Tender: Residential and Nursing Care Home Services for Adults – Nottinghamshire County Council Framework Agreement

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Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking providers for a framework agreement to deliver residential and nursing care home services for adults. The Framework will support people whose primary needs include learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, physical disabilities, brain injuries and sensory impairments and will cover standard placements, short breaks, emergency placements, forensic provision and exceptional and highly specialist care arrangements. The Council will primarily commission adults but may use the Framework for 16- and 17-year-olds where homes meet all applicable registration, policy and regulatory requirements (including the Care Quality Commission and/or Ofsted); older adults (typically 65+) will ordinarily be commissioned through separate residential contracts and this Framework will be used for that group only in exceptional circumstances. Most placements are expected within Nottinghamshire’s seven districts but placements outside the county may be commissioned where required. The Framework is planned for an initial six-year term with the option to extend twice for 24 months each (maximum 10 years); appointment to the Framework does not guarantee any placement volume and the Council may advertise future opportunities to admit additional providers. Full details of the requirements are set out in the procurement documents.