Adults Mental Health Lot 3 - Framework Agreement for Supported Living in Norfolk

Concepts

• health and social work
• norfolk county council
• norwich
• mental health
• support packages
• mental health problems
• emotional support
• new lots
• norfolk
• nature of support

Location

Description

Norfolk County Council has established a multi supplier framework agreement for the provision of supported living accommodation and support. This application is for LOT 3 – Mental Health and is for providers to support people with complex and enduring mental health. Successful Providers for Lot 3 will provide supported living care and support packages for individuals to enable them to live in the community with support. Norfolk County Council envisages developing different types of housing-based provision for adults with mental health problems. In some schemes the nature of support will be oversight, practical and emotional support. Other schemes may require the provision of personal care and for such sche

Total Quantity or Scope

This Framework for Mental Health Supported Living is part of a wider piece of work for commissioners with our market and partners to establish clearer recovery pathways and options for people with serious mental health problems. We want to support more people to live independently.As part of the work we wish to collaborate with providers to ensure that there is an improved approach to assuring quality in mental health supported living services.Currently we do not have sufficient information about what represents fair and cost-effective pricing for our mental health supported living provision. We wish to work with providers and the market to establish prices which will enable the provision of effective and good quality care, but which will also be sustainable for the commissioners and providers. We are asking applicants to this Framework to give us prospective prices but will work with Framework providers to introduce consistent pricing for mental health supported living.The intention is also to look to transition our existing supported living provision to the framework Successful Providers for Lot 3 will provide supported living care and support packages for individuals to enable them to live in the community with support. … Other schemes may require the provision of personal care and for such schemes the provider may need to may need to register that scheme with CQC.We reserve the right to update the Framework Agreement and all schedules or to add new lots where requirements have not been identified at the outset of this Framework. If we update any documents or add new lots in this way, we will issue a notice to all Providers already on the Framework stating that a new specification/lot is available and give all Providers already on the Framework an opportunity to state whether they wish to provide the new requirement. Additional information: We reserve the right to update the framework agreement and all schedules or to add new lots where requirements have not been identified at the outset of this framework

Renewal Options

The duration quoted is for the initial 5-year period plus the option to extend for a further 5 years. The value quoted is an estimation

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85300000 - Social work and related services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Legal Justification

The Council intends to let a Light Touch Regime Framework Agreements under Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime), under which the Council has flexibility as to the processor procedure to be used when purchasing certain services of which this is one

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** We reserve the right to update the framework agreement and all schedules or to add new lots where requirements have not been identified at the outset of this framework. If we update any documents or add new lots in this way we will issue a notice to all Providers already on the framework stating that a new specification/lot is available and give all providers already on the framework an opportunity to state whether they wish to provide the new requirement. The framework is for 5 years from January 2019, with the option to extend for up to a further 5 years subject to agreement of Norfolk County Council with the service providers. The Council is subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and will be carrying out this procurement in accordance with the Light Touch Regime which applies to social services. The amount quoted is an estimate, usage will be based on need. If you would like to know more about this procurement, then please register on our etendering system (in-tend) (if you have not so already) and in the tenders section express interest in project NCCT41317.3.OPEN To register on the system go to http://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. It is the Council's intention to keep new applications open to the framework and increase capacity in the market. The framework agreement differs from those let under the non light touch regime in that the Council, exercising its flexibility, may let the framework agreements for longer than 4 years and may periodically open the framework for new applicants and/or add new lots. The Council intends to let this framework under Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime) under which the Council has flexibility as to the process or procedure to be used when purchasing certain services of which this is one.