Further Competition for the provision of Care home services for older people and adults of working age whose primary support need is ageing-related. Long and short term services. (Lot 6 and Lot 7)

Dorset Council · awarded 25 February 2025 · delivered in England

£304.0m Award value £304,000,000
12 Suppliers Recorded as a large business
5 Apr 2033 Runs until from 6 Apr 2025

Who

BuyerDorset Council Dorchester
Suppliers Agincourt Care Home Ltd
Altogether Care LLP (Weymouth Care home
Blenheim Care Home Ltd
Chalgrove Care Home Ltd
Cheriton Care Centre Ltd
Crecy Care Home Ltd
Gainsborough Care Home Ltd
Healthcare Homes (LSC) Limited (Ashley Court )
Healthcare Homes (LSC) Limited (Blanford Grange)
Naseby Care Home Ltd
Trafalgar Care Ltd
Waterloo care Home Ltd
Categoryservices
ClassificationHealth and social work services CPV 85000000
Notice published4 March 2025

What it is for

Project Scope: Care Home Services will be procured with specific service categories to meet the needs of the Dorset population, see below table for a breakdown of the service categories: Service category number Service Category 1 Residential - medium level needs 2 Residential - high level needs 2a Specialist Residential - Advanced dementia and mental health 3 Nursing 4 Nursing - Advanced dementia and mental health 5 Advanced / Complex Nursing A Respite B End of Life Care (EOLC) This is a mixed procurement. A small element of these services could be health services, however as the main element of the requirement is residential care this dictates where it sits under procurement regulations. This means the procurement falls under the requirements of Public Contract Regulations 2015 and not those of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Working with tenderers (care home providers), who will deliver the care and support required, enables service and market development to better meet population needs. The strategy will be to purchase blocks of beds from providers, that secure this contract, who meet the requirements of the Council, the blocks will be split across the service categories by demand led intelligence. All tenderers, under this procurement of the call off contract, will be required to accept and agree to supply care home services at the published Council rates, for the service category which are determined with the fair cost of care and sustainable rates for the Council. The maximum project value of £304,000,000 is estimated based on Dorset Council's total annual spend on Care Home Placements for Older People outside of the existing contracts with Care South and Care Dorset. This is challenging to estimate as it is broken down by…

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