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Provision of Individual, bespoke Community Packages of Care for Children and Young People aged 0 - 18 years with Continuing Care Needs to enable Children and Young People to be cared for in their home

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Open Closes in 31 days

Key facts

Closing date
Monday 16 November 2026, 00:00 (UK time) Closes in 31 days
Buyer's estimated value
£2,400,000 (excl. VAT) The buyer's own estimate, not income to you.
Procedure
Open procedure
Notice type
Not stated

Decision brief

Taken from the buyer's published notice (shown as written, shortened where long). Tenderpatch has not added to or interpreted it. Always read the official documents before bidding.

How bids will be scored
Not stated in the notice.
Conditions of participation (what you must show)
None published in the notice. They may be in the tender documents.
Contract length and extensions
Period not stated. Extensions: As per the annual re-opening of the framework.Extensions: As per the annual re-opening of the framework
How to submit
Through health-family.force.com ↗ (the buyer's own portal).
Tender documents
No document links in the notice. Use the official notice link.
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Framework
An agreement that sets terms for work the buyer may order later, often from several suppliers. The value shown usually covers the whole agreement, not one job.
Open for bids / closing date
You must submit by the closing date and time, normally through the buyer's own online portal. Late bids are normally refused.
Clarification questions
A deadline for asking the buyer questions about the tender. It is earlier than the closing date.
Conditions of participation
What the buyer asks suppliers to show before they can be considered, such as experience, insurance or accreditations.
Bids are scored on
How the buyer will compare bids, usually a split between price and quality. A 60/40 split in favour of quality means the cheapest bid will not necessarily win.
Lots
A tender can be split into parts. You can often bid for only the lots that suit you.
Area (ITL)
The buyer names an official statistical area for where the work is, not a street address. Check the tender documents for the actual sites.
UK4 and other notice codes
Official codes for the type of notice. A "tender notice" means bids are being invited.

General explanations written by Tenderpatch, not part of this notice.

Description

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (EEC) is establishing a framework agreement for the delivery of individual, bespoke community packages of care for children and young People aged 0 - 18 years with continuing care needs to enable children and young people to be cared for in their home. The framework will be established under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Packages of care provided for children and young people in the home will be carried out by registered and non-registered healthcare professionals ("Care Workers") and will involve the provision of some or all the following: 1. Assistance with personal or social care, which may be defined as undertaking any activity which requires a degree of personal and physical contact with the child or young person to assist them to undertake such bodily functions such as dressing, washing, bathing, toileting, getting in or out of bed, eating, drinking, and communicating. This is not an exhaustive list. 2. Supporting individuals who may display behaviours that challenge related to their learning disability, mental health or emotional wellbeing. 3. Play activities appropriate to the child's developmental milestones. 4. Under specified and documented circumstances, assistance with medication and other complex interventions. 5. Waking care support at night-time. 6. Specified clinical interventions. 7. Specified behaviour management strategies 8. Specified clinical interventions that may need to be provided by a Registered nurse. All Framework Providers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver care in the home, including registration for the Treatment of Disease, Disorder and Injury. Framework Providers will be commissioned to provide care to children and young people with a wide range of health conditions; care staff will require specific training to meet individual needs; this will be coordinated and delivered by the Framework Provider. The services are divided into lots: Lot 1 - Standard Package Lot 2 - Enhanced Package Lot 3 - Registered Nurse Package Lot 4 - Domiciliary Package Lot 5 - School Support Package EEC anticipates re-opening the Framework at the following points: • Four times across the 5-year framework term (August 2027, 2028, 2029 & 2030) EEC reserves the right to adjust the indicative reopening schedule above in response to operational factors. Such factors may include but are not limited to: • Supply and demand changes • Allowing sufficient competition • Changes to pricing structures • Changes due to impact of Local Government Re-organisation To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: 1. Log in to the supplier portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome 2. Locate the opportunity using ' in 'Find Opportunities' REFERENCE C472828 3. Click Register Interest

Lots (5)

  1. Lot 1: Lot 1 Standard Package

    Trained and competent care workers to meet the personal care and manual handling needs of the CYP in their care, and able to follow a plan of care where there are low decision making requirements. This type of care package may be required to assist with personal care and delivered within specific short time slots in any one session which will be based upon the needs of the CYP and family. Package...

  2. Lot 2: Lot 2 Enhanced Package

    This will be used to expedite a child home from hospital / End of Life, initially with a nurse led package and will be stepped down to a standard package after 12 weeks with either a nurse or carer depending on the level of need. The Enhanced Package is used as a temporary arrangement to expedite children and young people out of hospital as an interim measure whilst suitably trained carers are rec...

  3. Lot 3: Lot 3 Registered Nurse Package (2-3 weeks)

    Qualified Nurses with the relevant training, skills and knowledge to care for CYP with highly complex needs. The care delivered will require clinical oversight from a Registered Nurse (Child or Learning Disabilities or Mental Health). Clinical decision making will be required to manage highly fluctuating levels of need. The clinical risk assessment of need will determine that this level of support...

  4. Lot 4: Lot 4 - Domiciliary Package

    Care commissioned will require support and care provided by either a Nurse or Carer, dependant on relevant skills and knowledge to care for children with highly complex needs during pre-school and after school hours (1-2 hours). This will require support in getting the child dressed, fed and further requirements depending on package for example, but not limited to, carrying out chest physiotherapy...

  5. Lot 5: Lot 5 - School Support Package

    Care commissioned will require support and care provided by either a Nurse or Carer, dependant on relevant skills and knowledge to care for children with highly complex needs in school carrying out all their medical interventions, i.e. Trachy care, feeds medication seizure management catheterisation, suctioning, physio etc. The school would help support with any moving and handling procedure where...