--- title: "WSCC - JS - Adult Social Care Delivery Partner - Prior Information Notice" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-02-17" --- # WSCC - JS - Adult Social Care Delivery Partner - Prior Information Notice Buyer: WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce.json) ## Summary The West Sussex County Council is planning a tender for an Adult Social Care Delivery Partner to support its Improvement Programme. The contract period will be from July 2023 to June 2025, with a total value of £4,000,000. The tender is in the planning stage, and the Council intends to publish it in late March 2023. Business opportunities will be available for Programme Management, Business Change, Commissioning, Strategy and Policy, Section 75 projects, and Business Analysts. The procurement method is an open procedure (above threshold), and the deadline for the market sounding exercise responses is 6th March 2023. This opportunity is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Businesses in project management consultancy services, legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security sectors are well-suited to compete. Interested parties can participate in the market briefing event on 7th March 2023 via MS Teams. The Adult Social Care Strategy is accessible online for further details. Businesses must be prepared to meet the requirements and deadlines set by the West Sussex County Council to be considered for this tender opportunity. ## Notice The requirement To help meet the resourcing requirements for the Adult Social Care Improvement Programme, West Sussex County Council is looking for support from a single Delivery Partner to provide services between July 2023 - June 2025. The Delivery Partner will provide a flexible, efficient, multi-skilled resourcing solution, that is able to respond to evolving requirements throughout the term of the contract. The resource mix is likely to cover skills-sets such as * Programme Management (Directive PMO) * Business change (Process design) * Commissioning (Adult Social Care) * Strategy and policy (Social care reform and impact + ongoing delivery of the 'Life you want to lead strategy') * Section 75 (Mental health and learning disabilities) * Business analysts The WSCC Adult Social Care Strategy is available here: https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/publications-policies-and-reports/social-care-and-health-policy-and-reports/adult-social-care-strategy/ The requirements are described further in the market sounding exercise document attached below Timescales The Council intends to publish the tender in late March 2023. The contact needs to be in place and operational by 03 July 2023. Next steps Market sounding exercise The Council is publishing a market sounding exercise alongside this Notice to gain some insight into market capability and capacity (see below) Responses to these questions will help to finalise the specification and service requirements. You are kindly asked to review and respond no later than 12:00 on 06 March 2023. Completed documents can be uploaded on the SE Shared Services e-sourcing portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/ProjectManage/35941 under project reference WSCC - 035941. You will need to login to upload the document. Market Briefing event The Council will hold a market briefing session on 07 March 2023 (10.30 - 11.30) via MS Teams. Members of the ASC leadership team will provide an overview of the requirement and context. Please let us know if you are interested in attending the event by emailing james.skilling@westsussex.gov.uk (or uploading your market sounding exercise document to the e-sourcing portal) with the subject title WSCC ASC Delivery Partner Market Briefing. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9de9df1-ef8c-4a21-96c6-f6717f5eb1ab | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 27 Mar 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 Jul 2023 - 2 Jul 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHICHESTER | | Post town | Portsmouth | | Postcode | PO19 1RQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex | | ITL 3 | TLJ27 West Sussex (South West) | | Local authority | Chichester | | Electoral ward | Chichester Central | | Westminster constituency | Chichester | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 72224000 - Project management consultancy services - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ## Release History - 17 Feb 2023 at 14:57 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9de9df1-ef8c-4a21-96c6-f6717f5eb1ab ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9de9df1-ef8c-4a21-96c6-f6717f5eb1ab 17th February 2023 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5ed20bba-97e7-432e-9e4e-c1e2d0d0ea86 Market Sounding Exercise. Please upload the completed response via the Council's e-sourcing portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/ProjectManage/35941 - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/Home The tender (when published) will be available on the Council's e-sourcing portal. If you are not registered on this portal you can do so using this link - https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/publications-policies-and-reports/social-care-and-health-policy-and-reports/adult-social-care-strategy/ WSCC Adult Social Care Strategy ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sesharedservices/aspx/ProjectManage/35941 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-07c93132-e883-4ef2-a213-8ec07259c2ce.json.