GCC Subsidised Community Meals Service 2016-2019

GCC Subsidised Community Meals Service 2016-2019 Gloucestershire County Council is tendering for a Subsided Community Meals Service. The contract will be for 3 years with a potential 2 year extension. The subsidised community meals contract will provide nutritionally balanced hot meals to promote the health and nutritional wellbeing of older people and people with disabilities living in their own homes. The service is a short term intervention, in most cases it will be provided while a customer recovers from an illness, set back or completes a period of reablement. The contract will focus on maximising personal independence and enabling people to stay in their own homes for as long as possible leading independent lives with more flexibility and choice, and ensuring value for money for all parties. The Contractor will work in partnership with the Authority to implement the Community Support Model. We expect potential contractors to meet a number of minimum standards; these are detailed in the ITT. We advise all interested contractors to read the entire ITT and all documents referenced or linked to within the ITT carefully, to inform themselves about the opportunity and whether they would be interested in submitting a response. Deadline for submitting a tender response: 16th October 2015 at 12 noon. Please log in to Procontract via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk if you wish to register an interest in the opportunity and access the ITT. All questions related to this contract should be sent using the discussions function which will be available once you have logged in and registered your interest.

Additional information: Gloucestershire County Council is tendering for a Subsided Community Meals Service. The contract will be for 3 years with a potential 2 year extension. The subsidised community meals contract will provide nutritionally balanced hot meals to promote the health and nutritional wellbeing of older people and people with disabilities living in their own homes. The service is a short term intervention, in most cases it will be provided while a customer recovers from an illness, set back or completes a period of reablement. The contract will focus on maximising personal independence and enabling people to stay in their own homes for as long as possible leading independent lives with more flexibility and choice, and ensuring value for money for all parties. The Contractor will work in partnership with the Authority to implement the Community Support Model. We expect potential contractors to meet a number of minimum standards; these are detailed in the ITT. We advise all interested contractors to read the entire ITT and all documents referenced or linked to within the ITT carefully, to inform themselves about the opportunity and whether they would be interested in submitting a response. Deadline for submitting a tender response: 16th October 2015 at 12 noon. Please log in to Procontract via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk if you wish to register an interest in the opportunity and access the ITT. All questions related to this contract should be sent using the discussions function which will be available once you have logged in and registered your interest.