Provision of Night Services in the Furness Area
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Westmorland and Furness Council has completed the procurement process for a block contract to deliver night time domiciliary care services in the Furness area. This process is classified under the social work and related services industry category. The open procedure was used to procure these services, with the tender initially published in December 2024, and the contract was subsequently awarded in March 2025.
The contract, valued at £303,546.88, commenced on 1st April 2025, and is set to run until 31st March 2026, with the option for a 12-month extension. The procurement aims to continue improving home care services to ensure positive outcomes for service users, focusing on well-being, independence, and user choice. This contract provides substantial opportunities for businesses involved in social care services, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, like the awarded supplier, Lakeland Care & Support Services Limited.
Businesses that are adept in offering person-centred care, promoting user choice, and integrating services with community partnerships are well-suited to compete for similar contracts. Engaging in such public procurement processes can lead to business growth by establishing long-term service contracts and enhancing their portfolio, while also contributing meaningfully to the local community by addressing essential care needs.
Westmorland and Furness Council is procuring a Night Services block contract to deliver night time domiciliary care in Furness. The current contract, that was commissioned by Cumbria County Council, is ending in March 2025. The Council is committed to continue to improve home care and support services for adults with the ambition of achieving positive outcomes for all Users of the Service.
We are looking to provide services that will ensure all care and support provision:
- focuses on improving wellbeing and quality of life
- provides a person-centred approach for individual service users
- focuses on delivering outcomes people require and maximises their independence and strengths for as long as possible
- promotes user choice and control; and
- is flexible in response to a wide range of assessed needs.
This should include but is not limited to forming local partnerships with families and friends, and in the statutory, independent, voluntary and community sectors. The Provider will be expected to deliver the service aims and requirements, which have been developed in line with the Care Act guidance
Westmorland and Furness Council is procuring a Night Services block contract to deliver night time domiciliary care in Furness. The current contract, that was commissioned by Cumbria County Council, is ending in March 2025. The Council is committed to continue to improve home care and support services for adults with the ambition of achieving positive outcomes for all Users of the Service. We are looking to provide services that will ensure all care and support provision: * focuses on improving wellbeing and quality of life * provides a person-centred approach for individual service users * focuses on delivering outcomes people require and maximises their independence and strengths for as long as possible * promotes user choice and control; and * is flexible in response to a wide range of assessed needs. This should include but is not limited to forming local partnerships with families and friends, and in the statutory, independent, voluntary and community sectors. The Provider will be expected to deliver the service aims and requirements, which have been developed in line with the Care Act guidance
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The contract period is one year.
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