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Published 27 Feb 2023, 15:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Tell us about Your Care Partnerships

Official notice

Authority: Care Quality Commission (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000≈ £83k / year
Submissions closed 29 Mar 2023awarded 16 May 2023
Awarded to Carers UK, Patients Association2 awards
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Apr 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 May 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulatory of health and adult social care in England. CQC is responsible for monitoring and inspecting these services to ensure they are providing care that is safe, effective, caring and responsive to people's needs and well-led listening to acting on people's experiences of care is vital to CQC's work, as it helps us to decide when, where and what to inspect, supports better registration, inspection, judgements and ratings, and result in better information for the public. Since 2012 CQC has established a number of partnerships with national voluntary organisations, known as 'Tell us Partnerships' in order to increase our access to people's experiences of care via organisations that are already working with and hearing from people on an ongoing basis.

  • Recurrence: Next procurement procedure due to commence 2025

CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services · Public-opinion polling services · Social research services · Statistical services · Survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1CQC Reference CQC EP&S 023 - The direct supply of CQC Share Your Experience webforms…AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£250,000

CQC Reference CQC EP&S 023 - The direct supply of CQC Share Your Experience webforms on a continuous basis will provide qualitative information from members of the public about individual experiences of care at named health and social care services subject to regulation by CQC. The supplier must already hear from members of the public reporting experiences of care at named health and social care services across England as part of existing business functions. The supply should be existing rather than something that has to be stimulated. Ongoing supply of Share Your Experience webforms completed by the supplier on behalf of a member of the public Individual relevant experiences to be identified, summarised and converted into a supply of webforms by trained helpline staff of organisations already delivering a national helpline service to people who use health and care services and their loved ones and carers. Ongoing promotion of the Share Your Experience webform, of CQC, our role and purpose, and our narrative about why CQC needs information about people’s experiences of care to prevent poor care happening to others, to those seeking helpline services. Project management of the partnership within the contractor’s organisation, helpline delivery, helpline supervision, communications and promotion, quality assurance and evaluation.<br/><br/>Further information can be found at: www.cqc.org.uk/get-involved/share-y… ↗<br/><br/>The contract is awarded for an initial period of 12 months with an option to extend for up to 24 months.<br/><br/>Due to the likely specialist nature of the requirements, CQC considers that this specific expertise is not widely available through current government procurement channels or frameworks, the procurement will follow the Open procedure as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulation 27).

Contract period: 1 May 2023 – 30 Apr 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Option to extend for up to a further 24 months for a total contract term of 36 months including optional extension. · Initial term is 12 month, with option to extend for up to a further 24 months at 12 month intervals (1+1+1) for a total contract term of 36 months including optional extensionsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · Next procurement procedure due to commence 2025
First published
27 Feb 2023, 15:15 GMT
Last source update
26 Jun 2023, 15:16 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
CQC EP&S 023
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018131
Classification (CPV)
Advertising and marketing servicesMarket and economic research; polling and statisticsMarket research servicesPublic-opinion polling servicesSocial research servicesStatistical servicesSurvey services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ac83 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The full specification of requirements is set out in the 'Invitation to Tender' pack available at CQC's e-sourcing portal Atamis:<br/><br/>To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal:<br/>https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome<br/><br/>All questions or clarifications in relation to this procurement must be submitted via Atamis<br/>sourcing portal and will not be accepted by any other means.<br/><br/>Should Tenderers have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the Helpdesk at:<br/>Phone: 0800 9956035<br/>E-mail: [email protected]

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
29 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
29 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Mar 2023 → 26 Jun 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    29 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    29 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    26 Jun 2023, 15:16 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Jun 2023, 15:16 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £93,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 16 May 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Carers UKSME£40,500 †—Awarded
Patients AssociationSME£52,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 018131-2023-1 · Carers UKSME

    Signed
    16 May 2023
    Value
    £40,500
    Period
    … – 30 Apr 2026
    Status
    active
  • Contract 018131-2023-2 · Patients AssociationSME

    Signed
    16 May 2023
    Value
    £52,500
    Period
    … – 30 Apr 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Care Quality Commission

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 4PAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court (Technology and Construction Court)Review body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Carers UKAwarded supplier00864097 20 Great Dover Street, London, UK, SE1 4LX
  • Patients AssociationAwarded supplier02620761 P Block Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, London, HA1 3UJ

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria