Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Wirral Borough Council
Old Market House, 3rd Floor South Wing Hamilton Building
Birkenhead
CH41 5AL
Contact
Corporate Procurement
Telephone
+44 1516662000
Fax
+44 1516663705
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD74 - Wirral
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Wirral Independence Service
Reference number
DN688268
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The overarching aim of this service is to support people to live independently in their own homes as long as possible.
This will be achieved through the following objectives:
• Deliver Wirral Independence Service including the Telecare Monitoring and Response service and Falls Prevention Service
• Provision of a Community Equipment Service (CES) for adults and children within the geographical boundary of Wirral Borough Council including those who live out of Borough and are registered with a Wirral GP. The service includes.
• Pressure care,
• Continuing Health Care (CHC),
• Adult Visual Impairment & Hearing Impairment equipment,
• Telecare and any future innovations (equipment, installation, maintenance, monitoring, decontamination and repair and recycling).
• Mobility aids,
• Moving and Handling,
• Bariatric,
• Schools Specialist Equipment,
• Paediatrics,
• Nebulizers
• Toileting
• Specialist non catalogue items
• Minor Adaptations
• Carers Emergency Response Cards
Incorporating:
• an online IT requisition.
• monitoring performance dashboard and reporting system,
• Community based Retail Outlet/ Demonstration facility (Centre for independent living)
• online self-help/assessment system and to include purchase and recycling opportunity
• suitably qualified, knowledgeable, and experienced staff to support those funding their own care and to provide professional assessment and oversight within the service.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-029289
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV2.2
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Date
1 November 2023
Local time
12:00pm
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Date
2 November 2023
Local time
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