# 18 168 - Rapid Response Care at Home to support and facilitate hospital discharge or prevent admissions

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Cheshire East Borough Council](/buyers/cheshire-east-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £200,000
- Published: 21 December 2018
- Planned start: 21 January 2019
- Planned end: 30 April 2019
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 44b6d4db-6868-4013-803a-a206ab9bbaf4-260819
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c54fb64e-0d37-4d63-90f7-9be415dfdb3f

## Description

Cheshire East Council wishes to appoint a provider for a Rapid Response Care at Home Service to alleviate winter pressures, supporting the discharge of patients who are medically fit from hospital to home, but who require additional support to enable them to make this transition effectively and safely\. Rapid Response will also prevent the admission into hospital of service users who are medically fit, but who require additional support to remain at home\. The Service provided is only for Adults and Older People who have been assessed as having eligible needs under the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support \(Eligibility Criteria\) Regulations 2014 and who are ordinarily resident within the Cheshire East area\. The Council / CCG seek to enter into a Contract with Providers and to establish the terms and conditions which will apply to arrangements for individual Customers under this Contract\.

## Related contract awards

- [CRCS22 Lot 1 - Westfields, Sandbach - New SEND School](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-def71467-e128-4a93-8980-9f47a8ca6416): Cheshire East Borough Council
- [Domestic Energy Retrofit Works](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-db2eb6b3-f9e2-4359-8064-7d645f05b491): Cheshire East Borough Council
- [CRCS22 Lot 2 - Westfields, Sandbach - New SEND School](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c8409152-48c9-4c53-a21c-e36ae71e492d): Cheshire East Borough Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/44b6d4db-6868-4013-803a-a206ab9bbaf4-260819)