NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency have created a toolkit of resources to raise awareness of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) prevention, symptom recognition and treatment which includes advice on how and when to seek help.
The Care and Support at Home (2024) Framework is due to re-open in October 2025 for submissions from providers who are:
• not already contracted on the framework
• current framework providers who wish to apply to provide services on lots they are not already qualified to provide.
Existing providers who do not wish to add any lots do not have to respond to the re-opening, as their position with regard to the lots they are currently qualified for will not change.
Lots include:
• Lot 1 - Care and Support at Home
• Lot 2 - Overnight Care
• Lot 3 - Live-In care
• Lot 4 - Rounds Provision
• Lot 5 - Emergency provision, including responses to provider failure
Any new entrants or existing entrants with new lots who are successful from the re-opening will join the relevant framework lots from April 2026.
CQC registered Care and Support at Home (domiciliary care) providers are able to register their interest in the framework via the Atamis procurement portal, which can be accessed via Welcome. Providers are encouraged to set up alerts for the Care and Support at Home framework to receive an email reminder when the framework re-opens.
Providers will be required to submit tender applications following guidance provided in the Invitation to Tender pack, including evidence of quality and financial standing. These will be evaluated using the 2024 framework’s due diligence processes, with awards expected in January 2026.
All current framework providers who wish to apply to provide a new lot, which they are not currently contracted to supply, will be required to use their currently contracted rate, where the tender requires a rate submission, i.e. lots 1, 3 and 5.
Any queries should be sent to the Older People’s Commissioning team via AdultsCommissioning@westsussex.gov.uk.
