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title: "Developing a case to support Highland Hospice becoming a social care provider"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000505518"
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# Developing a case to support Highland Hospice becoming a social care provider

Buyer: HIGHLAND HOSPICE  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000505518

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## Summary

Highland Hospice, located in Inverness, UK, is currently in the tender stage of a procurement process entitled "Developing a case to support Highland Hospice becoming a social care provider." This initiative falls under the health sector and is aimed at identifying gaps in home-based social care across Highland. The tender has a budget of £15,000 and is open for submissions until 28 August 2017. Interested parties are required to communicate their proposals in writing, with the bid opening scheduled for 29 August 2017. The selected consultant will help construct a model to bolster social care delivery in the region.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses specializing in consultancy services within the health and social care industry. Companies with experience in developing organisational models for healthcare providers or those familiar with Social Care Direct funding mechanisms would be particularly well-suited to participate. The successful bidder will not only gain financial compensation but will also play a pivotal role in enhancing the social care landscape across Highland, potentially leading to further consultancy opportunities in the future.

## Notice

Highland Hospice requires a consultant to research and propose a business / organisational model which will support gaps in the provision of home-based social care across Highland.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Background Highland Hospice has identified a lack of flexible and responsive social care to be a barrier to supporting people with palliative care needs at home. This issue is universal across Highland but is particularly challenging outside of the Inverness and Inner Moray Firth area. This is a position recognised by service commissioners and providers. Highland Home Carers have been at the forefront of developing a model of supporting community organisations to recruit and deploy social carers to meet local needs. This is referred to as the Boleskine model. Highland Home Carers believe this model could be spread to other communities but have limited capacity to do this. Highland Hospice is particularly interested in exploring the potential for supporting this model in other communities. In supporting communities to provide for social care needs, Highland Hospice recognises that this cannot be restricted to palliative care. This would not be viable especially in more rural areas with smaller populations. However, by ensuring there is good provision for all home care needs in a community we will ensure availability is also there for those with palliative care needs. As well as the community supporting model there may also be the opportunity to deliver services directly to people through the Self Directed Support (SDS) direct funding option (http://www.selfdirectedsupportscotland.org.uk/self-directed-support) or private funding - see St. Christopher's Hospice personal care model as an example - http://www.stchristophers.org.uk/personalcare Project Objectives 1. Assess the feasibility of a financial model for the development of a self-sustaining home care delivery arm of the Hospice utilising SDS and other potential sources of income. 2. Carry out an options appraisal for an organisational entity / structure to enable registration with the Care Inspectorate and which would provide appropriate governance structures. Consider ways of working collaboratively with others. 3. Provide a needs assessment / demand from community organisations with the potential to develop Boleskine type model. Purpose of this Contract At the end of this contract Highland Hospice wish to have a clear plan for the development of an organisation that will add value to social care provision across the Highlands. For each of the project objectives the following outputs are expected: 1. Assess the feasibility of a financial model for the development of a self-sustaining home care delivery arm of the Hospice utilising SDS and other potential sources of income. - An assessment of SDS funding and report of discussions with service commissioner (NHS Highland) and others (e.g. Scottish Government) on the availability / sustainability of this funding stream. - Development of an income / expenditure model to demonstrate feasibility. - Market research report providing assessment of demand through SDS route and other potential income streams. - Market research report identifying the existing and forecast demand for privately purchased home care. 2. Options appraisal for organisational entity / structure to enable registration with Care Inspectorate. Consider ways of working collaboratively with others. - Consideration of options for a company within the umbrella of Highland Hospice. - Assessment of legal and governance structures. - Proposal(s) for effective staffing structure. - Identification of training and development needs of staff and how these may be delivered. - Draft job description and person specification for individual to lead this development. 3. Provide a needs assessment / demand from community organisations with the potential to develop Boleskine type model. - Assessment of the potential to replicate the Boleskine model in communities across Highland. This will require working with Highland Home Carers, Highland Third Sector Interface and direct contact with a small number of community organisations across the Highlands.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL290336 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract 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 | 24 Jul 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Aug 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2017 - 30 Nov 2017 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £15,000 |
| Lots value | £15,000 |
| 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 | HIGHLAND HOSPICE |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV3 5SB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Highland |
| Electoral ward | Inverness West |
| Westminster constituency | Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire |
| Delivery location | TLM6 Highlands and Islands |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 24 Jul 2017 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL290336

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUL290336&idx=2
  24th July 2017 - Full brief for Developing a case to support Highland Hospice becoming a social care provider
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL290336
  Developing a case to support Highland Hospice becoming a social care provider - Highland Hospice requires a consultant to research and propose a business / organisational model which will support gaps in the provision of home-based social care across Highland.

## Notice URLs

- http://highlandhospice.org/who-we-are/library
- http://www.highlandhospice.org
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=505518
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=505518
- http://www.selfdirectedsupportscotland.org.uk/self-directed-support
- http://www.stchristophers.org.uk/personalcare
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000505518

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