# Provision of Reablement Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Durham County Council](/buyers/durham-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £12,000,000
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Planned start: 1 April 2017
- Planned end: 1 April 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f5e4ac32-1301-4417-86bb-34d80763ed90-114814
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-693be4ce-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The contract is for the provision of Reablement Services to individuals in their own home or the community following an assessment with a responsible social worker, care co-ordinator or health professional\. Reablement is a short-term intervention service, offered for a maximum of 6 weeks and is designed to help people adapt to a recent illness or disability by learning or re-learning the skills necessary for independent living at home\. The service may be offered to someone who has recently been discharged from hospital and can include the provision of personal care, help with daily living activities and other practical tasks\. Reablement encourages service users to develop the confidence and skills to carry out these activities themselves and continue to live independently at home\. At present, the service is currently shared between an in-house team \(County Durham Care & Support\) and an external provider\. County Durham Care & Support have the larger market share\.

## Related contract awards

- [3985 - Standard Tenable\.io Vulnerability Management](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-315def7a-3ae0-4718-b448-3b4d86482b0f): Durham County Council
- [Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment Report](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-b492104c-03d3-4875-a11b-d57cde063939): Durham County Council
- [Maintained Schools Web Filtering Solution via the NHSSBS DWS2](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ded57999-0f8d-4844-97c6-2a86964d01f7): Durham County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f5e4ac32-1301-4417-86bb-34d80763ed90-114814)