Individual Continuing Care Package: Expression of Interest Notice

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit Continuing Care Department on behalf of NHS Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is seeking to commission a 24-hour nursing care package for an individual with complex health needs.

The individual has an acquired brain injury and requires support over a twenty four hour period at home, where the patient lives with their family in adapted accommodation.

The above care must be provided for 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year.

The patient’s complex health care needs include: maintaining all health and personal care needs effectively on a daily basis and working closely with her existing multi-disciplinary team; medication administration via PEG (medication must be administered by a Registered Nurse and in accordance with NICE guidance); diet and fluid administration via PEG; pain relief as appropriate, careful monitoring of breathing and associated treatment, intervention to manage risk of epistaxis, support with continence.

A full care specification will be provided when the tender opportunity is published.

Qualified Nursing Staff will be required 24-hours a day to monitor general health, provide clinical oversight and provide training and support for the care team.

One Care Support Worker (NVQ Level 3) will be required throughout the day and night (24hrs).

Commissioners are seeking to better understand which providers are in the market for the care package provision, as outlined above.

Bidders are invited to express an interest in providing this care package by email to Lyle Lloyd, Senior Procurement Officer, by no later than 1700 hours on 15.06.2015 at the following email address: lyle.lloyd@herefordpct.nhs.uk.

The following information must be stated in your email: Organisation Name / Organisation Address / Contact Name / Telephone Number / Email Address / Website Address / Organisation Type.

Please note: the proposed procurement of the above care package will be advertised within the Official Journal of the European Union and within Contracts Finder and will be administered via the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo Solution e-procurement portal website at the hyperlink shown here: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk.

Any Expression of Interest for provision of this care package will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise.

The procurement shall be advertised separately and all organisations wishing to participate shall need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.

The contract start/end dates (at Section 1 above) may be subject to change.

The Value Information (at Section 2 above) will be provided within the Invitation to Tender documentation.