Recovery and Physical Rehabilitation in Community Nursing Homes Service to be provided by Nursing Homes for people undertaking recovery and rehabilitation in a Nursing Home.

— To provide an active part of an accessible and effective Recovery and Rehabilitation Service to ensure that adult island residents with physical disabilities receive interventions to enable them to achieve increased functional independence.

— To be able to support the recovery and "step up/"stepdown" phases for people who have recently been acutely ill.

— To reduce dependence on health and social care and enable self-management.

— To facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and an integrated approach to assessment, treatment, care and discharge planning.

This is an Open procedure. Deadline for submissions is the 12.12.2017. Service Commencement is 1.7.2018.

To fulfil the requirement to supply 50 beds in total, the Contracting Authority welcomes submissions by lead provider with subcontracting arrangements, a consortium/ joint venture agreement. An extended ITT window has been provided for such arrangements to take place.

The Contracting Authority can also offer to publish a provider's details on the E-Tendering portal for other organisations to see if they wish to be considered as a party member in a subcontracting arrangement if they cannot fulfil the requirement alone. Please submit a correspondence message through the Portal with your details.

Please note the contract value included the extension period. 3+2 years total.