Notice Information
Notice Title
Redesigning Liquidlogic Workflows and Power BI Reporting for Swindon Borough Council
Notice Description
PCH is offering support to all councils rated Requires Improvement by the Care Quality Commission on baseline assessments in 2025/6 which request it. Swindon Borough Council (SBC)'s Care Quality Commission Report was published in Oct 2025. CQC highlighted waiting lists and waiting times as a key area of improvement for SBC; bringing down these waiting times is a key focus for the council. CQC quote: "There were also significant numbers of people waiting for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) assessment, which could have an impact on them. We saw some evidence of an impact of long waits for occupational therapy assessments. Risk mitigation measures were in place, and the local authority had taken steps to improve these areas around assessment and review. There had been significant waiting times in assessing a variety of needs, including Care Act, occupational therapy, DoLS and financial assessments, although more recent efforts, over the last few months, had brought these waiting periods down. "Governance, accountability and risk management processes were in place; however the local authority had experienced significant delays in some of its work which had an impact on people. This included delays in assessments, reviews, waits for equipment and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)." Swindon believe that their lack of access to timely data and insight is limiting strategic oversight and effective management. To test this assumption, they undertook an internal deep dive review into one of the areas that requires improvement - Care Act Review completion and timeliness. Finding of this work can be made available to successful bidders. From the above work, and after discussion with the CHIA, the following areas have been identified. These will require system configuration: * Review and reassessment forms and workflows * Needs assessment and support plan forms and workflows * The contact form is out of scope (not important for process efficiency); however, adjustments to the contact form will be considered if they resolve the issue of unplanned review requests not appearing on waiting lists SBC lacks the specialist expertise in-house to deliver the comprehensive redesign, development and implementation of the assessment, support plan, review, and reassessment process within Liquidlogic and associated PowerBI reporting suite. We are seeking a suitably skilled and experienced contractor to support with report development as well as system configuration in order to deliver meaningful versions of the required reports: * Waiting lists, for all waiting work, at service and team level, including CQC measures * Performance reports, at service, team and individual level, including CQC measures * Fully reportable review process. Including authorisation stage, allocations, and review completion rate at service and team level, for people with a long-term service (the statutory D40)
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Funding for the Services is guaranteed up to 31 March 2026 pursuant to a contract between the IDeA and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The IDeA has been advised that funding from 1 April 2026 is expected to be provided by DHSC by way of grant funding. However, the terms of that grant have not yet been finalised. Services to be delivered from 1 April 2026 will therefore be conditional upon the IDeA receiving grant funding. Where grant funding is confirmed, the IDeA reserves the right to amend the contract as reasonably necessary to reflect any requirements flowing down from the grant conditions. Any such amendments will be limited to those necessary to ensure compliance with the grant conditions and will not materially alter the nature of the Services. If grant funding is not secured or is materially varied, the IDeA reserves the right to vary the scope of the Services, suspend performance, or terminate the contract in respect of services to be delivered from 1 April 2026, without liability The buyer is entitled at its absolute discretion to extend the contract dependant on securing funding as detailed above in project timescales. Please note extension is not bound by geographical location.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0605e7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014168-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
85100000 - Health services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £39,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £39,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £36,400 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 18 Feb 2026 - 30 Mar 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IDEA)
- Contact Name
- Kulsuma Haque
- Contact Email
- kulsuma.haque@local.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 020766433130
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3HZ
- 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
- 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
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014168-2026
17th February 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003193-2026
14th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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