Notice Information
Notice Title
WSCC Hospital Discharge Services
Notice Description
West Sussex County Council is procuring a Hospital Discharge Care (Home First) Service.<br/><br/>Health and Social Care in West Sussex has jointly developed and implemented services to support individuals who are medically ready for discharge from hospital and who are ready to return to their own home but have continuing health and/or social care needs. This is called Home First and enables people to return home and receive support whilst an assessment is completed, short term care and or treatment is provided, and on-going or long-term support needs are considered.<br/><br/>Prior to and following a health and/or social care assessment, identification of on-going needs and the determination of appropriate services, Home First continues to support people until the commencement of any on-going services required or until no further support is needed.<br/><br/>Home First is a route out of all hospitals across West Sussex for people returning home with support, care, or on-going health needs. Demand for these services has increased in recent years and services are being expanded to both deal with the increase in demand and to speed up discharge from hospital settings.<br/><br/>Through Home First individuals with on-going support needs receive a health and/or social care assessment at home instead of being assessed whilst in hospital. Home First features services commissioned by both WSCC and NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB). Services commissioned by the ICB and delivered by Sussex Community (NHS) Foundation Trust (SCFT) will provide health-based services delivered by therapists, nurses, clinicians, and health care assistants.<br/><br/>Under these contracts WSCC is seeking to commission Hospital Discharge Care services which will provide care and support within a person's own home as part of the Home First offer. These services will be referred to and directed by SCFT as the Home First lead Provider and will deliver alongside health services as part of a multi-agency approach to support identified individuals to be discharged from hospital. Some customers will only require care from the Hospital Discharge Care Services whilst others will also receive other services from SCFT.<br/><br/>The services will be provided to Services Users who are referred by Sussex Community (NHS) Foundation Trust (SCFT) and West Sussex County Council (WSCC).<br/><br/>The tender is split into four (4) separate Lots are spilt based on geographical area. The areas included within each Service are detailed below:<br/>o North,<br/>o Coastal South,<br/>o Coastal West, and<br/>o Central<br/><br/>The geographical Lots will ensure equitable service provision across West Sussex. There will be a focus on the way services are made available and delivered in 'Neighbourhoods' as the Integrated Care System reviews the intermediate care arrangements in West Sussex, and as a result the Lot Service Areas will be regularly reviewed to ensure this continues to align with the NHS plans to deliver service provision.<br/><br/>Full details of the services required and information about the four (4) Lot areas can be found at Document 02 the Service Specification. This includes a substantive list of all the aims, outcomes, and requirements that will make up the provision of these services.
Lot Information
Central
Full details can be found in the tender pack
Renewal: This contract may be renewed upon expiry
Coastal SouthFull details can be found in the tender pack
Renewal: This contract may be renewed upon expiry
Coastal WestFull details can be found in the tender pack
Renewal: This contract may be renewed upon expiry
NorthFull details can be found in the tender pack
Renewal: This contract may be renewed upon expiry
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049867
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028460-2024
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £24,825,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Sep 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Oct 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Shara Benson
- Contact Email
- shara.benson@westsussex.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CHICHESTER
- Postcode
- PO19 1RQ
- Post Town
- Portsmouth
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
- Delivery Location
- TLJ27 West Sussex (South West)
-
- Local Authority
- Chichester
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Chichester
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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