Emergency Care Response Service.

Hampshire County Council invites applications from suitably experienced organisations who wish to be considered for selection to tender for the Emergency Care Response Service. The Emergency Care Response (ECR) service is a short-term service to support adults social care settings (residential or nursing care homes, Supported Living or Extra care) experiencing short term staffing difficulties or failure across the Hampshire County Council (HCC) area, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ECR Service will allow the Council to access a pool of live-in care staff from 8am Thursday to 8am Tuesday each week to address any immediate needs related to staff shortages, allowing the provider additional time in which to overcome their difficulties or seek alternative means of support.

The Contract will commence on 11th November 2021 and will be for a period of 12 weeks with the option to extend for a further 12 weeks.

Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire, and complete and submit the tender return document together with any supporting information requested by 14.00 hrs on Wednesday 3rd November 2021.

How to obtain the Tender Documents The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting 'View Details' on the relevant tender advert and clicking the 'Express Interest' tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs - 'Tender', 'ITT - documents', 'Correspondence', 'Clarifications' and 'History'. Select the 2nd tab (ITT - documents) where you will find useful information under 'Tender Details' continue to scroll down to the heading 'Tender Documents Received' where you will be able to view / download the documents.

Please download all the documents and read very carefully.

Opting In and Opting Out Please note you are required to 'Opt In' before you can access the 'My tender Return' to start populating your response.

PLEASE NOTE you are required to 'Opt In' to view & complete the Questionnaire for this project.

The 'Opt Out' functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision.

You can choose to 'Opt In' at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to 'Opt Out'.

Your completed 'Tender Return Document(s)' should be submitted via 'In-tend' by 2pm on Wednesday 3rd November 2021.

Further Guidance In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender - download and upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the 'Help' or 'Information for Suppliers' buttons.

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Additional information: Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire. Guidance on how to participate in a tender - download and upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the 'Help' or 'Information for Suppliers' buttons.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No