Indicative Tender for inclusion in a DPS for Derby City Younger Adults Domiciliary Care Services.

Descriptions

Indicative tenders are invited to join a Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of domiciliary care support and enablement for adults with a learning disability, mental health needs, or profound and multiple disabilities. The successful supplier will be responsible for providing this service, liaising closely with the nominated Commissioning Officer, Derby City Council.The DPS will primarily meet the needs of customers will be adults and children (aged 16 and over) who meet the eligibility criteria of Derby City Council for community care services. Customers may be physically disabled or frail, and/or may have learning or other cognitive difficulties, mental health problems, or have profound and multiple disabilities. Customers may exhibit: challenging behaviours that demonstrate a significant risk to self or others. Customers may also require therapeutic approaches that may include: the care program approach for mental health, specialist augmentative communication systems and sensory loss enablement.Customers will generally reside within the city of Derby.The service will be available as required 7 days a week between the hours of 7:00 to 22:00. Waking nights and sleep-ins will be covered from 22:00 to 07:00Providers must:— have in place an equality and diversity policy that is embedded in organisational documents.— Criminal Record Bureau clearance for staff and volunteers.— Be currently registered with the Care Quality Commission under Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000.Providers admitted to the DPS after satisfying quality requirements as detailed within the Indicative Tender document will be, subject to subsequent competition for care packages placed through the DPS via a Service Request Form.Throughout the duration of the DPS, new organisations that apply from the publication of an OJEU Simplified Notice and who satisfy the selection criteria and comply with the specification will also be admitted to the system.