Care home services and care home redevelopment opportunities in Cornwall

Cornwall Council is working to ensure that the available care home capacity meets the current and future demand for services. To date care homes have not been developed at the pace required to meet the increasing needs of the Cornish population both now and into the future and there is a significant gap emerging between need and the availability of supply, particularly for people living with dementia.

Additional information: 1 To access this procurement opportunity, you are invited to a Register on the Council's e-tendering system www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk b Express an interest in the project titled Care services and the re-development of two care homes in Cornwall DN635670 c Download, read and carefully consider the Council's Selection Questionnaire Guidance Document and Draft Procurement Documents d Complete all parts of the Council's Selection Questionnaire Part 1, 2 and 3 and return your completed Selection Questionnaire using the Council's e-tendering system www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk by the Selection Questionnaire Return Date.

2 The value provided in II.1.5 includes is a pre-estimated contract value for the care services associated with Council's procurement process and assumes that the maximum number of guaranteed beds are provided to the Council over the contract term in accordance with the care mix percentage and are priced at the top of the expected range. Given that the Council's requirement also includes a minimum number of guaranteed beds a pre-estimated value on the same basis has also been calculated resulting in a pre-estimated contract value between 110 million and 172 million.

3 The Council is conducting this procurement in accordance with the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation as set out in the regulation 29 of the Regulations on the grounds that the Council cannot award a contract without prior negotiation because of specific circumstances related to the nature, the complexity or the legal and financial make-up or because of risks attaching to them. Bidders are asked to note that

Although the Council is utilising the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, it intends to undertake a streamlined process, limiting negotiations to matters that are strictly necessary and which would benefit from discussion between the parties, and

The Council reserves the right to identify a Preferred Bidder following the evaluation of Initial Tender responses. In such a scenario Bidders would not be required to undertake the negotiation meetings or submit a Final Tender.