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Published 24 Jan 2025, 15:48 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Accelerated Reform Fund- carer's breaks

Official notice

Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)

Services
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ11)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 16 Feb 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

CPV: Social work services with accommodation · Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1• The Service Provider will demonstrate that they have opportunities for carer’s…Planned
  • 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.
Delivery: South East
85312000 Social work services without accommodation

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jan 2025, 15:48 GMT
Last source update
24 Jan 2025, 15:48 GMT
Authority reference
1000037
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-002589
Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodationSocial work services without accommodation
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d635 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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 . To discuss this opportunity further, please contact Eloise Grimes (contact details above). Be sure to respond by 7 February 2024. As this is when the PIN will expire.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

24 Jan 2025 → 16 Feb 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    24 Jan 2025, 15:48 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    16 Feb 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Reading Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityAdult Social Care Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading, South East, RG1 2LUContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.