Award of Home Care Services Contracts by Leicester City Council

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Leicester City Council awarded a contract to Adaptus Cares, Amicare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd, Bluewood HealthCare, Bonney Care Agency Ltd, Care 4 U (Leicestershire) Ltd, Care at Home (Midlands) Ltd, Carers Direct Homecare Ltd, Choices Care, City & for home care services.

The procurement exercise for ASC0307 - Home Care Services, Leicester went live on 26th February 2024, with an indicative timeline suggesting contract award in September/October 2024, which did not leave enough time to mobilise contracts before previous contracts expired on 6th October 2024.

As a statutory service, a waiver was produced to bridge the gap between the previous contracts ending and the new arrangements being in place after a compliant procurement exercise.

Due to a high volume of bids received, a new waiver was put forward to continue existing arrangements and allow additional time for the current procurement process, enabling the Authority to bridge the gap between existing arrangements ending and new homecare services commencing.

The contract value is £32,500,000.