Published date: 17 August 2018
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Health services - 85100000
Location of contract
Yorkshire and the Humber
Procurement reference
NKGHEOLDC1
Published date
17 August 2018
Closing date
19 September 2018
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
North Kirklees & Greater Huddersfield CCGs are calling for expressions of interest for a provider of domiciliary care services for adults (18 +) following assessment in line with the Fast Track Tool as described in the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care November 2012(revised).
When referred by the Continuing Healthcare Team the provider will deliver a maximum of 12 weeks high quality holistic care in a service user's home. Care packages will vary between 1 to 4 calls per day, maximum of 1 hour per call with 1 to 2 care workers in attendance dependant on individual need.
The provider will be in receipt of a care plan for each service user at the time of referral; the provider will coordinate the delivery of the care plan with timely reviews as required.
Domiciliary Fast Track (End of Life) care will include activities which require a degree of personal and physical care but could also include more complex interventions.
The provider must have appropriately skilled and experienced domiciliary care workers that can provide End of Life care for service users in their own home. The provider is expected to develop, deliver and maintain a key competency framework for all care workers, evidencing appropriate skills and competencies to deliver the role (inc. safeguarding).
Record keeping should demonstrate a Care Worker's attendance at the service user's home and that this matches their Care Plan and agreed hours of care. Records should evidence daily care activities and highlight any incidents, accidents or risks and the actions and reporting mechanisms.
The provider will act as the first point of contact for service users, families and significant others, coordinating referrals to other agencies as required acting in the best interests of the service user and their families.
Service Operating Hours: Domiciliary care provision will operate 7 days a week, 365 days a year and must be flexible to meet the needs of service users and the commissioner requirements. The provider must be able to demonstrate that adequate capacity in care provision is available across the whole of the Kirklees area and that they are able to initiate a care package within specified timeframes given this vulnerable client group. Service Users who have a rapidly deteriorating condition may require a care package to be in place within 4 hours of referral.
The service will require a resilient referral management system between the hours of 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday (minimum) to ensure that referrals are processed efficiently.
A "single point of contact" must be established with robust systems and processes in place to ensure effective communications for the commissioner, service users and their significant others.
Expected demand: The provider must be able to deliver care in a responsive and flexible manner, responding to peaks and troughs in demand with an average of 2,700 care hours per month.
More information
Links
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- www.nhssourcing.co.uk
- Tender notice
- NHS Sourcing - e-Procurement Portal
Additional text
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North Kirklees & Greater Huddersfield CCGs would like any potential provider to submit details of their proposed model of delivery to provide high quality End of Life domiciliary care.
Please note that an expression of interest in delivering End of Life Domiciliary Care Provision is not a tender response. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the tender process nor does it infer any special status on those providers who do submit an interest.
The market response to this notice will be used to inform the commissioner's view as to any future process to select the most suitable provider to meet its commissioning intentions. This expression of interest does not commit the CCGs to undertake the procurement of the End of Life Domiciliary Care Provision. The CCGs have a right to withdraw this notice.
If you would like to submit a response for this service, please express your interest by registering on NHSSourcing (https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html). Once registered, potential providers will be able to complete and upload their submission (reference number pqq_29451).
The Closing date for submissions is the 17 September 2018.
About the buyer
Contact name
Benjamin Pursey
Address
4th Floor, Empire House, Wakefield Road
Dewsbury
WF128DJ
England
Telephone
01422 307430
Benjamin.Pursey@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk
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