Published date: 19 March 2018
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products - 33000000
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£200,000 to £300,000
Procurement reference
MEDWAY001-DN330249-59018468
Published date
19 March 2018
Closing date
25 May 2018
Contract start date
1 July 2018
Contract end date
30 June 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Mental Capacity Act (2005) is amended by the Mental Health Act (1983 as amended 2007) to include the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, implemented on 1st April 2009. The safeguards provide legal protection for vulnerable people who are, or may become, deprived of their liberty in a hospital or care home. They apply to people who have a mental disorder and who are assessed as lacking capacity to consent to the arrangements made for their residence, care or treatment.
Medway Council has a dedicated DoLS Service and requires the provision of an s12 DoLS trained doctors' contract.
The requirements for this contract are as follows:
a) Provision of appropriately qualified and trained doctors.
b) Provision of doctors with mix of experience - learning disability, older persons, brain injury.
c) Facility to undertake assessments within seven days of referral.
d) Secure e-mail transmission between doctor and Medway DoLS Office with all forms digitally signed.
e) Service to ensure that doctors are appropriately qualified, trained and updated annually.
Service to ensure that doctors have suitable indemnity insurance, current vetting and barring certificate and any necessary work permit/visa for working in the UK.
f) Access for doctors to legal advice for complex cases.
Provision of doctors willing to assess alongside Best Interests Assessors at a time best suited to the person(s) being assessed, including availability for out of hour's assessments.
More information
Links
About the buyer
Contact name
Lisa Barrett
Address
Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1634337402
Website
Share this notice
Closing: 25 May 2018
All content is available under the
