--- title: "Intermediate Care Beds Service within London Borough of Sutton" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0306df" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0306df" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0306df.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0306df.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS SOUTH WEST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP" published: "2022-01-04" --- # Intermediate Care Beds Service within London Borough of Sutton Buyer: NHS SOUTH WEST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0306df [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0306df) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0306df.json) ## Summary The NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group is planning a competitive procurement for the Intermediate Care Beds Service within the London Borough of Sutton. This initiative is intended to commence in early 2022, aimed at awarding contracts by April 2022, with services expected to start in July 2022. The service will cater to the community's needs by providing up to 11 intermediate care beds across two locations in Croydon. Interested providers are invited to complete a Market Engagement Questionnaire by 12 noon on Tuesday, 18th January 2022, to express their interest and initiate engagement with the CCG. This procurement presents a significant opportunity for businesses, particularly those specialising in healthcare services, nursing, and community care. Providers with the capability to deliver nurse-led and carer-delivered bed services in compliance with Care Quality Commission regulations will be well-suited to compete. The potential contract value of up to £2.67 million is indicative of the scale of services required and the flexibility needed during peak periods, making this an attractive opportunity for firms looking to expand their footprint in the healthcare sector. ## Notice NHS South West London CCG is inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced and capable providers, to provide an Intermediate Care Service to residents within the London Borough of Sutton. Specifically, the service will provide a range of 'step- up' and 'step down' nursing beds through joint working with the NHS and local Council to ensure that Service Users' physical, mental, and social wellbeing needs are met and avoid acute hospital stays where it is appropriate to do so. Noting the wider Intermediate Care model that will be supported by NHS and Council services, this invitation for expressions of interest, is for providers of nurse led and carer delivered beds in the community setting, appropriately registered with the Care Quality Commission. The service is intended to provide up to 11 (eleven) Intermediate Care Beds in Sutton on a "block" (fixed value) contract basis. Ideally, the service will have a flexibility to increase bed capacity, particularly during the winter pressure period and at other times when additional capacity is needed. The service will receive referrals from Sutton Health and Care Home First+ team to prevent hospital admission and support discharge from hospital with timely access to a care home bed between the hours 08:00 - 20:00, 7 days a week. Usual lengths of stay are up to 6 weeks, with majority being 2 to 3 weeks. The CCG's model for Intermediate Care includes for a range of functions such as specialist therapeutic input to support delivery of responsive rehabilitation for people who would otherwise face unnecessarily prolonged hospital stays; or inappropriate admission to acute inpatient care; or long-term residential care. However, this therapeutic element is intended to be commissioned separately by the CCG, to be delivered by NHS Community Teams within Sutton. The provider of the beds will need to provide space for therapies to be provided on site. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NHS South West London CCG is inviting expressions of interest from suitably experienced and capable providers, to provide an Intermediate Care Service to residents within the London Borough of Sutton. Specifically, the service will provide a range of 'step- up' and 'step down' nursing beds through joint working with the NHS and local Council to ensure that Service Users' physical, mental, and social wellbeing needs are met and avoid acute hospital stays where it is appropriate to do so. Noting the wider Intermediate Care model that will be supported by NHS and Council services, this invitation for expressions of interest, is for providers of nurse led and carer delivered beds in the community setting, appropriately registered with the Care Quality Commission. The service is intended to provide up to 11 (eleven) Intermediate Care Beds in Sutton on a "block" (fixed value) contract basis. Ideally, the service will have a flexibility to increase bed capacity, particularly during the winter pressure period and at other times when additional capacity is needed. The service will receive referrals from Sutton Health and Care Home First+ team to prevent hospital admission and support discharge from hospital with timely access to a care home bed between the hours 08:00 - 20:00, 7 days a week. Usual lengths of stay are up to 6 weeks, with majority being 2 to 3 weeks. The CCG's model for Intermediate Care includes for a range of functions such as specialist therapeutic input to support delivery of responsive rehabilitation for people who would otherwise face unnecessarily prolonged hospital stays; or inappropriate admission to acute inpatient care; or long-term residential care. However, this therapeutic element is intended to be commissioned separately by the CCG, to be delivered by NHS Community Teams within Sutton. The provider of the beds will need to provide space for therapies to be provided on site. Potential contract value of up to PS2.67m assumes 11 bed service over 5 (five) years. Additional information: A competitive procurement is being assumed (subject to market interest and capability), which is currently scheduled to commence in early 2022 to enable a maximum of two providers to deliver the service from two locations in Croydon, covering the geographical spread of the borough (North and South). The contract(s) will be expected to be awarded by April 2022 and service commencement would then be anticipated from July 2022. The CCG wishes to understand the views of interested providers, particularly in relation to challenges in providing intermediate care beds in Sutton. Responses to this invitation for expressions of interest are likely to initiate follow-up engagement by the CCG. ***TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST and to COMMENCE ENGAGEMENT with the CCG, you are invited to COMPLETE a Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ) and return this ASAP by 12noon, Tuesday 18th January 2022. Please return your completed MEQ via the messaging facility of the e-procurement system "EU-Supply" which is available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com. *Note: If not already registered with EU-Supply, you will need to register FREE of charge. This will be the main portal to be used to communicate with interested providers, and through which the procurement process will be managed. An attached document "EU-Supply User Guide" will be helpful. If you need technical support on the EU-Supply Portal, please contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com. Once logged into EU-Supply, search for Tender/RFI 48393 - "Intermediate Care Beds Service in Sutton" Provider organisations responding with a completed Market Engagement Questionnaire to confirm their interest, are likely to be invited to engage further with the CCG, including the CCG sharing latest versions of the service specifications, activity and financial modelling and the commercial approach being developed for the contract - all ahead of any possible procurement process. Note, whilst your response is not a pre-requisite to any future procurement opportunity, responses, or lack of them will be used by the CCG as evidence and inform selection of the most appropriate process to award a contract(s), including whether a competitive process should be used. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000074-2022 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 Jan 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 15 Mar 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,670,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS SOUTH WEST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW19 1RH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South | | ITL 3 | TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | | Local authority | Merton | | Electoral ward | Wimbledon Town & Dundonald | | Westminster constituency | Wimbledon | | Delivery location | TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services ## Release History - 4 Jan 2022 at 13:22 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000074-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com - https://swlondonccg.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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