Residential and Nursing Care DPS (Dynamic Purchasing System)
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
West Northamptonshire Council publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 82 notices, roughly one every 9 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
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The Council has successfully improved outcomes for residents by embedding strengths-based approaches.The new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will provide a solid foundation to deliver improvements and innovation including working towards the integration of health and social care at the locality level, maximising the use of technology enabled living to improve health and wellbeing, increased efficiency, and a reduction of the environmental impact of service delivery and adding social value.The Council wishes to work with provider partners who will establish a strong presence in their areas of operation and work strategically and collaboratively with stakeholders and each other to improve the outcomes for people.
What this notice demands of you
2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Residential and Nursing Care DPS (Dynamic Purchasing System)
…of technology enabled living to improve health and wellbeing, increased efficiency, and a reduction of the environmental impact of service delivery and adding social value.The Council wishes to work with provider partners who will establish a strong presence in their areas of operation and work strategically and colla…
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Stated in this notice
- Show at bidSocial value commitments“…l impact of service delivery and adding social value.The Council wishes to work with provider partners who will…”
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
- Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
- Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
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