Provision of a Step Up Enhanced Assessment Nursing Dementia Beds Service

Tender description

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are inviting expressions of interest for a Step Up Enhanced Assessment Nursing Dementia Beds Service in order to provide 5 beds in one nursing home which is registered with the Care Quality Commission and situated within the borough of Sandwell. The beds will predominantly be step up provision, however, the successful Contractor will be required to provide step down provision should there be a need. The Service will provide a 24-hour, 7 days a week a model of nursing care in a residential setting for adults with dementia who may be positive, symptomatic, or who require isolation due to close contact with others who have Covid-19 for e.g. living with someone who has Covid-19 or symptoms of Covid-19. The service will provide a setting for a period of time, which will include isolating the individual from the general resident population until they are confirmed clear of Covid-19 and can be safely reintegrated with the general community. The service will provide admission within agreed target times, based on the urgency of the referral. Payment will be at an enhanced rate where timescales are met. Referrals will be predominantly from the Community for those whose primary need is safe, person-centred, isolation due to possible Covid-19, but may be required to facilitate a step down from an acute setting service within the same timescales. The beds will be used flexibly and may include patients referred by Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group subject to the agreement of the Council. The contract period will be from 13th July 2020 for 6 months (end date: 12 January 2021), with no option to extend. The Council are following the open procedure for this procurement and the Tender document and related documents will be available to Tenderers upon an expression of interest on the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. If you would like to tender for this contract, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal. You will be required to login using an existing account or register a new one. To register a new account, from the homepage click on `Register` to complete the simple registration process and receive your unique login details. Once you have registered your company and received your login details, from the homepage enter your email address and password then click `Login`. Once logged into the system, click on `Tenders` from the top menu bar to list all the current opportunities. Once you have found the relevant opportunity you should click on `View Details`. You will then have access to the `Express Interest` button at the bottom of the screen which will provide you with immediate access to the tender and related documents. Once you have reviewed the tender documentation please inform us of your decision to participate by selecting either `Opt In` or `Opt Out`. In order to access the onl...