Notice Information
Notice Title
DHSC: ASC: development of Care Certificate, dementia, and digital skills qualifications
Notice Description
The potential new requirement will be a key element of Government's reform of the adult social care workforce. These reforms form part of wider reforms to social care set out in the 'People at the Heart of Care' White Paper. The potential new requirement is to design four new qualifications that will form part of the Government's Learning and Development Offer to the adult social care workforce.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Authority may require a Supplier or multiple Suppliers to develop new qualifications for the ASC Sector. The main output will be specifications that awarding bodies can work from in developing their own versions of qualifications. This requirement is currently at the pre-tender stage, the purpose of which is to engage service providers providing an opportunity to: -
1. Get a clear understanding of what business outcomes the Authority requires and ask questions regarding the proposed scope of work.
2. Notify the market and encourage market participation in the pre-market engagement activities that will take place in the development of this project
3. Notify the market of the intended procurement route, to provide potential suppliers the opportunity to join the relevant CCS framework (CCS DPS RM6219 Learning and Training Services).
This requirement focuses on four new qualifications that we want to bring forward for the workforce:
* * Care Certificate qualification - based on existing 15 standards at level 2
* Digital Skills - new level 3 award and level 5 awards based on the Digital Skills Framework
* Dementia qualification - based on tier 2 of the Dementia Training Standards Framework
A partner will develop specifications for the four qualifications above, working closely with the care sector and training and qualifications sectors.
Anticipated Timeline: ITT phase over October 2022. Contract awarded by end of November 2022. 'Handover' of framework specifications to awarding bodies by April 2023. Additional information: A potential Supplier will need top work at pace to deliver qualification specifications by the start of the 2023/24 financial year. It is expected to be a 5 month project.
To Note: This notice is for Information only and the Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender additionally reserves the right to discontinue the proposed tendering process and not to award the contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-036a89
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026552-2022
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80511000 - Staff training services
80561000 - Health training services
80570000 - Personal development training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £550,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Sep 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Mar 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
- Contact Name
- Lara Dolamore
- Contact Email
- lara.dolamore@dhsc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 0EU
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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