Care and Support Prisons

Staffordshire County Council is looking to recommission the current Personalised Care and Support in prisons (and in approved premises) in the County of Staffordshire which is due to expire 31/03/2025. The purpose of the Service is for suitably qualified care providers to deliver Care and Support to all Prisons and Approved Premises on a Guaranteed Hours basis. Spot Purchase hours will be considered and agreed with the Council once the Guaranteed Hours have been spent. The Service will enable Service Users to achieve their identified outcomes to improve their independence and achieve and maintain their desired strength based, personalised outcomes in relation to their physical, emotional, social, and mental wellbeing. The Council aims to ensure improve Service Users remain as independent as possible; have the knowledge to make informed decisions; have choice and be in control of decisions made about their Care; be part of their community; receive Support at the right time through a strength based and personalised Service. The provider delivering the Service, will aim to achieve the following objectives: enhance the quality of life for Service Users with Care and Support needs; delay and reduce the need for Care and Support; ensure Service Users have a positive experience of Care; safeguard Service Users whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from avoidable harm; improve and maintain Service Users health and wellbeing through increased independence, choice, control, dignity, and quality of life; promote independence, and enable the Service User to be an active member of society and their community; provide a strength based support Service, responsive to the needs and circumstances of the Service Users; help maximise independence after illness or disability through working within a rehabilitation, reablement and enablement philosophy; provide a high quality Service in terms of access, the Service Users' experience and outcomes based on evidence of effectiveness; enable Service User satisfaction, enabling Service Users to have a say in how Support and Services could be developed in the future, ensuring meaningful engagement that enables Service Users to have a say about the future development of Services. provide clear information so that Service Users can make informed choices.

Price per hour of this service is fixed.

The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.

How to apply:

Suppliers are urged to register on our E tendering Proactis system https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login and express an interest in the opportunity, using the contract reference number IA3440 for this procurement process.

Additional information: With effect from the Commencement Date and thereafter throughout the remainder of the Term, the Provider shall provide the Service in the following Services Agreement Areas: • HMP Brinsford, New Road, Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU • HMP Dovegate (IND), Uttoxeter, ST14 8XR • HMP Drake Hall, Eccleshall, ST21 6LQ • HMP Featherstone, New Road Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU • HMP Oakwood (IND), Featherstone, Wolverhampton, WV10 7QD • HMP Stafford, 54 Gaol Road, Stafford, ST16 3AW • Staitheford House, 14 Lichfield Road, Stafford, ST17 4JX • HMP Swinfen Hall, Lichfield, WS14 9QS • Wenger House, Albert Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1HJ