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Application for a Care Home Contract
Descriptions
NHS Kernow and the Cornwall Council currently operate independent, but aligned, interim contracts for care home services in Cornwall which expire on the 31st March 2021., The Contracting Authorities which include NHS Kernow, the Cornwall Council and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are required under the Public Contract Regulations (2015) to ensure we use a compliant process for purchasing services., In order to balance this with our duties under the Patient Choice Regulations (2013) and the Care Act (2014), the Contracting Authorities have developed a straightforward process and invite Care Home Providers to join a new joint contract for Care Home Services that will:, •Not preclude registered providers from joining the joint contract;, •Replace the independent, but aligned, interim contracts that the Contracting Authorities operate;, •Enable the Contracting Authority to transfer existing placements and block contracts on the interim contracts to the new joint Contract;, •Enable the Contracting Authority to commission new Care Home Services (Placements and Block Contracted Arrangements) using the Call Off Process defined in the new joint Contract., The new joint Contract will be for a term of three (3) years with the option to extend for a further two (2) twelve (12) month period and commence on the 1st April 2021., Care Home Providers are invited to complete the application form that can be found in the procurement documents, in order to be accepted for a Contract, Care Home Providers are required to self-declare that they are able and willing to comply with the Contracting Authorities minimum standards, which follow:, •Meet the minimum standards set out in Section 2 - Grounds for Mandatory Exclusion and Section 3 - Grounds for Discretionary Exclusion in the Application form; and, ••Deliver a Care Home Service that is registered with the CQC and in accordance with the Service Specification and policies set out in Section 2 of the Commissioner's guidance document; and, •Pay all staff employed in the provision of regulated activities no less than the Living Wage Foundation Rate https://www.livingwage.org.uk ; and, •Sign the Contract for the Services set out in Section 2 of the Commissioner's guidance document; and, •Provide the documents set out in the Conditions Precedent in Schedule 1.A of the Contract by the long-stop date in the Contract.
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85144000 - Residential health facilities services
85100000 - Health services
85320000 - Social services
85144100 - Residential nursing care services
Keywords
social outreach
societal care
hospitalization
communal support
outpatient care
medical services
chronic care residence
patient care provision
client care services
elderly nursing care
skilled nursing services
convalescent home care
24 hour nursing support
wellbeing programs
communal health care
public assistance
diagnostic services
health assessments
nursing home care
chronic disease nursing
elder residential care
specialist consultations
therapeutic treatments
long-term care facility
social welfare programs
residential healthcare
in-facility nursing
nursing home services
family aid services
clinical healthcare
preventive health services
assisted living health services
social inclusion initiatives
inpatient nursing supervision
professional nursing residence
residential nurse staffing
health-based living facility
residential rehabilitation centre
community support services
residential clinical care
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