# Provision of Care Home Placement and Domiciliary Care Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust](/buyers/university-hospital-southampton-nhs-foundation-trust/contract-awards)
- Published: 19 June 2017
- Planned start: 1 October 2017
- Planned end: 30 September 2019
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 29ad84f3-7579-4483-ba27-cb1acd75996a-155297
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b3c2fa3a-b8bb-4ad2-9fdc-d1d77078ff0f

## Description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is looking to formally procure the Care Home Placement and Domiciliary Care Services for patients who live within and outside of Southampton City Council Boundary\. The provider will be responsible for identifying a range of suitable care homes to provide the requisite of care for each patient's needs that are known to have capacity within the specified funding option\. There will need to be identified a spread of care homes to ensure placement of patients as close as possible to their normal place of residence/preferred area of residence in the first instance, then escalate to appropriate University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust appointed lead if this is not achievable\. The provider may need to take responsibility for arranging and facilitating domiciliary care packages as an alternative to care home packages if required\.

## Related contract awards

- [Procurement of Leasing Facilities Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-28487aec-56db-4218-afaa-9fbcb6c1a2f9): University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- [Extended storage facilities at UHS](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf103919-dbe4-4ca5-af29-f5cbecc7e0ab): University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- [UHS13343 Business Intelligence Platform](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-25b23b14-648b-435e-8382-cf9d374befa4): University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/29ad84f3-7579-4483-ba27-cb1acd75996a-155297)