---
title: "Bridging Service Select List"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039410"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2023-05-02"
---

# Bridging Service Select List

Buyer: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039410

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## Summary

The Suffolk County Council has initiated a tender process for the provision of the "Bridging Service Select List" in the health and social work services industry category. This opportunity, with a contract value of up to £10 million exclusive of VAT, is currently at the tender stage. The deadline for submissions is noon on 8th June 2023, with clarification questions due by 5pm on 19th May 2023. The location of the procurement is in Ipswich, United Kingdom.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to compete for a significant contract with Suffolk County Council. Companies with experience in providing bridging services for long-term care and acute hospital support would be well-suited to bid for this contract. The tender process is open, allowing interested suppliers to submit written bids in accordance with the stated selection criteria and performance terms.

## Notice

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a Bridging Service Select ListThis opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.Procurement Policy Note 09/21 requires us to calculate the value of contracts inclusive of VAT, however we can advertise them exclusive of VAT. The advertised value here is up to PS10 Million exclusive of VAT.The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Noon 8th June 2023. Please note late returns will NOT be permittedThe deadline for clarification questions is 5pm 19th May 2023 which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The ACS Bridging Service has been created to support Customers awaiting long-term care, whilst relieving pressures on the Acute Hospitals without impacting capacity of the Home First Service. Customers identified will be supported under the Bridging Service until such time that an appropriate long-term Provider comes forward to support the Customer. By implementing the ACS Bridging Service, pathway flow from the Acute Hospitals across Suffolk is eased and Home First capacity is not occupied by Customers who may have completed their period of Reablement and are now awaiting their most appropriate long-term care.Blocks of support will be purchased from the Service Provider (costings set out in Pricing Schedule) to support multiple Customers in targeted areas where long-term capacity within the Home Care Market is otherwise limited. Fundamental to the success of the Bridging Service, is that the Service Provider has the ability to deploy care staff into Suffolk, thus not impacting the local resource. Additional information: Value is maximum value expected across whole contract including extensionInitial contract period is 1/8/23 - 31/7/25 with the option to extend for a further 12 months

Renewal: Any future requirement will be advertised once the scope and requirement are known

### Procurement Information

It was anticipated that capacity to provide care to waiting list customers would have been gained after the award of recent framework, unfortunately this has not been the case. To continue to provide care to customers on this waiting list whilst not creating further pressure on an already fragile local staff resource and to allow a procurement exercise to be completed a direct award to the existing Pilot Provider is needed.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012525-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2023 - 31 Jul 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000,000 |
| Lots value | £10,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £5,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | IPSWICH |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode | IP1 2BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH62 Ipswich |
| Local authority | Ipswich |
| Electoral ward | Gipping |
| Westminster constituency | Ipswich |
| Delivery location | TLH14 Suffolk CC |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AIRMID STAFFING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 2 May 2023 at 13:42 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012525-2023
- 13 Jan 2023 at 11:38 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001071-2023
- 23 Dec 2022 at 11:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036510-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.suffolk.gov.uk
- http://www.suffolksourcing.uk
- https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7GqcEEZQlUqPPIT2O6GK9BEsw2yinKtKvmeDMWYIPFdUNkdJQk5aRUQ5Q0UxTElPTlhFVFgyVzJQSSQlQCN0PWcu&web=1&wdLOR=c15B6A540-56EE-4907-AC68-647761CFBC18

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