Tender

Tell us About Your Care Partnerships

CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

12 Jan 2023 at 10:16

Planning

04 Jan 2023 at 15:39

Summary of the contracting process

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced a procurement process titled "Tell us About Your Care Partnerships" in the services category. This initiative aims to enhance access to people's care experiences through established partnerships with voluntary organisations. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, with an anticipated Invitation To Tender (ITT) publication in late February 2023. The contract is scheduled to commence from May 2023, lasting initially for 12 months with potential extensions. The procurement method will be the Open procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

This tender from the Care Quality Commission offers a unique opportunity for businesses specializing in social research, market research, polling, statistics, advertising, and marketing services. Organizations with experience in providing qualitative information from members of the public about health and social care services will be well-suited to compete. Businesses interested in participating should look out for the ITT on CQC's eSourcing Portal, with further details expected to be released in late February 2023. The partnership aims to collect essential insights to enhance care quality and prevent poor care outcomes.

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Notice Title

Tell us About Your Care Partnerships

Notice 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.

Lot Information

Lot 1

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.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-039515
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000916-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

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

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£250,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Jan 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
20 Feb 2023Expired
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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
Contact Name
Commercial and Contracts Team
Contact Email
commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk
Contact Phone
+44 03000616161

Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 4PA
Post Town
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

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