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Contract Notice

Provision of Step Up/Step Down Beds x 12 in Wrexham County Borough

  • First published: 24 November 2022
  • Last modified: 24 November 2022

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-126929
Published by:
Wrexham County Borough Council
Authority ID:
AA0264
Publication date:
24 November 2022
Deadline date:
09 December 2022
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

STEP UP : DOWN BEDS : REGIONAL INTEGRATION FUND PROC-22-136 Wrexham County Borough Council and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are in receipt of Welsh Government Regional Integration Fund (RIF) funding and are looking for Expressions of Interest from registered residential care home providers, excluding those where the predominate client group has a dementia type illness, who are able to meet the required service aims and objectives as detailed below: Funding provided in this Contract is for the provision of up to 12 step up / down beds within residential care homes in Wrexham to complement existing county provision. The initiative forms part of Wrexham Adult Social Care and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s vision for Intermediate Care Services; and is jointly commissioned by the two partner organisations. The service aims to provide short-stay rehabilitative care within a residential setting, to support people coming out of hospital who are either medically fit but not yet ready to go home, where a domiciliary care package cannot be sourced in time to facilitate discharge, or to enable assessment to be undertaken outside of an acute setting. The beds are also to be used as a step up for people in the community to avoid hospital admission, long-term placement, as well as support crisis management. This service is for persons aged over 65 years, who reside in Wrexham County Borough, and whose needs can best be met through an Intermediate Care intervention rather than an acute hospital admission. Aims:  To provide short-term intensive rehabilitative step up / down support within a residential setting to enable people to return home from hospital sooner, overcome the need for a hospital admission in the first place, provide a place for assessment of long-term needs and/ or prevent premature admission to long-term care Objectives:  To provide timely access to short-stay beds  To work with Social Care and Health to ensure individuals placed are enabled to regain / maintain their independence in all aspects of daily living, in order to ensure a safe transfer back to their own home.  To support the implementation of ‘assess to admit’ and ‘discharge to assess’ pathways in Wrexham.  To provide high quality, outcomes-focused and dignified care to individuals placed within the beds  To maintain accurate records and produce regular monitoring information in line with the monitoring requirements of Health and Social Care. Providers will be expected to provide care, support and accommodation in line with their Statement of Purpose, CIW registration and the applicable Pre-Placement Agreement. Therapeutic interventions will be provided by the Wrexham Health and Social Care. Nursing input (where required) will be provided by either the District Nursing Team with responsibility for the home, or Health and Social Care, upon negotiation. For additional information please see the attached Service Specification. In addition to the above we are looking to seek interest in providing a planned respite provision with residential care homes to provide: 1 x Residential Care Respite bed 1x EMI Respite bed 1 x EMI step up/Step Down Bed The Respite beds will be for block purchase rotational respite of known citizens over the age of 65 under the care of Adult Social Care. The contract will commence on 1 April 2023 unless already specified above, and will expire on 31 March 2026, with an option to extend for up to two years in yearly increments. The contract will be reviewed annually and will be subject to a 3 month termination clause. To register an Expression of Interest, please submit a written statement of the offer you ar able to make including the number of beds you are able to offer. PLEASE NOTE: Providers who submitted a bid for the recent tender Proc-22-117, for the Provision of Step Up/Step Down Beds need not apply.

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Wrexham County Borough Council

Procurement, Commissioning Procurement and Contract Management Unit, Lampbit Street,

Wrexham

LL11 1AR

UK

Julia Pordage-Moore

+44 1978292784

julia.pordage-moore@wrexham.gov.uk


https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html
https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Provision of Step Up/Step Down Beds x 12 in Wrexham County Borough

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

STEP UP : DOWN BEDS : REGIONAL INTEGRATION FUND

PROC-22-136

Wrexham County Borough Council and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are in receipt of Welsh Government Regional Integration Fund (RIF) funding and are looking for Expressions of Interest from registered residential care home providers, excluding those where the predominate client group has a dementia type illness, who are able to meet the required service aims and objectives as detailed below:

Funding provided in this Contract is for the provision of up to 12 step up / down beds within residential care homes in Wrexham to complement existing county provision. The initiative forms part of Wrexham Adult Social Care and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s vision for Intermediate Care Services; and is jointly commissioned by the two partner organisations.

The service aims to provide short-stay rehabilitative care within a residential setting, to support people coming out of hospital who are either medically fit but not yet ready to go home, where a domiciliary care package cannot be sourced in time to facilitate discharge, or to enable assessment to be undertaken outside of an acute setting. The beds are also to be used as a step up for people in the community to avoid hospital admission, long-term placement, as well as support crisis management. This service is for persons aged over 65 years, who reside in Wrexham County Borough, and whose needs can best be met through an Intermediate Care intervention rather than an acute hospital admission.

Aims:

 To provide short-term intensive rehabilitative step up / down support within a residential setting to enable people to return home from hospital sooner, overcome the need for a hospital admission in the first place, provide a place for assessment of long-term needs and/ or prevent premature admission to long-term care

Objectives:

 To provide timely access to short-stay beds

 To work with Social Care and Health to ensure individuals placed are enabled to regain / maintain their independence in all aspects of daily living, in order to ensure a safe transfer back to their own home.

 To support the implementation of ‘assess to admit’ and ‘discharge to assess’ pathways in Wrexham.

 To provide high quality, outcomes-focused and dignified care to individuals placed within the beds

 To maintain accurate records and produce regular monitoring information in line with the monitoring requirements of Health and Social Care.

Providers will be expected to provide care, support and accommodation in line with their Statement of Purpose, CIW registration and the applicable Pre-Placement Agreement. Therapeutic interventions will be provided by the Wrexham Health and Social Care. Nursing input (where required) will be provided by either the District Nursing Team with responsibility for the home, or Health and Social Care, upon negotiation.

For additional information please see the attached Service Specification.

In addition to the above we are looking to seek interest in providing a planned respite provision with residential care homes to provide:

1 x Residential Care Respite bed

1x EMI Respite bed

1 x EMI step up/Step Down Bed

The Respite beds will be for block purchase rotational respite of known citizens over the age of 65 under the care of Adult Social Care.

The contract will commence on 1 April 2023 unless already specified above, and will expire on 31 March 2026, with an option to extend for up to two years in yearly increments. The contract will be reviewed annually and will be subject to a 3 month termination clause.

To register an Expression of Interest, please submit a written statement of the offer you ar able to make including the number of beds you are able to offer.

PLEASE NOTE: Providers who submitted a bid for the recent tender Proc-22-117, for the Provision of Step Up/Step Down Beds need not apply.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=126929

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

85000000 Health and social work services
85144100 Residential nursing care services
85300000 Social work and related services
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Those providers who recently bid in the tender Proc-22-117 for The Provision of 12 x Step Up/Step Down Beds need not apply

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Proc-22-136

4.3

Time Limits

Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
    09-12-2022  Time  12:00

Estimated award date
 20-01-2023

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

EN 

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:126929)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice

 24-11-2022

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services
85144100 Residential nursing care services Residential health facilities services
85300000 Social work and related services Health and social work services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
julia.pordage-moore@wrexham.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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