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title: "Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service in East Lothian"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0366d5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL"
published: "2023-02-24"
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# Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service in East Lothian

Buyer: EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0366d5

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## Summary

The East Lothian Council, on behalf of the East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, has recently completed the procurement process for a Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service in East Lothian. This service aims to provide post-diagnostic support for individuals newly diagnosed with dementia, ensuring access to necessary care and support. The procurement method used was an open procedure, and the contract worth £1,059,331 was signed on 2nd February 2023 with Alzheimer Scotland as the active supplier.

This successful tender opens up opportunities for businesses experienced in social work services to collaborate with East Lothian Council and make a positive impact on dementia care in the region. Companies well-versed in health and social work services are encouraged to engage with the Council to potentially participate in similar future opportunities. The planned contract start date is in April 2023, with provisions for two further extensions of 2 years each, offering a long-term partnership opportunity for interested service providers.

## Notice

Award of a dementia post diagnostic support service

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Award of contract. East Lothian Council on behalf of East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, has a requirement for a suitably experienced and qualified provider for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support (PDS) to meet the requirements of Scotland's National Dementia Strategy, for anyone who has been newly diagnosed with dementia. We have a statutory duty to deliver the Scottish Government's commitment that everyone newly diagnosed with dementia is entitled to be offered a minimum of a year's worth of post diagnostic support, coordinated by an appropriately trained and named Link Worker. The provision of the statutory Post Diagnostic Support will form one part of our wider post diagnostic support pathway aimed at enabling the person and carers to understand and adjust to the diagnosis, connect better and navigate through services as well as plan for future care. The service provider will be a key partner in informing and planning of services for individuals across the whole pathway, working with people with lived experience, their carers, third sector and community partners to deliver innovation in dementia care and support, provided locally across East Lothian. The service will require to operate flexibly across East Lothian and be integrated within NHS Lothian's Primary Care and Older Adult Community Mental Health Services to ensure post diagnostic support is available at the point of diagnosis. Link Workers will be required to operate at the Enhanced Dementia Practice Level as defined within the Promoting Excellence Framework and deliver PDS in accordance with the National Dementia Strategy. If the individual does not move to the care-coordination phase, they should be able to access their named link worker again, whether within the year previously stipulated or not. The service will also be required to provide continuous data reporting to ELHSCP on national PDS indicators. Provision of PDS should be equitable across East Lothian, including for those individuals living in remote and rural areas. Support should be provided primarily "face to face" but can be delivered digitally in preference with individual wishes of people accessing the service. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005607-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Nov 2022 |
| Award date | 2 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,059,331 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL |
| Locality | HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH41 3HA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian |
| Local authority | East Lothian |
| Electoral ward | Haddington and Lammermuir |
| Westminster constituency | Lothian East |
| Delivery location | TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 85310000 - Social work services

## Release History

- 24 Feb 2023 at 16:17 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005607-2023
- 8 Sep 2022 at 09:12 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025194-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000721363
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00181

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