Rapid Response and Hospital Discharge Service (Home-Based Care and Support)

Tender description

Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking a suitably experienced provider or providers to deliver a dedicated Rapid Response and Hospital Discharge Service for Adults in Nottinghamshire (excluding the City of Nottingham) under a framework agreement. The Service is a short term, home based care service for people who are: - At risk of being unnecessarily admitted to hospital or short term care in a care home due to short term crisis at home or - Being discharged from hospital, who have been initially identified as requiring mainstream home care services and who would benefit from a short period of a reabling or enabling type service to confirm or adjust their on-going package of care As the service specification includes the delivery of personal care tasks, the Provider and any sub-contractors must be appropriately registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Using a competitive dialogue process, the Council will identify a Provider/s to deliver either a countywide service, or a service divided into Lots. The framework agreement will run for an initial period of 2 years. There is an option to extend for up to a further 2 years.