Notice Information
Notice Title
CEREDIGION BEREAVEMENT SERVICE
Notice Description
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) have an opportunity to expand their provisions of Bereavement Services for the North and South Ceredigion Cluster Areas and are looking to commission a suitable provider to undertake this work for the County's population. The successful provider will need to be able to communicate and liaise with our population through the medium of Welsh and provide in-person home contacts to the hard-to-reach areas across the rural geography due to limited public transport options, and patients' inability to travel independently, therefore, this would be a critical factor for the service provision.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Hywel Dda University Health Board (HDUHB) have an opportunity to expand their provisions of Bereavement Services for the North and South Ceredigion Cluster Areas and are looking to commission a suitable provider to undertake this work for the County's population. The successful provider will need to be able to communicate and liaise with our population through the medium of Welsh and provide in-person home contacts to the hard-to-reach areas across the rural geography due to limited public transport options, and patients' inability to travel independently, therefore, this would be a critical factor for the service provision. The Requirement To deliver a bereavement and anticipatory grief service to adults aged over 18 years in order to support a patients bereavement recovery and adjust to life after loss via various mediums including but not limited to, telephone, virtually via a suitable online platform and in person. There is a key focus on the in person approach to this service therefore an outreach model is essential. Due to the rurality of the area and the patient demographic, the ability to travel to patients to deliver the service in their own homes is essential to mitigate any factors that would limit patients ability to engage with the service Ceredigion has a high number of Welsh Speakers therefore it is expected that the service would be provided bilingually. The successful provider must: - Deliver a person centred bereavement service for adults aged 18 years and over throughout the County of Ceredigion - Deliver the service bilingually in Welsh and English - Offer an outreach service model to ensure that those unable to travel have the same equity of access - Work collaboratively with other public and third sector organisations to improve access to bereavement care for all, helping to safeguard primary care, by reducing the number of client visits to GPs - Support HDUHB strategy on health prevention and community resilience. - Promote Partnership working - Improve Mental Health & Wellbeing
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0593b1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053744-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85323000 - Community health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS WALES SHARED SERVICES PARTNERSHIP-PROCUREMENT SERVICES (HOSTED BY VELINDRE UNIVERSITY NHS TRUST)
- Contact Name
- Sara Pell
- Contact Email
- sara.pell@wales.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2921501500
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF15 7QZ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL14 South West Wales
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Taff's Well
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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