Published date: 22 November 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 22 December 2021, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Residential nursing care services - 85144100

Location of contract

CT17 0FZ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

tender_282409/1015675

Published date

22 November 2021

Closing date

22 December 2021

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

7 March 2022

Contract end date

6 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Owned, and currently operated, by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (the 'Trust'), The Harmonia Village in Dover, Kent aims to provide better care and support for people living with dementia ('PLWD'), so that they can live happier and healthier lives.

Part of a wider Interreg VA 2Seas programme known as Community Areas of Sustainable Care and Dementia Excellence in Europe ('CASCADE'), The Harmonia Village offers on-site 24 hours a day, all year round residential nursing care and support for up to i) 30 PLWD who require long-term placements across six houses, and ii) six hotel style booked 'guest rooms' - within the communal building (the 'Hub') - offering short-term placements to PLWD and their visiting carers / family. The Hub is at the heart of The Harmonia Village, offering residents, their guests and visitors, other organisations and the public, access to a café and multi-purpose rooms, where daily activities, events and services can provide stimulating and creative activities to PLWD to boost their health and well-being.

Further information about the Harmonia Village is available from http://www.harmoniavillage.org.uk

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Trust's ability to deliver the services as originally intended, so much so that the Trust is now looking to outsource the operational delivery of the residential nursing home care and support services at the Harmonia Village to a suitably experienced provider who will partner with the Trust, and share in its vision, to deliver a new approach to care of PLWD.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

The Harmonia Village - provision of residential nursing care and support services to people living with dementia

  • Early engagement
  • Published 1 September 2021

Additional text

Suitably experienced providers wishing to bid for this opportunity are encouraged to register via the Trust's e-Tendering system, Bravo Solution, website address: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

Instructions for bidding are as follows:

a) click 'View current opportunities and notices';

b) express an interest in the 'itt_3883 The Harmonia Village - provision of residential nursing care and support services to people living with dementia';

c) download and closely follow the guidance given within 'Section A - ITT Instructions' from the Attachments section of the e-Tendering system; and

d) if wishing to bid, accurately complete and fully submit your Tender response (in accordance with the ITT instructions) by no later than 16:00 on Wednesday, 22nd December 2021.

About the buyer

Address

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Ethelbert Road
Canterbury
CT1 3NG
England

Email

neil.baigent@nhs.net