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title: "Hospital to Home Service"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES"
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# Hospital to Home Service

Buyer: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7008f271-6912-4dc4-92cc-2e1712c5dac4

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the NHS Shared Business Services as the buying organisation, undertaking a tender for the "Hospital to Home Service" within the health and social work services industry category. This service is focused on supporting patients discharged from hospitals in the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, and Kensington and Chelsea, located in London. The procurement stage is at the award phase, with the contract awarded on 8 March 2019 and covering a contract period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021. The total value of the contract is £386,348, reflecting an annual value of £193,174, and the procurement method utilised was a direct award of an interim contract to the incumbent provider, the British Red Cross, which was deemed the only technically capable provider at this time.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary and community sector enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in health and social care services. Companies capable of providing short-term interventions for patients as they transition from hospital to home, as well as those adept at managing discharge processes and preventing hospital readmissions, will be well-suited to compete. This contract not only supports service continuity for essential patient care but also aligns with ongoing work to develop innovative healthcare pathways, fostering an environment for ongoing business growth in the health sector.

## Notice

The Hospital to Home service works directly with Health & Social Care colleagues to support 3 Borough patients (Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea) discharged from both Imperial and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The service bridges the gap between hospital and home and prevents readmission to hospital. It supports the core priorities of the Local Authority (LA) and CCG in managing safe and timely discharge from hospital , reduction in delayed transfers of care as well as patient flow to assist the trusts Emergency Department (ED) performance. The service: * Offers short term preventative intervention on discharge following an acute hospital episode * Supports reduction in extended length of stay in an acute bed * Prevents unnecessary hospital admissions * Avoids hospital re-admissions The CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the incumbent provider will assure the safest solution and being considered the only technically capable provider at this time.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a420fb5-01b8-4d9d-a7a8-90788104040c |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - Direct award of an interim contract for a period of 12 months to enable the CCG to complete work to review new pathways. Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition)(No.2) Regulations 2013 |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Apr 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Mar 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Mar 2019 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £386,348 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £386,348 |
| 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 | NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | West London |
| Postcode | W1T 3EY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | West End |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BRITISH RED CROSS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 5 Apr 2019 at 08:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a420fb5-01b8-4d9d-a7a8-90788104040c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a420fb5-01b8-4d9d-a7a8-90788104040c
  5th April 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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