Discharge to Assess and Admission Avoidance Bed-based Service.
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The Royal Borough of Greenwich is actively engaging in the planning stage for a public procurement opportunity, titled "Discharge to Assess and Admission Avoidance Bed-based Service," within the Health and Social Work Services category. This initiative, located in London, aims to commission a service model operating from Eltham Community Hospital. The procurement process operates under the Light Touch Regime as stipulated by the Procurement Act 2023, with plans to award a single provider contract for a duration of five years, potentially extendable by two years.
Market engagement events are scheduled, such as the upcoming session on January 7th, 2026, via Microsoft Teams, with input sought from interested parties by January 6th, 2026. This tender represents significant potential for businesses experienced in enabling strength-based services within the health and social care domains. Providers with the ability to offer multidisciplinary care, support hospital discharges and avoidance admissions, alongside recovery and rehabilitation services, will find this an excellent opportunity for growth.
The contract includes a block purchase arrangement, allowing for consistent service provision and collaboration with stakeholders. Businesses adept in delivering nursing and medication support, along with personal care to accelerate service users' recovery and independence, are particularly well-suited to compete in this procurement process.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich are intending to commission a single provider Contract for the provision of Adult Social Care Discharge to Assess and Step Up and Step Down Services. Potential providers are encouraged to participate in a market engagement event. The procurement process is intended to be run in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, Light Touch Regime (LTR) above-threshold.
The Service will operate from Eltham Community Hospital and will provide up to 20 beds, flexibly allocated across both pathways to support hospital discharge, admission avoidance, and short-term recovery and non-intensive rehabilitation to enable recovery and regain independence. Multidisciplinary working is key to the model, and the provider will be expected to work in partnership with system stakeholders. The service will operate on a block purchase basis and will include personal care, including nursing and medication support administered by registered nurses and care professionals care with the goal to enable service users to regain or achieve maximum independence and quality of life as soon as possible following a period of ill health.
We are looking for providers with experience, skills and capability to deliver a strength-based enabling service, able to maximise people's recovery and independence during the short stay in the unit. The duration of the contract is anticipated to be 5 years, with the potential to extend for up to a maximum period/s of 2 further years
The duration of the contract is anticipated to be 5 years, with the potential to extend for up to a further 2 years.
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The contract period is five years.
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