The authority is issuing this invitation to tender (‘ITT’) in connection with the procurement described in the advertisement placed in the Official Journal of the European Union with reference number 2019/S 135-332421.
The procurement is being run under the open procedure, which is a formal bidding procedure, under which the contract is advertised and all interested organisations/consortium can bid. This ITT provides further details of the proposal and process for submitting bids.
This procurement is for the provision of early intervention and prevention services to enable people to be effectively and efficiently discharged from hospital and positively impact DTOCs as well as admissions avoidance initiatives and to respond to demand peaks in the health and care system, e.g. winter pressures.
The service will aim to assist with the timely discharge of patients from acute hospitals to residential care homes.
The trusted assessor will seek to :
— reduce time from patient becoming medically fit for discharge to arriving at care homes; (Links to high impact change model for — managing transfers of care – HICHM 1),
— improve communication between hospital and care homes to aid timely discharge,
— assist care home managers with assessment process (Links to HICM 3 and 6 – multi disciplinary, multi agency discharge teams and trusted assessors),
— provide liaison where there is a potential change of needs,
— reduce the need for care home manager to visit hospital,
— if possible leverage working together on this project to encourage wider working together between independent sector providers.
Version of 2019-07-16
Health services
Dear Provider,
Firstly, thank you for taking an interest in this soft market testing exercise.
Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, via their strategic Partnership with Serco Procurement are keen to gain valuable provider insight and are seeking views from potential providers on how best to deliver care services, hospital discharge and preventative services.
Cambridgeshire County Council in collaboration with Peterborough City Council are developing plans for the provision of care and support services to enable people to be effectively and efficiently discharged from hospital and positively impact DTOCs as well as admissions avoidance initiatives and to respond to demand peaks in the health and care system, e.g. winter pressures.
The current need consists of:
1) Care Home Support: CHTA (in all 3 acute hospitals) and any other initiative that helps care homes fill places quickly and efficiently;
2) Support at Home: community-based, helping older adults…
Dear Provider,
Firstly, thank you for taking an interest in this soft market testing exercise.
Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, via their strategic Partnership with Serco Procurement are keen to gain valuable provider insight and are seeking views from potential providers on how best to deliver care services, hospital discharge and preventative services.
Cambridgeshire County Council in collaboration with Peterborough City Council are developing plans for the provision of care and support services to enable people to be effectively and efficiently discharged from hospital and positively impact DTOCs as well as Admissions Avoidance initiatives and to respond to demand peaks in the health and care system, e.g. winter pressures.
The current need consists of:
1) Care Home Support: CHTA (in all 3 acute hospitals) and any other initiative that helps care homes fill places quickly and efficiently;
2) Support at Home: community-based, helping older adults…
