Leicestershire County Council, East Leicestershire & Rutland CCG and West Leicestershire CCG are refreshing the existing Home Care for Leicestershire service. The Council is committed to the delivery of high-quality adult social care services and health care services within Home Care for residents of Leicestershire who are assessed as requiring Home Care or those living outside Leicestershire but who have continuing health care needs that can supported by this service and are registered with a Leicestershire GP. The Council wishes to work in partnership with Home Care Providers, who can demonstrate and maintain quality standards in line with the Council’s Service Specification, which has at its core the Care Quality Commission’s Regulations, National work for NHS Continuing Healthcare & NHS-funded Nursing Care 2018 and is in line with the Care Act 2014. Service Providers are required to deliver services which focus on the health, safety, enablement, progression and wellbeing of people who require such services. They must enable people to gain, maintain or regain skills to help them to live independently and recover from illness. The service, wherever possible, supports people to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and residential care. The service should also support people to be discharged from hospital or move out of long or short term, building d care. Service Providers should provide a level of support to assist people to build on their current strengths and develop their abilities to look after themselves without becoming dependent on support. The services people receive should maximise their independence and provide value for money. Home Care Services must be available for people with a variety of needs and/or conditions and the services must be able to adapt and meet the needs of people as their condition(s) develop. It is anticipated that a range of service providers will be appointed to the work and they will be able to indicate zones across the county of Leicestershire where they are able to provide services. These 14 zones are as below (further detail including maps are included in the ITT): • Coalville and Ashby • Charnwood North • Charnwood South • West Leicester • Oadby and Wigston • Hinckley • Melton • South Leicestershire • Market Harborough • Castle Donington • Lutterworth • Bottesford • West Leicestershire • Harborough There is no limit in relation to the number of zones a bidder can apply to operate in. In order to express an interest in this opportunity, obtain the Invitation to Tender documents and request further information, please see details below and please ensure you refer to instructions and guidance available: (a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org (b) If not already registered, register your company by selecting the ‘Register’ box on the top of the home page; (c) Once registered, visit the home page select View Opportunities’ then ‘Search Latest Opportunities', from the ‘Organisation' drop down box select ‘Leicestershire County Council', click search (options) and select the appropriate opportunity ‘Home Care for Leicestershire’; (d) Express an interest by selecting the ‘Register Interest’ box. You will receive a email confirming your of interest; (e) Once fully registered, you should download all of the ITT documents from the website. You will receive email notifications regarding your of interest or other important actions on the system. Email alerts may be blocked by your SPAM filter. Please ensure that emails from the domain “@due-north.com” are excluded from the SPAM filter “blocked addresses”. Please note that this opportunity is a refresh of the existing  work .