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title: "Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service - NHS/SOEPS/21.826 - CAN"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0383c3"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2023-01-06"
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# Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Service - NHS/SOEPS/21.826 - CAN

Buyer: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0383c3

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## Summary

The NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board has recently awarded 24-month contracts for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Services to East Sussex County Council and the Alzheimer's Society, covering East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton & Hove. This procurement process has been completed as of 1st April 2023, with contract values of £1,569,688 for East Sussex County Council and £1,316,118 for the Alzheimer's Society. The services aim to support individuals living with dementia and their caregivers, offering emotional and practical assistance, early diagnosis, and specialist treatment.

This procurement opportunity presents a chance for businesses in the health and social work services sector to participate in providing essential support services to individuals with dementia in Sussex. Companies offering care coordination, advanced care planning, and virtual diagnostic assessments are well-suited to compete in this open procurement process. The deadline for expressions of interest was 12:00pm on Monday 12th December, 2022, with contracts set to commence on 1st April 2023 for a duration of 24 months.

## Notice

This notice is to inform the market of the direct award of 24-month contracts for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Services, to East Sussex County Council for East Sussex and to the Alzheimer's Society for West Sussex and Brighton & Hove for NHS Sussex ('the Integrated Care Board') commencing 1st April 2023 for a period of 24 months.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This notice is to inform the market of the direct award of 24-month contracts for the provision of Dementia Post Diagnostic Support Services, to East Sussex County Council for East Sussex and to the Alzheimer's Society for West Sussex and Brighton & Hove for NHS Sussex ('the Integrated Care Board') commencing 1st April 2023 for a period of 24 months. NHS Sussex is directly awarding these 24-month contracts to East Sussex County Council and the Alzheimer's Society, to ensure key organisational change and transformation objectives, including the development of equitable Sussex wide approaches to service delivery, are delivered. This will include the development of convergent standards and performance metrics, benchmarking of investment based on population needs, evident Health Inequalities and will be informed by population health clinical intelligence. This will provide the necessary additional time for NHS Sussex to complete and embed its necessary transformation work and to understand better and accurately specify future specifications for these services. This will then inform commissioning intentions which will be put to the market in 2024. The direct award decisions have been made on a strategic and clinical basis, in the context of meeting patient need and improving service equity at a time of significant national and local strategic service delivery transformation. Contract value for East Sussex County Council (covers East Sussex) = PS1,569,688 over the two year period. Contract value for Alzheimer's Society = PS1,104,118 over the two year period (covers West Sussex) & PS212,000 over the two year period (covers Brighton & Hove) = Total value PS1,316,118 National strategy dictates that health care systems ensure that people living with dementia are supported to live at home with their families for as long as possible. Early diagnosis and intervention, advance care planning, timely access to specialist assessment and treatment, and effective support for carers are key components of good care. Post diagnosis support services are the cornerstone to ensuring that people living with dementia and those that care for them are supported throughout their dementia journey. The services provide emotional support, practical facilitation, access to wellbeing interventions, guidance and information. Working with Primary Care, they support identification of issues leading to deterioration and provide Care Coordination and Advanced Care Planning. Service provision includes, Early Onset Dementia, complex, challenging and end of life/bereavement support. The services work alongside Memory Assessment Service provision to support virtual diagnostic assessment.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000344-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,885,806 |
| Lots value | £2,885,806 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,885,806 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | WORTHING |
| Post town | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN11 1DJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ27 West Sussex (South West) |
| Local authority | Worthing |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Worthing West |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England), TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY; EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 6 Jan 2023 at 10:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000344-2023
- 11 Nov 2022 at 14:18 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032057-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Home
- https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/

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