Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Unplanned Rapid Response Night Sitting
Deadline: 27 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 26 Jun 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 144050379
Document Ref. No.: NCCT43405
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
CPV Classification
85000000 - Health and social work services
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The Rapid Response Service in Norfolk provides a timely, short term, multi disciplinary response to adults with urgent care and support needs arising outside of standard office hours, including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays. The service is designed to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, facilitate early discharge, and maintain individuals safely and independently within their own homes or usual place of residence. Operating across Norfolk, the service delivers urgent assessment, intervention and coordination of care for adults aged 18 and over who experience a sudden deterioration in health, functional ability, or social circumstances. The service works in close partnership with primary care, urgent and emergency care, ambulance services, acute trusts, adult social care, mental health services, and the voluntary sector to ensure a seamless and person centred response. The Rapid Response Service supports the local system's ambition to deliver care closer to home, reduce avoidable hospital attendances and admissions, and improve outcomes for residents by providing responsive, high quality care at the point of need, particularly during periods when core services are limited. The value is not sufficient for it to be commercially viable if lotted and it would also increase contract management costs. On 19 November 2025, the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness made a written statement [UIN HCWS1071] saying that three proposals for unitary loc...
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