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title: "PATIENT DISCHARGE AND MENTAL HEALTH STEP DOWN CARE SERVICES (SBS10230)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038aa3"
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# PATIENT DISCHARGE AND MENTAL HEALTH STEP DOWN CARE SERVICES (SBS10230)

Buyer: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038aa3

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## Summary

The NHS Shared Business Services Limited has completed the procurement process for Patient Discharge and Mental Health Step Down Care Services. This procurement falls under the services category, with specific lots including Discharge to Assess Services, Third Party Brokerage Services, Virtual Ward Support Services, and Mental Health Step Down Care Beds Services. The framework agreement, conducted under the Light Touch Regime, is open, and the procurement stage is complete. Key details include a total contract value of £75,000,000 GBP and a contract period with the option to extend further.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for companies providing healthcare services, especially those dedicated to patient discharge services, mental health support, and related healthcare goods and services. Businesses that excel in providing high-quality healthcare solutions and are committed to social value and sustainability stand to compete effectively in this procurement process for NHS Shared Business Services Limited.

## Notice

NHS Shared Business Services act in an Agency capacity for and on behalf of its customers (Approved Organisations) - existing and new. These comprise of NHS and Social Care organisations (whether acting individually, or on behalf of, or together as members of any consortia) along with any other public or private sector bodies which NHS SBS authorises to use the resulting Framework. NHS Shared Business Services Limited (NHS SBS) has put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Patient Discharge and Mental Health Step Down Beds Services and related Goods and Services for Healthcare to be used by NHS SBS Approved Organisations. This procurement has been conducted under the Light Touch Regime ('LTR') and is therefore subject to limited regulation. It has been conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 of PCR 2015 and relates to Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) 2015 as a specific service. The framework includes: Lot 1 - Discharge to assess services Lot 2 - Third Party Brokerage Services Lot 3 - Virtual Ward Support Services Lot 4 - Mental Health Step Down Care Beds Services

### Lot Information

Discharge to Assess Services

This lot aims to provide a flexible service for patients being discharged from hospital into an appropriate care setting. This service provision is to facilitate patient discharge not only from emergency departments but also from the wider acute hospital and community care settings. The service will provide the necessary assessment and enabling support required to take a medically stable person from the acute setting back home or to a more appropriate setting for assessment. Patients are supplied with short term, funded support to be discharged to their own home or another community setting (where appropriate). Assessment for longer-term care and support needs, which is signposted onto longer-term service, is undertaken in the most appropriate setting and at the right time for the person. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement.

Options: Duration is 36 months with an option to extend a further 12 months. This contract is subject to renewal.

Renewal: 36 months with the option to further extend a further 12 months

Third Party Brokerage Services

This lot is to supply brokerage services for hospital patients whose needs are to be met when they are fit to be discharged from hospital. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification of the Framework Agreement.

Options: Duration is 36 months with an option to extend a further 12 months. This contract is subject to renewal.

Renewal: 36 months with the option to further extend 12 months

Virtual Ward Support Services

To supply a "secondary care" service within a patients care setting over a period up to 6 weeks. This is a virtual ward, and it is provided by a clinician in a variety of settings such as at home, onward care facilities etc. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement.

Options: Duration is 36 months with an option to extend a further 12 months. This contract is subject to renewal.

Renewal: 36months with the option to further extend 12 months

Mental Health Step Down Care Beds Services

This lot will be focused on securing Mental Health Step Down Care supported placements which must provide safe, rapid assessments with an outcome of accommodation that would support patients who are 18+ currently enduring mental ill-health and are being discharged from an acute ward for a period of up to six weeks. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement.

Options: Duration is 36 months with an option to extend a further 12 months. This contract is subject to renewal.

Renewal: 36 months with the option to further extend 12 months

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023543-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £300,000,000 |
| Lots value | £300,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £75,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | HERTFORDSHIRE |
| Post town | Hemel Hempstead |
| Postcode | HP2 7AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH27 South West Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Dacorum |
| Electoral ward | Adeyfield East |
| Westminster constituency | Hemel Hempstead |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 14 |
| Supplier names | AIRMID STAFFING; AIRMID STAFFING SOLUTIONS; AVANTIS LIVING; BRITISH RED CROSS; DIRECT HEALTHCARE 24; HEALTHNET HOMECARE; HIGHLANDS CARE SOLUTIONS; HOMELINK HEALTHCARE; MCB SOFTWARE SERVICES; ONECARE; PULSE HEALTHCARE; SCIENSUS PHARMA SERVICES (HEALTHCARE AT HOME; SCIENSUS PHARMA SERVICES LIMITED (HEALTHCARE AT HOME; SUNRISE REHABILITATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 11 Aug 2023 at 10:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023543-2023
- 5 Dec 2022 at 13:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034341-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/14810583
- http://www.avantisliving.com
- https://airmidstaffing.co.uk/
- https://homelinkhealthcare.co.uk/
- https://mycarebank.eu/
- https://sunrise-rehab.com/
- https://www.directhealthcareplc.co.uk
- https://www.healthnethomecare.co.uk/
- https://www.highlandscaresolutions.com/
- https://www.onecare-uk.com/
- https://www.pulsejobs.com/
- https://www.redcross.org.uk/
- https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/
- https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/nhs-sbs-about-us
- https://www.sciensus.com/

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