Published date: 5 December 2018

This notice was replaced on 7 December 2018

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Opportunity (published 7 December 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

WF1 1LT

Value of contract

£204,879 to £341,465

Procurement reference

tender_195071/729391

Published date

5 December 2018

Closing date

24 December 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The importance of bereavement care has been integral in all national end of life care strategies and policy documents. Previously, the National End of Life Care Strategy (Department of Health 2008) included objectives to ensure that carers were appropriately supported both during a patient's life and into bereavement. More recently, the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: A national framework for local action 2015 - 2020, reiterates this need.

Good palliative and end of life care includes giving care and support to families, friends, carers and all those who are important to the dying person. This must encompass good bereavement and pre-bereavement care.

Bereavement advice and support are pivotal to a person's ongoing health and wellbeing. Each individual's bereavement journey will be unique to them and therefore a range of accessible and flexible services should be available to enable support to be tailored to each individual's needs. For example, paid counsellors, volunteer counsellors, befriending, groups and self-help.

More information

Links

Additional text

Potential providers can access the procurement documentation through the NHS Sourcing Portal - https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk, project_21659, itt_4688.

About the buyer

Contact name

Jim England

Address

White Rose House, West Parade
Wakefield
WF1 1LT
England

Email

jim.england@nhs.net