Tender: Reading Borough Council Home Care Framework 2025 – Long-term, Reablement, Hospital Discharge and Live-in Care

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Reading Borough Council is seeking a supplier for a Home Care Framework (2025) to provide long-term home care, short-term reablement, rapid-start hospital discharge packages and live-in care, primarily delivered in an individual’s own home or current residence (which may be temporary). The framework supports the Council’s duties under the Care Act 2014 and covers packages for people with long-term conditions (including support to unpaid carers and occasional waking nights), reablement-focused short-term care, hospital discharge support and 24/7 live-in care (see Schedule 11 for live-in care details). Core services must be available as required between 06:00 and 23:00, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Providers must be able to support adults aged 18-64 and people aged 65+, including those with physical health needs, learning disabilities and neurodiversity, memory and cognition difficulties (including brain injury and dementia) and mental health problems. Suppliers are invited to express interest and bids will only be accepted until 18/11/2025 14:00hrs.