Intermediate Care Beds for Lewisham

Description

South East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) Lewisham Borough are seeking to procure 14 Intermediate Care Beds for Adults aged over 18 years who are registered with a Lewisham GP and reside in Lewisham. The main service outcome will be to deliver a 14 bed based Intermediate Care bedded rehabilitation and reablement unit, providing nursing and HCA support element to the service to people who are medically optimised at the point of discharge but still requiring nursing due to the acuity of their clinical presentation. The therapy input for this service will be delivered by the Lewisham and Greenwich Trust (LGT) Therapy Team, with support from the Provider's staff to achieve the patient rehabilitation outcomes. 
The provider will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days of the year and ensure there is adequate staff to support patients in the beds.
The maximum length of stay in these rehab beds is six weeks, during which time the service aims to improve the patient's functionality and physical ability. Anticipated service outcomes include a measurable improvement in patient functionality and reducing the risk of an avoidable hospital admission.
The contract has a maximum value of £989,000 per annum, for each year of the contract.
The contract will be for an initial period of three years, with the option of a two year extension. 
Interested organisations must express an interest and submit a tender via Atamis e-tendering portal by the deadline stated in the Invitation to Tender documents. Bidders needs to register on Atamis if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the link below:
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Once registered, you can express an interest in this project by clicking the following the link to this specific project ; https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (Contract Reference: C326701), or alternatively click on the link https://atamis-1928.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_ContractPage?SearchType=Projects&uid=a07Sr00000MbJXZIA3&searchStr=&sortStr=Recently+Published&page=1&filters=&County=
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 does not apply to this award.

The Procurement is being managed by the NHS London Commercial Hub (NHS LCH) hosted by NEL ICB, on behalf of the Authority, in connection with a competitive Invitation to Tender (ITT) exercise that is being conducted via a competitive process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.