Fast Response Reablement Service to People Living Within the Borough of Sandwell - AWARD

ADULT SERVICES

TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF A FAST RESPONSE AND REABLEMENT SERVICE TO PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL

The Metropolitan Borough Council of Sandwell wishes to appoint one or more organisations to provide a short term Fast Response and reablement service to adults living within the Borough of Sandwell.

This contract will require Providers to hold a current compliant CQC registration for personal care in peoples homes.

The aims of the Service(s) will be to work in partnership with the Joint Discharge Team to:

Amongst the outcomes expected from the Joint Discharge Team are:-

It is anticipated that the contract(s) will commence 7th October 2015. Contract(s) will initially be until 31st March 2016, with an option to extend subject to the Council’s needs for the Service(s) for a further year.

Suitably qualified and experienced organisations are invited to respond to the Invitation to tender Documents. These must be submitted no later than 17.00pm on Friday 24th July 2015 via InTend.

The indicative date for the Invitation to Tender Document (ITT) to be sent out via InTend will be 3 July 2015.

The Council intends to use an evaluation model based on quality. The contract price will be fixed by the Council.

The criteria, on which tenders will be evaluated, inclusive of weighting attached to each, will be included within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

NB. The contracts mainly reflect services currently being provided by existing organisations, and therefore the EC Acquired Rights Directive 77/187 as amended and/or the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 may apply to this contract.