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title: "SWBH - Community Falls Pick Up Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047048"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST"
published: "2024-06-16"
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# SWBH - Community Falls Pick Up Service

Buyer: SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047048

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## Summary

The Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting tenders for a Community Falls Pick Up Service valued at £400,000 in the services category. The contract period spans from 4th October 2024 to 3rd October 2026. The submission deadline for this open procedure tender is 18th July 2024. The Trust aims to address the increasing demand for urgent care due to falls, offering business opportunities for service providers. Businesses in the community healthcare sector would be well-suited to compete for this tender.

This tender by the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust presents an opportunity for businesses to contribute to improving community health services and enhancing patient care. The Trust's requirement for a Community Falls Pick Up Service aligns with their commitment to serving 530,000 local people in North-West Birmingham and Sandwell. This procurement process emphasises the importance of timely and effective responses to falls, aiming to reduce hospital admissions and improve patient outcomes. Businesses specialising in community health services and emergency care are encouraged to participate in this tender.

## Notice

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust (SWBH) (the "Authority") is issuing this invitation to tender ("ITT") in connection with the competitive procurement for a Community Falls Pick Up Service.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (the Authority) is an integrated care organisation dedicated to improving the lives of local people. 

We employ over 7,000 people and spend around PS430m of public money, largely drawn from our local Clinical Commissioning Group. That Group and this Trust is responsible for the care of 530,000 local people from across North-West Birmingham and all the towns within Sandwell. 

The requirement is for a Community Falls Pick Up Service. Falls and related injuries are increasingly common, and an important driver of demand for urgent and emergency care. They can negatively affect functional independence and quality of life and, when resulting in a lie of several hours in length, are also strongly associated with serious injuries, admission to hospital, and subsequent moves into long term care.

Not all falls result in serious injury, and a proportion of falls can be responded to by community-based response services (with clinical responsibility remaining with UCR Service) supporting NHS statutory services such as ambulance services to prioritise higher acuity patients. 

Level one and two falls (as described by the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) Falls response governance framework for NHS ambulance trusts) can often be managed by community-based falls response services following clinical triage and assessment of the person who has fallen, and ongoing support to the community-based responder service for escalation, onward referral or discharge as appropriate.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018539-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender 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 | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Jul 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 3 Oct 2024 - 3 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £400,000 |
| Lots value | £400,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B18 7QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Soho & Jewellery Quarter |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG37 Sandwell |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 16 Jun 2024 at 00:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018539-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/
- https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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