Published date: 9 August 2018

Last edited date: 9 August 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.


Closing: 27 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Residential nursing care services - 85144100

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

    • Social work services - 85310000

    • Social work services with accommodation - 85311000

    • Social services - 85320000

Location of contract

B69 9EN

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

ITT067

Published date

9 August 2018

Closing date

27 August 2018

Contract start date

1 October 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2020

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

ITT067 - Provision of a Nursing Enhanced Assessment/Discharge to Assess Beds Service

The Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell wishes to appoint a Contractor(s) to provide 22 Nursing Enhanced Assessment/ Discharge to Assess Beds to be provided in nursing home(s) that are registered with the Care Quality Commission and which are within the borough of Sandwell.

For the provision of these services, 22 nursing Enhanced Assessment/ Discharge to Assess Beds are required, with these being broken down into 10 and 12 beds per Service. A Service containing a smaller volume of beds will be considered subject to it being a minimum of 5.

Tenderers can bid for any Service. Where the maximum number of beds (10 or 12) is bid for, but they cannot be offered at the start of the contract, a phased start will be considered. All beds should be available as at 1 February 2019.

The Services will provide a 24-hour, 7 days a week bed based nursing enhanced assessment / discharge to assess service for people whose assessed level of need can be safely and effectively provided outside of an acute hospital, and which may not be appropriately met within the person's own home / usual place of residence.

The Service will accept patients from acute and non acute hospital settings to facilitate timely hospital discharge which will include SWBH, City Hospital, Queen Elizabeth, Russell's Hall, Manor, Leasowes Intermediate Care, Rowley Hospital, and Edward Street Hospital.

Tenderers should note that the Council has a set bed rate of £675 per bed per week.

The duration of the contracts will be 2 years from 1 October 2018, with an option to agree an extension of the agreement for an additional one (1) year.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.

In Order To View the On-Line Questionnaire and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: Monday 27th August 2018 at 12:00hrs

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Emily Cox

Address

PO Box 15888
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 9EN
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 569 5973

Email

emily_coates@sandwell.gov.uk