Tender

Experts by Experience

CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

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Tender

21 Feb 2025 at 16:11

Summary of the contracting process

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent regulator of health and social care in England, has initiated a procurement process titled "Experts by Experience" under the services category (CPV code 85000000). The procurement, currently at the Tender stage, involves two lots: Lot 1 for CQC Experts by Experience Services and Lot 2 for the CQC Public Engagement Network. The procurement process is conducted using the Restricted Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Key dates include the submission deadline for the Supplier Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and supporting documents by 3 April 2025 at 12:00 noon, with invitations for the second stage expected to be sent on 6 May 2025. The geographic scope spans multiple regions across the UK, including UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, and UKK.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in health and social care services, business and management consultancy, and the provision of temporary personnel. Companies with expertise in community engagement, regulatory support, and service user involvement are well-suited to compete. The contract for Lot 1 involves supporting regulatory activities with trained public members, while Lot 2 focuses on developing and maintaining a public engagement network, engaging community groups, and gathering insights from diverse and vulnerable populations. The total value for these opportunities is £10,000,000.00 GBP over a contract period of 1080 days, offering considerable business growth potential for firms able to deliver high-quality care and engagement services.

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Notice Title

Experts by Experience

Notice Description

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve. We monitor, inspect and regulate services and publish what we find. Where we find poor care, we will use our powers to take action. CQC has a legal duty under the Health and Social Care Act to involve people in the way it works. The Health and Social Care Act 2008, specifies that CQC can 'arrange for any of its functions to be exercised by, or with the assistance of, service users and carers'. The Experts by Experience contracts are key mechanisms used by CQC to achieve this. Lot 1 CQC Experts by Experience Services: this lot is for support to regulatory activity conducted by subject matter experts with lived experience of specific healthcare or social care needs. Lot 2 CQC Public Engagement Network: this lot is for developing and maintaining and expanding the public engagement network and organising related events. CQC is conducting this procurement using the Restricted Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This is a two-stage process. Suppliers must submit a completed Supplier Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and supporting documents by 3 April 2025 at 12:00 noon.

Lot Information

CQC Experts by Experience Services

The provision of trained members of the public, known as Experts by Experience (ExEs), to support our assessments of regulated health and care services and our understanding of the quality of care across regulated services in England. The CQC Experts by Experience Services support the delivery of a programme of work referred to as the CQC Experts by Experience (ExE) programme. The ExE programme is founded on the fundamental principle of helping people who use services to make their voices, views and experiences heard. The programme delivers evidence and insight to CQC through regulatory and engagement activities. Experts by Experience have current or recent (within the past 8 years, or within 4 years for maternity services) lived experience of using, or being a family carer for someone who uses, the services we regulate. Experts by Experience help us gather the evidence that we use to make judgements about the quality of care. People often find it easier to speak to someone who has a similar lived experience to themselves. Experts by Experience gather evidence by having meaningful conversations with people using services, as well as friends and families. They will also make and record other observations while taking part in our assessments of services. Experts by Experience Services also support other CQC activities such as policy and guidance development, co design and co production and consultations. The Contractor will need to provide Experts by Experience support in three key areas: - inspection - support to site visits and telephone calls, - monitor and insight - support gathering local and national information from the public. This will include special reviews and investigations as well as work raising public awareness of CQC, - co-production - support to policy and guidance development and delivery of CQC staff training. Additional information: Further details of the Deliverables for Lot 1 are detailed in the procurement documents.

CQC Public Engagement Network

Provision of CQC Public Engagement Network (PEN) to develop, maintain and deliver engagement services with people from seldom heard communities, people with protected characteristics, and people made vulnerable by their circumstances. The CQC Public Engagement Network is a managed network of community groups across England made up of local and national groups, including charities and other organisations who represent and support people from a diverse range of communities, people at risk of facing health inequalities, and people with protected characteristics. The purpose of the CQC Public Engagement Network is: - to develop a programme of community engagement across England and to become an important mechanism in helping CQC ensure that local health and care services meet the needs and preferences of the communities they serve. - to gather and understand experiences of care from those most likely to experience poorer health and care outcomes and to amplify the voices of people and communities across the health and care landscape. - to increase the volume and range of feedback CQC receives from specific targeted groups across England. - to provide CQC with opportunities to hear from, and engage with, groups and the individuals they represent, on both a local and national scale. The CQC Public Engagement Network contributes to our assessments and the design and ongoing development of the way we regulate, providing insight and intelligence about experiences of care, from: - people from seldom heard communities, - people with protected characteristics, - people made vulnerable by their circumstances. Additional information: Further details of the Deliverables for Lot 2 are detailed in the procurement documents.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e748
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006977-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£9,999,999 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
3 Apr 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
Contact Name
Commercial and Contracts Team
Contact Email
commericalcontracts@cqc.org.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

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

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