ASC0204 - Short Term Residential Care Beds
Main contract details
Leicester City Council (the Authority) invites Tenders for the provision of twelve short- term residential care beds for individuals who require a short period of assessment of up to 6 weeks to enable them to return home or to be moved into the right setting for that individual, either following a hospital stay or where an individual has experienced a health or social care crisis in their own home.
The Authority requires these twelve beds to be provided, six each, within two separate care homes located within the geographic boundary of the city of Leicester.
It is envisaged that these short term residential care beds will be for a period of up to and no more than six weeks at a time, to be commissioned by the Authority.
The contract is to be a block contract arrangement whereby the payment to the provider/s by the Authority will be made regardless of whether the beds are actually occupied.
The proposed Contract will be for an initial period of two years to commence on 3 July 2017 with an option toextend, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, for a further period orperiods up to a total of three years, taking the contract term to a maximum of five years.
The value assigned to this contract, for the 12 beds, is estimated to be £1,900,000 GBP - UK Pound Sterlingover the proposed 5 year contract period.
Please note that the tender bid price must remain within the financial envelope of between the minimum of £440per bed per week to a maximum of £550 per bed per week.
The Authority reserves the right to not award the contract for all the 12 beds to the same provider even though they may be in two separate care homes. Under this circumstance the contract may be awarded to two separate providers offering six beds each in two separate care homes.
Further information about this tender opportunity is contained within the Invitation to Tender documentation.
Key dates
Expression of interest window
From 27/02/2017 13:00 to 03/04/2017 14:00
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Contact details
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE1 1FZ
United Kingdom