Health and social work services

Tender description

The Reablement Service forms part of the Intermediate Care Service and supports the promotion of independence and faster recovery from illness. The Service aims to prevent unnecessary acute hospital admission, premature admission to residential care, support timely discharge from hospital, to minimise, delay or avoid the need for long term domiciliary supports and to maximise independent living. The Service will be short term support and will involve intensive reabling / enabling support for adults. The Service will support a minimum number of Service Users each week. The Reablement Contracts will be on a block purchase arrangement, which guarantees payment for the successful service providers. The procurement includes 3 lots; North Lancashire; Central Lancashire; East Lancashire. Tenderers may bid for 1 or more Lots. The maximum number of Lots that may be awarded to 1 Tenderer is 1. In North Lancashire the Service will support a minimum of 38 Service Users per week. At any point during the Contract the number of Service Users to be supported per week per Lot may be adjusted on a short or long term basis in order to mitigate demand pressures, but will be no lower than 34 service users and not higher than 61 service users. The Block Contract hours paid by the Authority will represent 37 hours support to be delivered by the Service Provider per Service User. This level of support per Service User will be known as the Reablement Package. At any point during the Contract the Authority reserves the right to adjust the number of support hours to be provided by the Service Provider in a Reablement Package. This review may adjust the number of hours in a Reablement Package by +/- 2 hours. In Central Lancashire the Service will support a minimum of 44 Service Users per week. At any point during the Contract the number of Service Users to be supported per week per Lot may be adjusted on a short or long term basis in order to mitigate demand pressures, but will be no lower than 40 service users and not higher than 70 service users. The Block Contract hours paid by the Authority will represent 37 hours support to be delivered by the Service Provider per Service User. This level of support per Service User will be known as the Reablement Package. At any point during the Contract the Authority reserves the right to adjust the number of support hours to be provided by the Service Provider in a Reablement Package. This review may adjust the number of hours in a Reablement Package by +/- 2 hours. In East Lancashire the Service will support a minimum of 42 Service Users per week. At any point during the Contract the number of Service Users to be supported per week per Lot may be adjusted on a short or long term basis in order to mitigate demand pressures, but will be no lower than 38 service users and not higher than 56 service users. The Block Contract hours paid by the Authority will represent 37 hours support to be delivered by the Service Provider per Service User. This level of support per Service User will be known as the Reablement Package. At any point during the Contract the Authority reserves the right to adjust the number of support hours to be provided by the Service Provider in a Reablement Package. This review may adjust the number of hours in a Reablement Package by +/- 2 hours.