II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Windsor Street is a purpose built scheme offering accommodation that will provide 11 new homes for residents with a learning disability and/or autism. The scheme will be utilised to provide; appropriate accommodation for individuals currently placed in out of borough spot placements, young people transitioning to adults’ services and, for service users where it is no longer suitable for them to continue to live with their family carer or their current setting.
The new scheme consists of 11 self-contained flats across three floors, as well as access to a shared communal space. There are 4 fully adapted pods on the ground floor for people with additional physical disabilities, 4 flats on the first floor for people with high needs and 3 flats on the second floor for people who are more independent (moderate needs).
Windsor Street will support Islington’s adult social care vision for Islington to be a place made up of strong, inclusive and connected communities, where regardless of background, people have fair and equal access to adult social care support that enables residents to live healthy fulfilling and independent lives.
Islington’s Strategic Commissioning and Adult Social Care Market Position Statement 2021-2024 sets out its commitment to ensuring that people with learning disabilities are supported to live as independently as possible, in their local communities and close to friends and family.
The new contract will ensure that residents living at the scheme are supported appropriately with their health, wellbeing, and safety in the community. The service will also support people to stay in the borough and remain close to their family support networks.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Proposed approach to service delivery model: achieving outcomes, personalisation
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Proposed approach to health and safety of service users and staff (including safeguarding people who use services from the risk of abuse/danger)
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Proposed approach to social value
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Proposed approach to staff recruitment and retention, skills, development and supervision
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 108
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The contract period will be for nine years with break clause options available for the council to terminate annually after year three. The estimated start date of the contract will be January 2024.
The contract will be funded through existing social care budgets on a core contract value. The estimated maximum core annual contract value for the service will be £587,276 per annum. Therefore, the maximum estimated total global cost of the core contract for Islington Council will be £5,285,490
In addition to the core annual budget the successful provider will be responsible for managing the individual service funds (ISFs) for residents residing at the scheme. The estimated annual individual service fund (ISF) for residents residing at the scheme is £467,296. However, the amount paid to the provider is based on the actual need of the client and the ISF budget will be subject to change (both up and down) according to subsequent changes in need for each client. The ISF (lead) provider can charge up to £20 per month per client to manage their ISF.
We recognise that due to the length of the contract there will be requests for uplifts. The Council is committed to paying the London Living Wage and we will work with providers during the annual uplift process to ensure staff who are paid the LLW continue to be paid the LLW for the lifetime of the contract.