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            "name": "Hampshire County Council",
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                "streetAddress": "The Castle, High Street",
                "locality": "Winchester",
                "postalCode": "SO238UJ",
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                "region": "UKJ36"
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                "email": "strategic.procurement@hants.gov.uk"
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        "title": "Outsourced Care Act and Occupational Therapy Assessments",
        "description": "Hampshire County Council is seeking to appoint a qualified provider to deliver 300 occupational therapy (OT) assessments and 200 Care Act Assessments and/or Care Act Reviews the purpose of the service is to: - Reduce assessment backlog/waiting lists - Support timely decision-making for care planning - Promote independence, safety, and wellbeing - Enable access to appropriate equipment, adaptations, or services The scope of the service will be to: -Provide Care Act assessment and support planning services to a predefined number of service users as set out in chapter 6 of the Care Act Guidance -Provide Care Act reviews of support plans to a predefined number of service users as set out in chapter 13 of the Care Act Guidance -Provide Mental Capacity Act (MCA) assessments where required as part of the complete piece of work - Provide Carers Assessments where required as part of as part of the complete piece of work - Support with Continuing Health Care (CHC) Decision Support Tool processes where required as part of the above work with different social care needs - frailty, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health - as required under the duration of the contract - Provide Occupational Therapy Assessments to a predefined number of service users and include: Initial OT assessments Functional assessments Moving and handling assessments including single handed care Equipment and minor adaptations assessments Complete identified actions The supplier will be expected to complete all Care Act Assessments by the 31st December 2026 and Occupational Therapy Assessments by the 31st March 2027 The extension period is to allow for any additional work the Council may commission up to a total of 200 assessments. This is not guaranteed.",
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        "submissionMethodDetails": "Tender submissions should be submitted via In-Tend, Hampshire County Council's e-tendering platform: https://in-tendorganiser.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/ITLogin.aspx",
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                    "startDate": "2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00",
                    "endDate": "2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
                    "maxExtentDate": "2027-06-30T23:59:59+01:00"
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                "hasRenewal": true,
                "renewal": {
                    "description": "One extension period of 3 months may be permitted if the 500 assessments have not been completed by the advertised contract end date."
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                    "description": "The Council has the option to purchase up to an additional 200 assessments at the tendered price"
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                "awardCriteria": {
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