Published date: 10 April 2018

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 10 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Procurement reference

HEREFCC-DN333628-12356930

Published date

10 April 2018

Closing date

10 July 2018

Description

Herefordshire Council currently commissions a Sensory Impairment service. The contract for this service ends on September 30 2018.

The role of the Sensory Impairment service will be to ensure that people who develop vision or hearing problems are able to continue to live safely and successfully in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. The service will offer a rehabilitation and re-ablement service to people across the county.

The service will also provide or signposts people to information to help them make choices about the health and care services they can access.

The annual budget for this service is expected to be between £100k and £120k. There will also be a separate equipment budget, currently worth around £30k a year.

Please note: this is a market test exercise and we are exploring the extent and location of suitable and available services as well as the extent of suitably qualified and experienced service providers. The results of this exercise will be used to inform the future procurement approach (if any). Herefordshire Council has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the tender documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity.

To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal (Procontract) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Claire Bennett

Address

Council Offices
Plough Lane
Hereford
HR4 0LE
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1432261994

Email

Claire.Bennett@herefordshire.gov.uk

Website

https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk