Health and social work services

Tender description

The council is looking to procure Independence @Home services. This is a competitive procurement conducted in accordance with the “Open Procedure”, contained in the public contracts Regulations 2015. Plymouth City Council, in partnership with NHS North, East, West (NEW) Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is seeking to jointly procure a service from December 2018 that will incorporate both the current reablement service and the rapid discharge service. The service will: — provide an enhanced 7 days service for all hospital discharges (the earliest discharge is anticipated to be at 10:00 am with the latest discharge time at 8:00 pm), — support with the continuation of the discharge to assess model, — provide short term care and support in the community for a period of up to 6 weeks or shorter period if appropriate. Where ongoing care and support is required, the service provider will facilitate a smooth transition to the new provider. Where this is not immediately possible then the provider will continue to provide care and support until a suitable provider has been identified, — support service users to remain living in their own home as independently as possible, — deliver positive outcomes for the service users including maximising people’s and /or promote independence, choice and control.