Official UK procurement notice
DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Support & Improvement Governance and Infrastructure
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description- Enabling local authorities to lead their own improvement, by: <br/>o Facilitating sector-led improvement and peer to peer challenge and support <br/>o Supporting LAs to make best use of the national improvement programme; help to target resources to where they are most needed <br/>o Providing expert leadership support to lead members for adult social care and Directors of Adult Social Services (DASSs) – of which there is no equivalent organisation <br/>
- Enabling DHSC to understand what’s working well and what isn’t in the sector and help do something about it, by: <br/>o Facilitating two-way communication between DHSC and LAs <br/>o Advising on live operational challenges to inform national policy and system design, reform implementation and review <br/>o Collaborating with DHSC to target help to where it is most needed.
CPV: Administrative social services · Services furnished by social membership organisations · Services furnished by specialist organisations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The White Paper, People At The Heart of Care, sets out that the Adult Social Care…Awarded
The White Paper, People At The Heart of Care, sets out that the Adult Social Care sector faces a huge challenge to deliver transformational change, in difficult circumstances. In order to support Local Authorities and their partners to meet this ambition the Supplier shall provide support for the front line:<br/>· Enable local authorities to lead their own improvement, by:<br/> o Facilitating sector-led improvement and peer to peer challenge and support<br/> o Supporting Local Authorities to make best use of the national improvement programme; help to target resources to where they are most needed<br/> o Providing expert leadership support to lead members for adult social care and Directors of Adult Social Services <br/>· Enable the Authority to understand what’s working well and what isn’t in the sector and help do something about it, by: <br/> o Facilitating two-way communication between central government and Local Authorities <br/> o Advising on live operational challenges to inform national policy and system design, reform implementation and review<br/> o Collaborating with the Authority to target help to where it is most needed.<br/>Support to sector through ADASS networks for 3 months.<br/><br/>This contract requirement has been directly awarded to ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Care)
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jan 2023, 11:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jan 2023, 11:51 GMT
- Authority reference
C103906- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002762- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039bdbFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Reg 32 Competition absent for technical reasons (specialist access to required networks)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Directors of Adult Social Services | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 002762-2023-1 · Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | £733,884 – £733,884 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Association of Directors of Adult Social ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.