Provision of an Assessment Bed Service

Published date: 6 June 2024

Last edited date: 13 June 2024

Contract summary

Industry

Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

ME4 4TR

Value of contract

£1,285,000

Procurement reference

MEDWAY001-DN724242-56283288

Published date

6 June 2024

Closing date

8 July 2024

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 October 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

Medway Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered residential care Provider to provide an assessment bed service from a care home located within Medway's geographical boundary.
The service will care for working age adults and older people, with or without a dementia.
The service will provide eight assessment beds, ideally situated on a separate unit/wing within a residential care. Individuals placed into the service will be medically stable but require further support and assessment to determine long term care needs, or short-term support to return to independence.
The aims of the service are:

• To deliver residential care and support to adults in Medway demonstrating evidence of cognitive impairment linked to the unfamiliarity of their hospital admission or acute episode. It is envisaged the assessment beds will be primarily used for older people with complex needs and or behaviours that challenge.

• To reduce a person's length of stay in hospital and prevent deconditioning by facilitating a safe, planned discharge from hospital into an appropriate care setting.

• To care for individuals in a non-clinical environment for up to six weeks. Allowing people to settle and return to their optimal baseline of health prior to Adult Social Care, or other health professionals' undertaking long term care need assessments.

• To improve the individual's physical and mental health and wellbeing, to a point where they can be safely discharged home, with or without a package of care, or into a long-term care placement.

• To help adults in Medway to live independently for as long as possible.

Procurement documents are available from the Kent Business Portal.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of an Assessment Bed Service

Opportunity

Published 6 June 2024, last edited 13 June 2024

Links

https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=2bad0b08-6613-ef11-812b-005056b64545

Procurement documents should be from the link above

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Address

Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
Chatham
ME4 4TR
England

Email

james.welch@medway.gov.uk

Website

http://www.medway.gov.uk/

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