Live-in Care and Support Service in Cornwall

<p>Cornwall Council (the Council) is conducting this soft market engagement to gain an understanding of the potential level of interest for the provision of a live-in care and support service in Cornwall.</p>
<p>As a minimum the Council is looking for a provider(s) who will work with them to deliver a quality live in care and support service that:</p>
<p>- have experience of delivering a twenty-four (24) hour live-in care and support service (or similar) as described in the soft market engagement document,</p>
<p>- are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide home care services,</p>
<p>- directly employ carers that have been appropriately trained and hold an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS),</p>
<p>- will pay all staff employed in providing the service the Real Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation https://www.livingwage.org.uk. regardless of role and qualifications.</p>
<p>The soft market engagement is an information gathering exercise and it is intended that any responses to this soft market engagement will be used by the Council to develop a business proposal. Any such proposal would be subject to the development and approval of a business case, and, as such, this exercise implies no commercial commitment and is not a formal tender document. Participation in this soft market engagement will not prejudice providers participating in any future procurement for the services in this document or any other services.</p>
<p>If you are interested in this area of service provision and helping with the Council&rsquo;s soft market engagement you are invited to register on the Council's Due-North system https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and express an interest in this project. Thereafter you are invited to complete the &ldquo;Information Required&rdquo; section of the soft market engagement document and return it to the Council via the Due North system by the 22nd June 2021.</p>