Break Point Re-Opening 2 (2024) of the 2019 Social Work Framework for Selected Purchased Social Care Supports

The Council invites new Bidders, or those Bidders who were not previously successful in being awarded to any part of the original 2019 Framework/2021 Break Point Re-opening, or who wish to apply for a new Framework category not previously awarded, to participate in this final break point opportunity, to tender for the provision of one or more of the following categories of care:

Care and Support (including Technology Enabled Care and Support, Day Opportunities and Employability Supports and Short Breaks (Respite).

Bidders seeking to join the Framework at this 'break point' opportunity, will as a minimum, be required to meet all Framework qualifying criteria as laid out in the tender documentation and will be strictly limited to providing services under Option 2 of the SDS Act, where Service Users or their Proxies only, will be able to choose those Providers awarded using a non-ranked alphabetical list created for this purpose.

The Council will not use the successfully awarded Applicants under Option 3 of the SDS Act.

*Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

*The estimated value as included as part of this PIN notice is the estimated value of the overall framework agreement and its 5 year +1, +1 lifespan.

Lots

This procurement was divided into 6 lots, each awarded separately.