Provision of Domiciliary Care Service

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What the notice says

Buyer

Halton Borough Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

158ffdee-2225-405f-9b75-57b0aa3a7395-831476

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 85000000

Published tags

award

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

The Council wishes to enter into contracts to deliver a Domiciliary Care Service across the borough of Halton. The Service is for adults with a social care assessed need for domiciliary care. This will include older people, as well as adults who may have a physical disability, learning disability or mental health problems. The Service will be available between 7:00am and 11:00pm, 365 (366 in a leap year) days a year. \r \r Suppliers MUST be registered with the CQC to provide Personal Care and will need to demonstrate a proven track record in providing domiciliary care services to vulnerable people in their own homes. Suppliers will be required to demonstrate at the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage that they are capable of meeting the Domiciliary Care Service Specification and quality standards required by the Council. Suppliers must show how they can deliver services to a Council defined quality standard in full partnership with the Council, people in receipt of care, Carers and other agencies.\r \r Suppliers will be required to have an appropriate system of Electronic Care Monitoring (ECM) in place and provide regular reports to the Council regarding Service delivery.\r \r For the delivery of the Domiciliary Care Service, the Borough of Halton will be split into two town-based geographical areas: Area 1: Runcorn - Lots 1 and 2 and Area 2: Widnes - Lots 3 and 4. The borough consists of the two towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor.\r \r For the purposes of the delivery of the Domiciliary Care Service, Area 1: Runcorn will include the civil parishes of Daresbury, Moore, Preston Brook and Sandymoor, and Area 2: Widnes will include the civil parishes of Hale and Halebank. The areas are referred to simply as Runcorn and Widnes for ease of reference. \r \r TUPE will apply to this contract for Lots 1 to 4 only. TUPE Information is to follow and will be published via the Chest messaging facility in due course.\r \r Fixed Rate Price for 2024/2025 is to follow and will be published via the Chest messaging facility in due course - (applies only to Lots 1 to 4).\r \r Lot 5 will make provision for a Single Purchase Framework (SPF).\r \r To view the full specification documents and requirements and to express your interest in this opportunity and access the ITT documentation, please visit www.the-chest.org.uk and search Chest Project ID DN714572.\r \r Questions relating to this document must be submitted via the Chest Messaging facility only and telephone calls will not be answered during the live process.\r \r Closing date for questions has been extended to : Friday 26th April 2024 at 3pm (was 12th April 2024 at 3pm)\r Closing date for submissions has been extended to: Friday 3rd May 2024 at 11.30am (was 19th April 2024 at 11.30am)\r

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1. Tender notice observed

   14 Mar 2024

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   062da154-0588-47c9-928c-5c8e07ed0c59-731923

   Published tags

   tender

2. Tender notice observed

   10 Apr 2024

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   bb2e89ab-4408-4ad1-8744-00d2944058fd-739518

   Published tags

   tender

3. Award notice observed

   3 Mar 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   158ffdee-2225-405f-9b75-57b0aa3a7395-831476

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Provision of Domiciliary Care Service

  Buyer: Halton Borough CouncilSupplier: Care At Home Group Ltd

  End date in notice

  27 Apr 2030

  Value shown in notice

  £49,000,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-0e4d46ad-c33e-4d84-96a4-bafc785e097b-1

• Provision of Domiciliary Care Service

  Buyer: Halton Borough CouncilSupplier: Caring Connections Ltd

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