Health and social work services

Tender description

Procurement of a Carers Support Service in Essex, offering flexibility and innovation to meet the expected increase in demand. The new service will deliver the following: -A single point of contact to ensure that carers have equal access to information, advice, and support across the county. -Help for carers to build on their own networks of support and promote the development of peer support groups and networks. -Promote the needs of carers across organisations, communities and employers and supporting the development of carer friendly communities. -Support for carers to plan for the future, and to develop contingency plans. -Support carers to navigate the health, social care and welfare benefits systems. -A programme to identify carers early, particularly in GP and hospital settings. -Provision of expert advice and support on the range of respite and short break services. This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with directive 2014/24/EU Article 74 Health, Social and related services. Which will be undertaken as a single stage procurement for to find a provider to deliver to deliver the Support to Unpaid Carers, this can be a single provider or consortium of the provider. The financial envelope for this service is set, therefore the evaluation will be 100% technical questions response.