Briefing Session on

Invitation for Proposals

Day Care Centre for the Elderly (60-place)

Ground Floor, 2 Tsing Min Path, Tuen Mun

Social Welfare Department

Elderly Branch

2 August 2019

Government Policy in Elderly Care

• Policy Objective

• Priority to the provision of home care and

community care, which are supplemented by

residential care, in providing support for frail

elderly persons

• Basic Principles

• Ageing in Place

• Continuum of Care

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Service Specifications

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Target Applicants

• Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating

subsidised community care services (CCS) and/or

residential care services (RCS) for the elderly; and

• NGOs not operating subsidised CCS or RCS for the

elderly but with proven experience in running self-

financing CCS or RCS for the elderly continuously

for no less than 3 years before the closing date of the

invitation

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Service Capacity

2 Tsing Min Path, Tuen Mun

• 60 Day Care Places

• 5 Designated Day Respite Care Places

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Objectives of Day Care Services (1)

• To improve Service Users’ quality of life and develop

their potential to enhance their functioning and

independence in their daily living activities

• To offer social activities and opportunities of peer-

group interaction

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Objectives of Day Care Services (2)

• To provide supportive service, training and guidance

to carers so that they can be better equipped with the

knowledge and skills to look after the elderly persons

at home

• To encourage Service Users, carers and community

participation in service operation

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Admission (1)

• Prospective Service Users

• Aged 60 or above

• Medically stable

• Moderate to severe level of impairment

(MDS-HC assessment);

• Living in the community and not receiving institutional

care

• For Day Respite Care Users

• Living in Tuen Mun or other districts

• In need of short-term Day Care Services which will

enable carers to have a break

• No need to go through MDS-HC assessment8

Admission (2)

• Admission of part-time Service Users is

highly encouraged to support more elderly

persons living in the Community

Part-time Service Users : attendance: < 4 days per week

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Discharge

• Deceased

• Decides to leave the DE or moves to another district

• Away from Day Care Services for more than 30 days

• Admitted to Residential Care Services or other

community care services for elderly persons; or

• No longer in need of Day Care Services due to

improved health condition, self care ability,

supportive network or environmental condition

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Partnership & Strategic Alliance

• DECCs and NECs

• IHCS teams /EHCCS

teams

• Medical and health care

sectors

• RCHEs

• Other elderly service

units in the district

• Local social service

units/organisations

• Meal service providers

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Fitting and Furnishing

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Fitting Out (F/O)

• Grant from the Lotteries Fund

• Minimum standards as specified in

• Schedule of Accommodation (S of A) (Annex 3)

• Technical Schedule (TS) (Annex 4)

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Furniture & Equipment (F&E)

• F&E List (Annex 5)

• The following 6 items must be purchased:

1. Automated External Defibrillator

2. Reclining Geriatric Chair

3. Equipment and Accessories for Multi-Sensory Therapy

4. Mobile Phone

5. Anti-wandering System

6. Private light buses with tail lift

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Funding

• Lump Sum Grant (LSG)

• Full-year subvention $7.17 million (excluding rent and

rates)

• Rent and rates, maintenance and management fee will be

reimbursed separately on an actual cost basis

• LSG adjustments in line with the civil service pay

adjustments and composite consumer price index

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Output and Outcome Indicators

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Output Indicators (1)

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Output Standard

Output indicator Minimum attainment Level

1Average enrolment rate withinone year

105% of capacity

2Average daily attendance rate(Mon to Sat) within one year

90% of capacity

3Rate of formulation ofIndividual Care Plan (ICP)within one year

90% of the members withinone month, the rest withinthree months after admission

4Rate of ICP reviewed within oneyear

90%

Output Indicators (2)

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Output Standard

Output indicatorMinimum attainment

Level

5Percentage of part-time ServiceUsers in using the service withinone year

20%

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Number of programmes conducted on dementia care service for Service Users with dementia and carers within one year

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7Number of training sessions ondementia care arranged for staffwithin one year

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Outcome Indicators

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Outcome

StandardOutcome indicator

Minimum

attainment Level

1Percentage of Service Users and

carers satisfied with service provided80%

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Percentage of Service Users / carers

satisfied with the dementia care

services received

75%

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Percentage of Service Users / carers

satisfied with the speech therapy

services received

75%

Essential Service Requirements

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• 12 sessions per week from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

from Mondays to Saturdays (excluding Public

Holidays). Extended Hours Service on a need basis.

(No additional cost will be incurred)

• An enrolled or registered nurse in the DE at all

times during the service hours. For professional

services provided by speech therapist, the Service

Operator may hire services from qualified

professional organisations

Service Period

3 years

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Marking Scheme

Quality Aspects Scores

a) Service Provision and Operational Plan 45

b) Strategic Alliance and Planning of Service

Commencement

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c) Performance Management 15

d) Human Resource Management 8

e) Detailed Description of Enhanced and Achievable

Initiative(s)

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Total Scores 100*

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*The passing mark is 50 scores

Implementation Schedule

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Period Item

31 July 2019 (a.m.) Arrangement of site visit

2 August 2019 (a.m.) Briefing session

19 August 2019 Closing of submission of proposal

Mid August to October 2019 Vetting of proposals

Late 2019 Announcement of result

May 2020 Commencement of service

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• Proposal under seal in 1 original copy, 6 hard copies

and 2 soft copies (in MS Word 2000 or above format

in a CD-ROM)

• Non-subvented NGO applicant must also submit ALL

the documents as stipulated in para. 55 at the time of

submitting the proposal

• Applicant should make its proposal (typed either in

English or in Chinese) by using the Prescribed Form

for Proposal (PFP) at Appendix to Annex 6.

Applicant is required to observe the key points to

note stipulated at Appendix to Annex 630

Submission of Proposal (1)

Submission of Proposal (2)

• Completed PFP should:

• NOT be more than 25 pages in total for Part II and

Part III (including textual content, tables and / or charts

in whatever presentation but readable format plus

annexes and attachments to substantiate / supplement, if

any)

• The Applicant should provide the information according

to the sections specified in PFP. SWD will not make

cross-references to the relevant content in other

sections

• Be properly page-numbered and indexed, and put in a

binder

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Submission of Proposal (3)

• Submission by hand

• Sealed envelope marked

CONFIDENTIAL – “Application as Operator of Day

Care Centre for the Elderly (60 places) at 2 Tsing Min

Path, Tuen Mun”

• Acknowledgement receipt will be issued

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• Before 5:00 p.m. on 19 August 2019 (Monday) to :

Director of Social Welfare

[Attn.: Senior Social Work Officer (Elderly)8]

Elderly Branch

Social Welfare Department

Room 835, Wu Chung House,

213 Queen's Road East,

Wan Chai, Hong Kong

• Late submission, submission by email or by

facsimile will not be accepted

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Submission of Proposal (4)

Enquiries (1)

Miss Winnie TANG

Senior Social Work Officer (Elderly)8

Tel: 3428 2008

Ms Kammy CHU

Social Work Officer (Elderly)14

Tel. 3428 2042

Elderly Branch

Social Welfare Department34

Enquiries (2)

• Please visit SWD Homepage for information on theinvitation for proposals

English webpage

http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_IOPEOI/

Chinese webpage

http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_IOPEOI/

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Q & A

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Thank You

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