<br/><br/>The Council wants to ensure a broad group of people can access the Community Reablement Service. Therefore, Customers receiving the Community Reablement Service may have a varying range of care, behavioural, communication, mobility and / or support needs relating - but not limited to - physical disabilities, learning disability, acquired brain injury, neurological conditions, mental health, and other long-term conditions and including double handed care support.<br/><br/>The key objectives of the Service are to:<br/>1. Enable individuals to remain living independently in their usual place of residence.<br/>2. Provide person centred time limited, reabling support for individuals which meets their needs and Outcomes.<br/>3. Deliver Outcome-focussed, strength-based interventions that prevent, reduce, and delay the need for care and support.<br/>4. Maintain Customer’s independence at home.<br/>5. Facilitate discharge from hospital at the optimum time for the individual thereby reducing hospital acquired decline.<br/>6. Work in partnership with key partners to ensure a streamlined and coordinated experience for the Customer.<br/>7. Develop strong relationships and pathways with other community services to ensure individuals are supported to remain living independently at home beyond the reablement intervention period.<br/><br/>Throughout the life of this contract, the Community Reablement Service will become more closely aligned with Intermediate Care Services, known as Intermediate Care and Primary Care Services. The Council is working towards improved intermediate care provision with NHS partners. The Reablement service is acknowledged as being an essential part of the integrated care system which will continually work across system health and social pathways to achieve the best Outcomes for residents.£59.3m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C19446
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
24 Sept 2024, 09:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
24 Sept 2024, 09:00

Tender Period

Ends
23 Sept 2024, 17:00

Communication

Contract terms

Performance Terms
Please see tender pack.
Has Electronic Payment
Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy
allowed

Classification

Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
180

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
Please see tender pack.

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
Reablement is a strengths-based, person-centred approach, supporting an individual to regain skills, or gain new/alternative skills and confidence to enable a person to remain living independently or with less support in their own home.<br/><br/>The Community Reablement Service will be provided to customers to support them to maintain, retain or regain daily living skills and abilities to reach their maximum level of independence to remain in their own home independently or with less support. As part of West Sussex County Council approach, we will assume that reablement is to be considered as the default starting position for all new customers and only moving to long-term care where reablement has been confirmed as not appropriate.<br/><br/>There is a clear expectation that the Service Provider and the Council will work closely together to ensure the Service is delivering positive Outcomes for individuals identified for reablement and to deliver a responsive and flexible Service.<br/><br/>The Council wants to ensure a broad group of people can access the Community Reablement Service. Therefore, Customers receiving the Community Reablement Service may have a varying range of care, behavioural, communication, mobility and / or support needs relating - but not limited to - physical disabilities, learning disability, acquired brain injury, neurological conditions, mental health, and other long-term conditions and including double handed care support.<br/><br/>The key objectives of the Service are to:<br/>1. Enable individuals to remain living independently in their usual place of residence.<br/>2. Provide person centred time limited, reabling support for individuals which meets their needs and Outcomes.<br/>3. Deliver Outcome-focussed, strength-based interventions that prevent, reduce, and delay the need for care and support.<br/>4. Maintain Customer’s independence at home.<br/>5. Facilitate discharge from hospital at the optimum time for the individual thereby reducing hospital acquired decline.<br/>6. Work in partnership with key partners to ensure a streamlined and coordinated experience for the Customer.<br/>7. Develop strong relationships and pathways with other community services to ensure individuals are supported to remain living independently at home beyond the reablement intervention period.<br/><br/>Throughout the life of this contract, the Community Reablement Service will become more closely aligned with Intermediate Care Services, known as Intermediate Care and Primary Care Services. The Council is working towards improved intermediate care provision with NHS partners. The Reablement service is acknowledged as being an essential part of the integrated care system which will continually work across system health and social pathways to achieve the best Outcomes for residents.

Value

Amount
59,257,500
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
50
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
50

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2031, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
WSCC, County Hall, West Street, Chichester, PO19 1RQ

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ2
Entry 2
Region
UKJ2

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-21621
Name
West Sussex County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ27
Locality
Chichester
Postal Code
PO19 1RG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
West Sussex County Council

Contact

Name
Ben Chivers-Gibbs
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-86812
Name
Cabinet Office - Public Procurement Review Service

Roles

reviewBody
mediationBody
reviewContactPoint

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2HQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 Horse Guards Road

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Cabinet Office - Public Procurement Review Service
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-144821
Name
Essex Cares Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Seax House, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
06723149
Legal Name
Essex Cares Limited

Contact

Telephone
+44 3330135438

Award information

Award 1
Id
016470-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-144821
Name
Essex Cares Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
016470-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
016470-2025-1
Date Signed
31 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
47,442,186
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chichester · UKJ27 · PO19 1RG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ2

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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