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title: "Fast Response Reablement Service to People Living Within the Borough of Sandwell - AWARD"
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# Fast Response Reablement Service to People Living Within the Borough of Sandwell - AWARD

Buyer: SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2fe55241-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

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## Summary

The Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is conducting an open tender process for the "Fast Response Reablement Service to People Living Within the Borough of Sandwell." This procurement, which is at the award stage, is focused on health and social work services within the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The contract period began on 7th October 2015 and is set to end on 31st March 2016, with an option for a one-year extension. Interested suppliers needed to submit their tenders by 5:00 PM on 24th July 2015, with the invitation to tender sent on 3rd July 2015. The evaluation of tenders is based on quality, with fixed pricing determined by the Council.

This contract offers significant opportunities for businesses skilled in providing health and social care services, particularly those that focus on home-based reablement and support for adults. Companies holding a compliant registration from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and having experience collaborating with healthcare teams will be well-suited to compete for this contract. The successful supplier(s) will contribute to improving patient discharge processes and can expect to build a solid partnership with the local health services in the area.

## Notice

ADULT SERVICES TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF A FAST RESPONSE AND REABLEMENT SERVICE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL The Metropolitan Borough Council of Sandwell wishes to appoint one or more organisations to provide a short term Fast Response and reablement service to adults living within the Borough of Sandwell. This contract will require Providers to hold a current compliant CQC registration for personal care in peoples homes. The aims of the Service(s) will be to work in partnership with the Joint Discharge Team to: * Ensure the safe discharge of patients from acute and non-acute NHS settings. * Provide home-based short-term reablement programmes * Enhance the prevention of delayed transfers of care Amongst the outcomes expected from the Joint Discharge Team are:- * To ensure the involvement of patients and their carers at all stages of the discharge planning process. * To ensure that the patient's potential for rehabilitation is maximised and promote the benefits intermediate care services will offer people * To ensure safe and timely patient discharge / transfer of care. * To ensure that the assessment of the need for any long term social care and primary health care services is completed in a community setting except in exceptional circumstances * To ensure immediate social care involvement where early indications suggest a need for community support to enable safe transfer from acute health services. * To minimise delay in transfers for all patients, of any age from 18 years It is anticipated that the contract(s) will commence 7th October 2015. Contract(s) will initially be until 31st March 2016, with an option to extend subject to the Council's needs for the Service(s) for a further year. Suitably qualified and experienced organisations are invited to respond to the Invitation to tender Documents. These must be submitted no later than 17.00pm on Friday 24th July 2015 via InTend. The indicative date for the Invitation to Tender Document (ITT) to be sent out via InTend will be 3 July 2015. The Council intends to use an evaluation model based on quality. The contract price will be fixed by the Council. The criteria, on which tenders will be evaluated, inclusive of weighting attached to each, will be included within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document. NB. The contracts mainly reflect services currently being provided by existing organisations, and therefore the EC Acquired Rights Directive 77/187 as amended and/or the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 may apply to this contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3417706c-1200-4f6e-8301-fe6928754f9a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Nov 2016 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Jul 2015 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Aug 2015 |
| Contract period | 6 Oct 2015 - 31 Mar 2016 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | WEST MIDLANDS |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B69 9EN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG37 Sandwell |
| Local authority | Sandwell |
| Electoral ward | Oldbury |
| Westminster constituency | West Bromwich |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | CAREWATCH CARE SERVICES; PROLINE CARE; SEVACARE (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 18 Nov 2016 at 20:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3417706c-1200-4f6e-8301-fe6928754f9a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3417706c-1200-4f6e-8301-fe6928754f9a
  15th September 2016 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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