# CP1997-20 Short-term Blocks Personal Care

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Devon County Council.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Devon County Council](/buyers/devon-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Axe Valley Home Care
- Award value: £550,000
- Tender value: £550,000
- Award date: 20 January 2021
- Published: 21 January 2021
- Contract start: 1 February 2021
- Contract end: 23 May 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f3bf25ff-b916-4c0b-93de-886d4fa82bac-407304
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d463badc-8e72-4fa3-aadf-61aebf60ca5c

## Description

In certain specific circumstances due to the needs of the Service User the Provider may be asked to provide additional home-based support services e\.g\. shopping, preparation of meals and cleaning\. Devon County Council is procuring a number of small block contract arrangements for Personal Care in particular locations with Devon\. These packages of care are typically required in rural locations and may also require double-handed care\. To assist the market in being able to respond to these unmet demands, the Council is commissioning small volume block contracts as short-term intervention to 'seed' capacity in the local market\. The block contracts will have the following features: • To provide the regulated activity 'personal care' in the individuals own home\. This may include double handed care packages\. • The block volumes will represent additional commissioning\. Providers will not be permitted to incorporate existing business into short-term block volume arrangements under the terms of this contract\. • It is expected that packages of care commissioned through the short-term block contract vehicle will pass to a provider's core-business on the personal care standard banded rate contract upon termination of the block contract arrangement\.

## Related contract awards

- [Public Bus Service \(Lot 5\) TR017 Bideford to Northam](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8b0f5db2-2afa-4a91-ab06-e88251b76f24): Devon County Council
- [Public Transport \(Lot 5\) SH093S Torcross - Kingsbridge](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4fc618c8-f3d4-4131-9326-b3d271805e33): Devon County Council
- [Public Bus Service \(Lot 5\) TN366 Kenn to Exeter](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-26db280a-d3a8-4a38-9484-d11bd11b3154): Devon County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3bf25ff-b916-4c0b-93de-886d4fa82bac-407304)