Coming up· published 24 Jan 2025
Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks
Reading Borough Council · Reading, South East
Reading Borough Council is planning Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks. It is a contract for other health and social care in Reading.
Source: Find a Tender, published 24 Jan 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 15:48
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Reading Borough Council is planning Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks. It is a contract for other health and social care in Reading. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 24 January 2025. The notice number is 002589-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04d635. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Reading Borough Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Accelerated Reform Fund - carer's breaks," aimed at providing respite and recreational activities for carers in Reading. This project, which falls under the category of social work services with accommodation (CPV code 85311000), is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care's Accelerating Reform Fund.
Businesses interested in participating must respond by 7 February 2024, as the Prior Information Notice (PIN) will expire on that date. Key considerations for prospective bidders include the ability to offer domiciliary respite services and carer's breaks, ensuring sufficient staffing capacity to provide services promptly, sometimes within 24 hours.
The requirement to support both respite care for the cared-for individuals and recreational activities for carers invites participation from well-established care providers with robust operational frameworks.
The notice in full
Carer's breaks pilot: The aim of this pilot is to provide carer's breaks to Reading residents who provide unpaid care/ informal care.A carer is anyone who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction and cannot cope without their support.NHS commissioning " Who is considered a carer?The pilot will work with carers who are 18+.
This project is funded by The Accelerating Reform Fund, the purpose of which is to support innovation in adult social care and is provided by the Department of Health and Social Care. We are hoping to offer a service that:* provides respite care for the cared for person* and/ or optional recreational activity for the carers.
If you offer at least one of the following services, we would like to talk to you as part of our market research . Be sure to respond by 7 February 2024. As this is when the PIN will expire.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
- The Service Provider will demonstrate that they have opportunities for carer's breaks to be booked in coordination with respite care.
- The Service provider will demonstrate that they have sufficient staffing capacity in order for the commissioned care service to be provided quickly and effectively: occasionally within 24 hours.
- The Service provider will ideally be able to provide both domiciliary respite services and carer's breaks.
- The Service provider can provide either one of the services of domiciliary respite care service or carer's breaks.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 002589-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04d635
- CPV code
- 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation; 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Reading
- Town
- Reading
- Postcode
- RG1 2LU
- Electoral ward
- Abbey
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Delivery area
- Berkshire
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Berkshire West
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Reading Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Eloise Grimes
- Address
- Reading, RG1 2LU · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks
When will the Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks tender open?
Reading Borough Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks?
Reading Borough Council, based in Reading, South East. The named contact is Eloise Grimes.
How do I bid for Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks?
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What to do next
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