Greater Huddersfield & North Kirklees CCGs: DPS for the Provision of Domiciliary Care Services

North Kirklees and Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) wishes to maintain the best possible care for service users by procuring in the most effective way to stabilise and sustain its providers. The purpose of this procurement exercise will be to appoint a number of providers to the DPS, who have the relevant skills and experience and registered with the CQC, to deliver Personal Care and Support (domiciliary care) and health care interventions in people's homes. The CCGs wish to purchase services to support people to live successfully in their own homes with an appropriate range of person centred services and to enable service users receiving care to lead a good quality of life, maximising their independence, remain safe and comfortable in their own homes for as long as possible whilst maintaining their individual dignity, privacy, freedom of choice and treating them with respect. The services are provided 365/6 days and nights each year if required for service users registered with a Kirklees GP whom have been assessed by the NHS as being eligible for NHC Continuing Healthcare or 117 Aftercare. Packages of care will be allocated depending on the stated geographical area covered by the provider and available capacity in the Service to commence a package within 72 hours as a maximum. Where 2 or more providers have the same geographical coverage the continuing care team will inform all providers in that area by email of the requirements of the package. Providers can then respond to the request for care. The DPS will initially run for a period of 60 months with the successful economic operators, with the provision to extend the DPS for a further period, or for successive periods, for a further 60 months.