--- title: "CNTR0010853 - Adult Social Care IAG Web platform" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2021-01-25" --- # CNTR0010853 - Adult Social Care IAG Web platform Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2a539ed8-1b06-4839-b393-19021d9f9076.json) ## Summary Birmingham City Council is seeking a supplier for the provision of a web platform to disseminate Adult Social Care Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to citizens, in line with the requirements of the Care Act 2014. The tender, titled "CNTR0010853 - Adult Social Care IAG Web platform", is currently in the Tender stage and has a submission deadline of 5 February 2021. The contract will be in effect for three years, commencing on 1 April 2021 and concluding on 31 March 2024. This procurement falls under the services category, specifically focusing on web server software development services, and will take place in Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in web development, content management systems, and database services. Companies that can offer innovative solutions for a user-friendly web platform, with capabilities such as an e-marketplace, flexible content management, and comprehensive reporting functionalities, would be well-positioned to compete effectively. Moreover, this contract could benefit SMEs with relevant expertise in delivering managed service solutions tailored to the public sector. ## Notice The Council requires a supplier for the provision of web platform for dissemination of Adult Social Care Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) to citizens to help meet its requirements under the Care Act 2014. The Council current meets this provision through its own website and Birmingham Connect to Support. It is the latter that is being tendered for here, as the current contract comes to an end. The use of the Council's own website for some provision of IAG will continue. This contract will be for a period of 3 years, commencing 01/04/2021 until 31/03/2024 Birmingham City Council requires a supplier to; o Provide a web platform that can provide IAG for Adult Social Care on a managed service basis. This needs to encompass three elements, of information and advice pages, groups and activities database and an e-marketplace for goods and services. The information and advice section needs to include an offer around home equipment for adaptions and the emerging field of Technology Enabled Care. o The website structure should be flexible to adapt to future changing needs in terms of structure and content. Access to alter, update and delete content should be available for BCC staff, but the contractor should also be able to undertake this on BCC's behalf if required. o The web platform needs the ability to further develop to address new and arising areas of social care IAG as required and linking through to partners' (providers and agencies) offers (e.g. Ask SARA portal). While the e-marketplace requirements does not include payment mechanism, ability to implement a payment solution should be an option. o The web platform needs to meet WAC2.1 and be open to assessment using accessibility crawling tools. It needs to be able to hold the Birmingham City Council CSS styling and be mobile responsive by design. It should include the ability to utilise Oauth single sign technology. o The web platform should include reporting capabilities of user number, sessions, page views and time spent on site, user location, site referral method, device access and site usage times. Benchmarking report capabilities against comparable authorities are required, including user number, session, page views and time spend on site fields. o The groups and activities database needs to be able to be search able by location and by categories. Administration access is required by up to 30 users to maintain this database. Regular extracts of the entire database are required. The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to downloa... Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b6bb0463-78f0-46b6-ae21-abd6e9dd57f4 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 25 Jan 2021 | | Submission deadline | 5 Feb 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | WEST MIDLANDS | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 7WB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48222000 - Web server software package - 48600000 - Database and operating software package - 48610000 - Database systems - 48611000 - Database software package - 48612000 - Database-management system - 48620000 - Operating systems - 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package - 48781000 - System management software package - 48800000 - Information systems and servers - 48810000 - Information systems - 72212222 - Web server software development services - 72212610 - Database software development services - 72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services - 72212781 - System management software development services - 72320000 - Database services ## Release History - 25 Jan 2021 at 13:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b6bb0463-78f0-46b6-ae21-abd6e9dd57f4 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b6bb0463-78f0-46b6-ae21-abd6e9dd57f4 25th January 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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