Innovative Platform for Home Based Services
- Buyer
- Southampton City Council
- Value
- £945,977,955
- Closes
- 4 June 2043
- Where
- SOUTHAMPTON, the South East
- Type
- Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)
In plain English
Southampton City Council is setting up a long-term platform to supply home-based care services across five different types of care (homecare, live-in care, specialist health care, bridging services, and extra care housing support). The contract runs for 10 years with an optional 10-year extension, and multiple providers can be appointed as long as they meet the council's standards.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver home-based care services in one or more of the five lots (homecare, live-in care, continuing health care and complex care, bridging services, or extra care support) • Meet the council's minimum financial and technical requirements • Be prepared for periodic reviews of the platform during its 10-20 year operation • Apply via online questionnaire at any time during the platform's lifetime
Lots
- Lot 1 - Homecare
- Lot 2 - Live in Care Services
- Lot 3 - Continuing Health Care (CHC) and Complex Care for Adults and Continuing Care (CC) and Complex Care for Children
- Lot 4 - Bridging Services
- Lot 5 - Extra Care
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a very large, long-term care contract requiring significant staff, insurance, and regulatory compliance. Most sole traders and micro-businesses will be disqualified due to financial minimum thresholds, inability to demonstrate staffing capacity across multiple care types, and lack of CQC registration or care sector experience.
How to bid
This is a Dynamic Purchasing System: an open list of approved suppliers. You can apply to join at any time while it runs, and once accepted you can bid for the individual contracts the buyer runs through it.
How dynamic purchasing systems work
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