Contract signing is be made following a competitive open process for Open Framework for Supported Living and Residential Services. Spot purchase arrangements may be made either individually or collaboratively by Neath
Port Talbot Council, the City and County of Swansea Council, and Swansea Bay University Health Board. Nursing care may be available across each Residential Lot (i.e., 1a, 2a, or 3a).
The Framework serves in part to meet West Glamorgan's collective response to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 by supporting individuals in ways that would promote greater independence, choice and control and encourage for some, progression, and recovery and is being procured as a 'light touch' framework and therefore not obliged to follow all the obligations contained within the Procurement Act 2023.
The Framework consists of the following lots:
1a Learning Disability and/or Neuro Diverse Residential
1b Learning Disability and/or Neuro Diverse Supported Living
2a Mental Health Residential.
2b Mental Health Supported Living
3a Physical Disability and/or Brain Acquired Injury Residential
3b Physical Disability and/or Brain Acquired Injury Supported Living
The Framework may be used by Neath Port Talbot Council, the City and County of Swansea Council, or Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) to refer individuals with Residential or Supported Living needs. This includes people who may have complex and/or challenging needs, such as those in receipt of Continuing Healthcare (CHC) or
whose care is supported through a Section 117 arrangement. In addition, some individuals living in these schemes may have primary or secondary mental health needs or physical disabilities.
The agreement will take the form of an open framework (a scheme of successive frameworks) up to eight years in duration, the first framework being a maximum of three years and the second a maximum of five years.