Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area

Concepts

• social work
• provision of domiciliary care services
• derry
• health and social work
• community and personal services
• western health
• social care trust area
• western health and social care trust
• western health and social care trust area
• time specific hours

Location

Derry

Description

Provision of Domiciliary Care Services in the Western Health and Social Care Trust Area Lot 9 Strabane Guaranteed Hours 1,809 hours per week; Estimated Time Specific Hours 660 hours per week

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

The Trust refers to its response at VII.2.1 above. The first condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c)(i) PCR 2015 is that the need for modification has been brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen. Regulation 72(1)(c)(i) PCR 2015 is satisfied in respect of this modification as the need for modification has been brought about by external circumstances, being the referred DoH NI direction, which a diligent contracting authority could not have foreseen when the Trust awarded these contracts back in 2016. The DoH NI direction has been brought about by exceptional circumstances; the need identified by the DoH NI to provide the Additional Funding to the independent domiciliary care sector is as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the exceptional and unforeseen pressures on the domiciliary care sector and this critical frontline service. The second condition of this ground under Regulation 72(1)(c)(ii) is that the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract. Here the service, being a domiciliary care service, is unchanged. As such, the modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract and therefore satisfies Regulation 72(1)(c)(ii). The final condition of this ground under Regulation 72(c)(iii) is met in that the increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. The increase in price for lot 9 is £312,371 and the value of the original contract for Lot 9 is £8,000,000.