--- title: "Market Engagement to explore the provision of a dedicated temporary assessment unit to cater for people with additional needs." ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2024-02-16" --- # Market Engagement to explore the provision of a dedicated temporary assessment unit to cater for people with additional needs. Buyer: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043aa1.json) ## Summary The Suffolk County Council is planning a Market Engagement process to explore the provision of a dedicated temporary assessment unit for individuals with additional needs in the Health and social work services sector. The service aims to support individuals with significant additional needs and challenging behaviours to stabilize and transition to long-term care, with a focus on person-centred care and independent living. The procurement exercise is open until 28th February 2024 and is located in the UKH14 region. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses experienced in providing care for individuals with significant additional needs, such as mental health and challenging behaviours, to engage with Suffolk County Council. Suitable businesses should have expertise in nursing and residential placements, with a capacity ranging from a minimum of 5 beds to 30 beds within defined localities. This opportunity requires providers to implement an asset-based approach, align with Suffolk D2A principles, and participate in multi-disciplinary team efforts for good care management. ## Notice Suffolk County Council wish to undertake Market Engagement to explore the provision of a dedicated temporary assessment unit to cater for people with additional needs. The aim of this service is to work with people with significant additional needs and behaviours that challenge, and to provide care and support that is focused on stabilising behaviour to settle people for an assessment of long-term care needs. This will include assisting with any onward transition to long term provision with other care providers. This model is about partnerships between individuals and organisations to ensure that services are person centred, promote faster recovery from illness, prevent unnecessary acute hospital admission, support timely discharge, and maximise independent living. The service provision for The Ipswich & East Locality is for nursing and residential placements with a minimum of 30 beds in one location and be no further than 20 miles/30 minutes from Ipswich Hospital Acute Trust. The service provision for the West Locality is for care home nursing and residential placements with a minimum of 5 beds and a maximum of 10 beds. For further information on the market engagement exercise please contact: Katiana.picolli@suffolk.gov.uk before 28th February 2024. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Description of the procurement (Max. 4000 characters) (Short description above can be repeated if required) The service should facilitate the transition to improved independence, where possible, so that the person may return to their usual place of residence at the end of the assessment period, or to a new care setting that is able to meet the individual's care needs in the least restrictive way. Our practice model is to work with people using an asset-based approach, building on their strengths and agreeing goals for individuals that lead to greater levels of independence and self-care. We would expect providers to work in line with the Suffolk D2A principles; our goal is to maximise the persons potential to live as independently as possible and achieve their longer-term goals. Providers would be required to work through an initial assessment which will set specific goals for the persons onward development towards greater independence; agree ways in which those goals could be achieved, including incremental progress towards those goals; monitor progress frequently and regularly, adjust activity throughout the assessment period as needed. Providers would need to participate in and contribute to an MDT approach to support good care management at the facility and contribute to forward planning for moves to long term care provision. For Ipswich and East Locality, the model will require a minimum bed capacity of 30 and all beds must be in one location. The service provision for the West Locality is for care home nursing and residential placements with a minimum of 5 beds and a maximum of 10 beds. Should bed occupancy be at a lower level for a prolonged period, discussions would take place on how to utilise any spare capacity to deliver flexible options based on demand. The environment must be able to flex to allow a 'no refusal' for referrals. For example, the ability to have smaller separate units for specific cohorts of people. The service provider should have experience in delivering care for people with significant additional needs especially regarding mental health, dementia and challenging behaviours. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005182-2024 | | 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 | 16 Feb 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 Jun 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 16 Feb 2024 at 10:24 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005182-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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