Specialist Inpatient and Community Palliative Care Services for East Berkshire CCG

The following is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) only and is being placed to alert providers to a potential future procurement exercise for Specialist Inpatient and Community Palliative Care Services for the East Berkshire area. Any values and timescales stated within this PIN are for guideline purposes only and should not be taken as a guarantee.

NHS East Berkshire Clinical Commissioning Group ("the CCG") wishes to commission Specialist Inpatient and Community Palliative Care Services for all patients approaching the end of their life who are registered with a GP practice in the East Berkshire CCG area. The successful provider will work in close partnership with the CCG and stakeholders across health and social care to design and develop the new model of provision.

The model will aim to achieve best value by developing planned pathways and processes towards the shift of activity from hospital settings to hospice, care homes and home settings. There will be an emphasis on avoidance of delays in finalising packages of care and ensuring that the preferred place of care is secured in an efficient and timely manner.

The overall offer to include:- • A Rapid Response 24/7/365 day end of life care phone hub and nursing service. • Specialist Care Services in the Community • An inpatient service based in the East Berkshire locality • Domiciliary Care • Day Care Provision • An Assessment and Brokerage Service • Pre and Post Bereavement and Counseling Services For a more detailed description please refer to the full service overview attached. Estimated contract value: £4,200,000 - £4,400,000 p.a.

Contract length: 3 years plus 2. Should you wish to express interest, please indicate where your organisation is currently situated and/or the base from which your organisation would intend to provide the service.

The closing date for expressing interest will be 5pm on 23 January 2020. Additional information: Please note that this service is a Healthcare Service as defined under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and subject only to those provisions directly applicable to such services.