Bespoke Care Package for a Young Person in Peterborough

Expressions of interest are invited to set up & provide a bespoke care package for a mid-teenager, with moderate learning disability, autism-spectrum disorder (ASD), Tourettes, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and behaviour that challenges.

The care will be delivered within a residential children's home within Peterborough, the property for which is being purchased & then converted for use by the contracting authority.

The client is currently being cared for within a hospital in Hampshire and is ready for discharge to his new home environment.

A high value, long term contract is being offered to an established provider with relevant experience & capability of providing complex care packages, having understanding & experience to achieve & maintain registration of the home with the appropriate regulatory bodies.

The provider is responsible for recruiting, training & supervising a care management/delivery team to deliver a bespoke high-quality package of care to enable the young person to be, and feel safe, secure, looked after and over time supported to grow and develop into his adulthood.

The service excludes specialist education & CAMHS provision, each being commissioned separately outside of (excluded from) the contract.

The procurement is run jointly by Peterborough City Council (the "LA") & NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG.

The contract will be awarded by the LA, with the CCG being an Associate to the contract.

Further details of requirements & procurement documents are available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com, including Service Specification and further details of the client's bespoke requirements, Contract terms, Bidder Instructions.

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When logged into EU-Supply, search for Tender Reference 45578 "Bespoke Care Package for a Young Person in Peterborough".

KEY DATES: Procurement starts 11 Aug 2021. ***On-line Bidder Briefing - 9.15am, Tue 17 Aug 2021 (1.5 hours) - details supplied to bidders accessing the procurement documents.

Clarification questions until 6 Sept 2021.

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 10am, Mon 20th Sept 2021.

Short-listed Bidders to be invited to: - Online Q & A session with current carer professionals - 10.30am, Mon 4th Oct 2021 (2 hours); - Online Bidder Interviews - Tue 5th Oct 2021 (timing TBC).

Contract award - Oct 2021.

Service mobilisation & transition to relocation client to new home - Nov'21 through Mar'22.

Substantive care service provision from within the new registered children's home from Apr'22 onward.