Brokerage Service for Care Home and Domicilary Care Packages - Market Testing
Bath and North East Somerset CouncilEstimated Value
Up to £50,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
7 January 2019
Type
Not specified
Overview
Bath & North East Somerset Council (on behalf of the Council and Bath & North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group) are reviewing their arrangements for brokerage of care home placements (for the Local Authority, Continuing Health Care and Self-Funders) and domiciliary care packages (for Continuing Health Care and Self-Funders). In order to inform this review the Council are interested in understanding what provision there is in the market to offer a brokerage service for people in need of these placements/packages.
The brokerage service is envisaged to be a team of people who would form a conduit between the commissioner, care provider and hospital/social care teams, ensuring that placements are made in a timely manner, reducing delayed transfers of care from hospital and ensuring that placements in care homes and with care providers meet service users' needs at an acceptable cost. Please respond to this market engagement request by returning the requested information through ProContract by 18th January 2019.
Contact & helpdesk
Depending on availability of services in the market the Council may run a market engagement event during February 2019 or make contact individually with any interested providers, to establish what they are able to offer.
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
Sanctuary Housing Services Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 7 Apr 2025£713,728
total awarded
- 2
HCRG Care Services Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 3 Apr 2025£14,505
total awarded
Sanctuary Housing Services Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Bath and North East Somerset CouncilKey Dates
Published
7 January 2019
Submission deadline
Not specified
Notice type
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