BHFT Patient Home Care Support

Lot 1: Domiciliary Care

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to undertake a procurement for the provision of Patient Home Care Services which will be procured as 2 separate Lots, this Lot will cover Domiciliary Care.

Domiciliary Care refers to care for service users living in their own homes, care is provided at various times of the day to meet individual circumstances and need. The service will be accessible to service users aged over 18 who are registered with a GP within Berkshire West. It is envisaged that the service will be delivered predominately within West Berkshire and the surrounding area.

The service aims to deliver a safe, high-quality and person-centered care that is pro-active in continuously improving the services.

Full details for this Lot including the scope, specification and activity can be found within the procurement documentation.

This Lot seeks to accredit up to 8 suppliers for an initial term of 2 years with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. Services are scheduled to on the 1st April 2023.

The annualised ceiling value of the Lot is £400,000.

This processed is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).

Lot 2: Night Sitting

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to undertake a procurement for the provision of Patient Home Care Services which will be procured as 2 separate Lots, this Lot will cover Night Sitting.

Night Sitting refers to care for service users living in their own homes, who will have access to time-limited emergency night sitting between the hours of 22:00 and 07:00. The service will be accessible to service users aged 18 and over who are registered with a GP within Berkshire West. The service will cover Berkshire West localities including West Berkshire, Reading and Wokingham.

The service aims to deliver safe, high-quality and personalised care that is pro-active in continuously improving the service and facilitates hospital discharge as well as End of Life care.

Full details for this Lot including the scope, specification and activity can be found within the procurement documentation.

This Lot seeks to accredit up to 3 suppliers for an initial term of 2 years with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioner. Services are scheduled to on the 1st April 2023.

The annualised ceiling value of the Lot is £250,000.

This processed is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).

Additional information: The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).