# This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with directive 2014/24/EU Article 74 Health, Social and related services\. Essex County Council are carrying out a procurement to appoint a supplier to provide a Residential Covid Positive Designated Setting \(to include both residential and nursing care\) within the County to meets adults care needs when they are well enough to be discharged from hospital, but currently unable to continue their onward journey due to testing Covid Positive\. The Council intends to initially award to one successful bidder on a rolling 3 month contract, but with a view to ranking the remaining bidders to call upon should dema

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL](/buyers/essex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £4,600,000
- Published: 19 July 2021
- Planned start: 19 October 2021
- Planned end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c866d4d7-222e-4ab2-b194-cb66632c0cd9-452612
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ab7effff-d510-4c46-865d-b4438c0893f5

## Description

Source capacity for a Covid positive designated setting within the County of Essex as part of arrangements to support the safe discharge of Covid positive patients requiring residential care from acute hospital or the community before being able to return to a residential setting or their own home, whilst ensuring strong infection prevention, protecting care home communities and maintaining the necessary flow within the acute and community hospital sector\.

## Related contract awards

- [SuDs & GI in Schools Programme 26/27](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-21aa6201-e389-418a-b3b6-c8f7b6b97eb8): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- [Quantity Surveying \(QS\) support for the Ormiston Rivers SEN project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-792a8c30-dbea-4c19-b53b-675db70c888a): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- [NDORS Booking System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-652764a5-9885-4560-87b1-3ad5260098b7): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c866d4d7-222e-4ab2-b194-cb66632c0cd9-452612)