Community health services

Description

The service will facilitate the safe transfer of care for service users who are medically fit for discharge from acute mental health inpatient units. It will be available for five people at any point in time. The focus will be to support access to suitable accommodation and assistance to maintain a tenancy. The service will be provided for a maximum period of 28 days for service users meeting the eligibility criteria; any exception to the length of stay will be by mutual agreement between the provider and commissioner and reported as exception in the quarterly performance report. The service will facilitate the safe transfer of care for service users who are medically fit for discharge from acute mental health inpatient units. It will be available for five people at any point in time. The focus will be to support access to suitable accommodation and assistance to maintain a tenancy. The service will be provided for a maximum period of 28 days for service users meeting the eligibility criteria; any exception to the length of stay will be by mutual agreement between the provider and commissioner and reported as exception in the quarterly performance report. The following will be provided: Accommodation will be available for service users who have either no accommodation identified or are waiting to access a tenancy. Assistance with daily living activities and support with short term needs. Staff will support service users in obtaining longer term accommodation and promote independent living. 1-1 support with a dedicated specialist mental health worker to identify and achieve move on plans; part time hours worked flexibly across 7 days to meet client need. 1-1 and group activities with support workers focusing on independent living skills available on site between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 7 days a week. Out of hours crisis support from the mental health response team (HTFT). 24/7 access to low level support. Property management assistant available to ensure repairs are dealt with swiftly and ensure effective void room turnover. Housekeeper available to support with communal cleaning and stock replenishment. Value of contract: maximum contract value 110 800 per annum. Term: 4 years with 1 year with possible extension. How to express interest in this tender: 1) Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once): — browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/noecpc and click the link to register; — enter your correct business and user details; — Note: your username will be the email address you have entered; — you will also then shortly receive an email confirmation. 2) Once registered access the site and from the Home page hover over ‘Tenders’ on the tool bar and select ‘current tenders’ from the drop down options. 3) Express interest in the tender you are interested in: — Select ‘Express Interest’ within the tender details (located at the bottom of the synopsis). On doing so, you will instantly have access to the tender management area for that tender. Any available documentation will be available via the various relevant tabs. You can access this area at any point by logging in, navigating to ‘My Tenders’ and selecting ‘View Details’. 4) Responding to the tender: — there will be a tab allocated to any tender stage (e.g. PQQ and/or ITT). Under the ‘My Tender Return’ area, you will be required to complete any mandatory questionnaires and upload any requested documentation. You can now use the ‘Correspondence’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification (any clarifications will be found within the ‘Clarifications’ tab). — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete and submit your response. — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the bottom of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the In-tend Support Desk. Alerts will be sent to your request email addresses when any correspondence, alterations or clarifications are issued. The standards and criteria are available in the ITT documents available as indicated above. Please note the ITT and procurement documents will be published on this site once the advert appears in OJEU, the advert was sent for publication on 25 September and thus this should be in the next 3-4 days.