Residential nursing care services

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Shropshire Council is seeking a care provider who is registered with Care Quality Commission, and with previous experience of operating a nursing care home, to manage Four Rivers Nursing Home Ludlow, Shropshire. Shropshire Council is seeking a care provider who is registered with Care Quality Commission, and with previous experience of operating a nursing care home, to manage Four Rivers Nursing Home Ludlow, Shropshire. Four Rivers Nursing Home was purpose built under the sponsorship of a Private Finance Initiative and was opened in 2006. It has 40 single bedrooms all with ensuite facilities. The home is currently rated as Good by CQC. Currently 30 beds are designated as nursing and 10 beds as nursing with dementia. It provides nursing care for older people with assessed nursing needs who are eligible for fully funded continuing health care funding, people who are eligible for care funded by the local authority and for people who fund their own care. The Council will be seeking to retain nomination rights on a minimum of 10 nursing beds at the Care Home. Please note that it is considered that the Employee ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations “2006 (‘TUPE’) will apply to this contract. Also compliance with the provisions The Best Value Authorities Staff Transfers (Pensions) Direction 2007, in relation to the Local Government Pension Scheme (as administered by Shropshire County Pension Fund) will also be required. The service provider will be required to work in accordance with the ”Safeguarding adults: multi-agency policy and procedures for the West Midlands’. As a public authority, in line with the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the Council has due regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in Shropshire. Accordingly the council is looking, in relation to the delivery of this contract, for proposals from Providers that could help provide social value benefits within Shropshire where practicable in conjunction with the delivery of this contract. The Contract is for a period of 10 years initially commencing on the 1.2.2017 with the option to extend for further periods of 5 years up to September 2036. Bidders are required to set out in their financial model the level of rent that they would pay for each year of the initial 10 year contract term. If the initial contract term is extended then the rent will be subject to a review for each contract period thereafter. This is a notice for Social and specific services in accordance with The Public Contract regulations 2015 Part 2 Section 7 (74) being Social Care Services.