Southend City Council awards £110M Care at Home framework with 16 suppliers.
Southend-on-Sea City Council has signed 17 Care at Home framework agreements with 16 suppliers, valued at £110,000,000. The framework covers three essential services: Homecare (personal assistance, hygiene, medication), Reablement Service (short-term independence recovery), and Southend Enhanced Discharge (hospital-to-home transition). It comprises 7 lots: 3 lead provider lots (West, West Central, East Central) and 4 locality provider lots (West with 4 suppliers, West Central with 3, East Central with 3, East with 4). The framework is awarded and no further bidding is open.