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# Community Intermediate Care Flexi-Beds

[NHS Midlands & Lancashire CSU](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nhs-midlands-lancashire-csu)

Estimated value

£6,500,000

Published

29 Feb 2016

Deadline

Closed

13 Apr 2016

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit, on behalf of Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, intend to undertake procurement for Community Care Flexible Beds. The procurement’s objectives are to ensure that intermediate care capacity of 20 beds is secured within the West Birmingham geography of Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG to provide co-ordinated, flexible, health and social rehabilitative care to patients aged 18 and over. The care delivered must be provided in the most suitable environment for patients’ needs, to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and to relieve pressure from the local acute hospitals. The 20 beds must be located to ensure equity of provision throughout the West Birmingham geography. The service will deliver a new model of care which has been tested over the winter period of 2014/15 via the operation of a pilot from May 2014 which will be on-going until early 2016.

Part of the new model differs slightly from traditionally commissioned intermediate care beds in order to be able to provide support to a wider group of patients by incorporating traditionally separate health and social intermediate care within one unit. This model has been proven to reduce delays in the transfer of care, shorten length of stay, and improve patient experience whilst creating flexibility within the community bed system. In addition, this model supports patients’ holistic needs alongside their rehabilitative needs to increase quality of life and keep patients within their normal place of residence for as long as possible through additional community support post discharge. GP cover (delivered or arranged by the provider) will assess all new patients within 72 hours, provide weekly ward rounds, and in-hours primary care cover. Out of hours primary care support will be provided by the CCG commissioned out of hours primary care providers. Requirements will be detailed in the service specification (Contract Particulars) together with eligibility criteria, minimum and maximum length of stay, and use of Care Plans with discharge strategy.

The CCG requires one provider to provide 20 beds and deliver the service within one location within the West Birmingham geography of the CCG. This is due to the decommissioning of existing provision within West Birmingham, to ensure equity of intermediate care provision across the CCG geography, and to realise the benefits of economies of scale.

Additional information: Interested parties should express interest in this provision via the Midlands & Lancashire CSU e-tendering portal as follows:

Interested parties should register on the portal at:- [mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk](https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk) (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If already registered, interested parties can use the existing registration. Once registered, organisations must express interest by

- logging-in to the Central Midlands CSU e-Tendering portal,
- selecting ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’,
- search for and access listing related to this contract and view details,
- click on Express Interest Once you have expressed interest, the opportunity will appear in ‘My ITTs’ page where you can download documentation & construct your reply as instructed. For technical support in submitting your ITT contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on 0800 368 4850 or 

Please ensure that your completed tender is received by 13th April 2016 at 1700hrs.

The services to which this advertisement relates are for the procurement of health care services for the purposes of the NHS within the meaning and scope of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 and therefore fall within the scope of regulation 120 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. In accordance with this regulation, this procurement falls within Part B of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Neither placement of this advertisement nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any Regulations, save those applicable to Part B services.

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## CPV classification

Health services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5daea63d-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b)

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