High and Complex Needs - Long Term Community Residential Services

Lakes District Health Board (DHB) has issued this Request for Proposals (RFP) for suitably qualified respondents with the capacity and capability to deliver High and Complex Needs Long Term Community Residential Services for tangata whaiora living in the Lakes DHB catchment area.

We are looking for responses that can demonstrate capacity and capability to deliver a high and complex needs long term community residential service for 10 – 14 tangata whaiora. This could be delivered across one or multiple sites. Opportunities to scale up beyond 14 beds may be available in the future dependent on population needs.

We are looking for effective and innovative responses that demonstrate respondents’ knowledge and understanding of high and complex needs, and effective engagement and partnership with Māori service users and their whānau to achieve positive health and wellbeing outcomes. Respondents will need to demonstrate their capacity and capability to deliver their proposed responses. Respondents will be expected to demonstrate alignment of their responses in giving effect to the themes and principles of Te Ara Tauwhirotanga Lakes DHB’s Mental Health and Addictions Model of Care.