Tender: Home-based Bespoke Continuing Care Packages for Children and Young People (0–18) – East of England

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East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (EEC) is seeking suppliers to join a Provider Selection Regime framework to deliver individual, bespoke community packages of care in the home for children and young people aged 0–18 with continuing care needs. Packages will be delivered by registered and non-registered healthcare professionals (“Care Workers”) and may include assistance with personal and social care (dressing, washing, bathing, toileting, getting in or out of bed, eating, drinking and communicating), support for behaviours that challenge, play activities matched to developmental milestones, under specified and documented circumstances assistance with medication and other complex interventions, waking night-time care, specified clinical interventions and specified behaviour management strategies, with some clinical interventions requiring 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, and will coordinate and deliver specific training for care staff to meet individual needs. Services are split into five lots: Lot 1 - Standard Package, Lot 2 - Enhanced Package, Lot 3 - Registered Nurse Package, Lot 4 - Domiciliary Package and Lot 5 - School Support Package. EEC anticipates re-opening the framework four times during the five-year term (August 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030) but may adjust these dates in response to operational factors such as supply and demand, competition, pricing changes or local government re-organisation.