Outcome Based Domiciliary Care Event 28/09/16 10am-1pm

Bracknell Forest Council currently procures traditional domiciliary care services through an approved list of providers, on a spot purchase basis. Approximately 4,500 hours are purchased each week, and services are commissioned on a time and task basis.

The Council is looking to move to a new model, where support at home and in the community for older people and people with long term conditions is delivered with greater focus on an individual’s outcomes, with a significant emphasis on regaining, preserving or achieving an optimal level of independence and promoting community access and integration with health services. This would require providers to partner with the voluntary and community sector to nurture an asset based approach to delivering services.

The new proposed model will ensure that the support and care delivered in people’s own homes can:

Support people to regain or attain independence to an optimum level and decrease the need for paid support.
Maximise and maintain people to live independently for as long as possible.
Support people to achieve their identified individual outcomes.
Decrease isolation and improve health and wellbeing.
Respond to changing needs and demands e.g. facilitating a timely discharge from hospital.
Improve quality within services to support people at home
Develop links and provide access to the local community and voluntary sector organisations.
Provide access to assistive technology to maximise independence.
Provide value for money and address the containment of costs

A financial model will be developed to incentivise the change to enable providers to reduce the need for formal paid care and support. The new contracting arrangements will enable providers to work more creatively and flexibly with people to ensure they meet their needs. The new model will create some certainty around hours for providers, so they can plan sufficient staffing levels, and providers will have an obligation to pick up packages.


Contracts are expected to commence in autumn of 2017, for a period of 3 years with an option for a further 1 year.

The procurement process for the contract is planned to start in November 2016.

Bracknell Forest are looking to enter into a framework agreement with six to seven providers or enter into a contract with a prime provider who will subcontract to other registered providers.


Bracknell Forest Council is keen to develop the new model in consultation with providers, and this free event has been organised for this purpose. Providers who wish to attend are requested to register by emailing contracts.team@bracknell-forest.gov.uk

If you would like further information, please email the contracts team, or call 01344 351601.

Places are restricted, so please book early to avoid disappointment.