Bridging Service Select List

Tender description

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a Bridging Service Select ListThis opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.Procurement Policy Note 09/21 requires us to calculate the value of contracts inclusive of VAT, however we can advertise them exclusive of VAT. The advertised value here is up to £10 Million exclusive of VAT.The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Noon 8th June 2023. Please note late returns will NOT be permittedThe deadline for clarification questions is 5pm 19th May 2023 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website Lot 1: The ACS Bridging Service has been created to support Customers awaiting long-term care, whilst relieving pressures on the Acute Hospitals without impacting capacity of the Home First Service. Customers identified will be supported under the Bridging Service until such time that an appropriate long-term Provider comes forward to support the Customer. By implementing the ACS Bridging Service, pathway flow from the Acute Hospitals across Suffolk is eased and Home First capacity is not occupied by Customers who may have completed their period of Reablement and are now awaiting their most appropriate long-term care.Blocks of support will be purchased from the Service Provider (costings set out in Pricing Schedule) to support multiple Customers in targeted areas where long-term capacity within the Home Care Market is otherwise limited. Fundamental to the success of the Bridging Service, is that the Service Provider has the ability to deploy care staff into Suffolk, thus not impacting the local resource. Additional information: Value is maximum value expected across whole contract including extensionInitial contract period is 1/8/23 - 31/7/25 with the option to extend for a further 12 months