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# Benchmarking the People Function

Buyer: CARE QUALITY COMMISSION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5c510ad4-521b-49dd-8817-b66aa50ee81b

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## Summary

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is inviting tenders for a project titled "Benchmarking the People Function". This initiative is part of CQC's major transformational programme, aimed at enhancing its Strategy through modern best practices within the People Function. The procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with a total budget of £67,000 and a minimum value of £45,000. Interested parties should express their interest via email by the deadline of 6th July 2021, at 12:00 (noon). The contract period is set to commence on 1st October 2021, concluding on 31st March 2022, and the services required fall under the industry category of Business analysis consultancy services.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for consultancy firms specialising in business analysis, organisational development, and human resources to engage with a prominent regulatory body. Companies with expertise in conducting benchmarking exercises, particularly those that employ technology to enhance HR functions, would be well-suited to participate. The capacity to provide detailed analyses and actionable recommendations will be crucial for bidders, especially in aligning CQC’s People Function with contemporary best practices that foster organisational excellence.

## Notice

CQC is embarking upon a major transformational programme in support of our new strategy which is built around four themes that collectively determine the focus for CQC for the future. Having the right capable people in the right place when they are required will be a major success factor as will our capability to deliver successful change and a culture that enables the new ways of working. We recognise that to achieve this we require a People Function that is modern, reflects current best practice and can support the essential people elements of the strategy and transformation programme. In order to assure ourselves of this and identify necessary improvements we wish to procure an appropriate partner to undertake a benchmarking exercise of our People Directorate against agreed best practice or exemplar organisations of a similar size and complexity to CQC. We specifically are interested in benchmarking against organisations that maximise the use of technology within their People function that empowers and enables manger and employee self-service. In order to continue to drive and deliver excellence within our People Function we recognise the need to explore current best practice in similarly complex organisation and benchmark ourselves to these to identify areas of necessary improvement. We recognise that a modern "best in class" people function is required to ensure the successful delivery of the new CQC Strategy and related transformation programme. In order to achieve this, we would expect 3 distinct phases of this work representing the scoping, research and reporting elements of this project. The ultimate outputs of this piece of work would therefore be a report, based upon research and analysis, that highlights current good practice in the wider people / HR environment, benchmarks CQC's People Function against this and makes recommendations for improvement focussed on short, medium and longer term deliverables. These recommendations must also include the expected benefit for each in order to support a benefits realisation and evaluation exercise We are seeking to engage an organisation that is able to identify, recommend and access People (HR) functions in a wide range of organisations with similar complexities to our own. The people involved in this work need to have expertise in the people disciplines of Organisational Development (including diversity and inclusion), HR (Strategy and Operations), Learning and Development, Recruitment and Talent Management (including apprenticeships). Equally the people commissioned to undertake this work needs to have high level research and data analytic skills tougher with the capability of producing an accurate, valid and detailed report. If you are interested in this opportunity, please express your interest by submitting an email to anuja.jadhav@cqc.org.uk Deadline for expression of interest is Tuesday 6th July 12:00 (noon). Additional information: If you are interested in this opportunity, please express your interest by submitting an email to anuja.jadhav@cqc.org.uk Deadline for expression of interest is Tuesday 6th July 12:00 (noon). All interested parties will then be provided with the Tender documentation, by week commencing 12th July 2021.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/630866d6-f714-4375-8b11-3bdc2d10cfeb |
| Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Jun 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 12 Jul 2021 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £67,000 |
| 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 | CARE QUALITY COMMISSION |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 4PA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 73300000 - Design and execution of research and development
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 28 Jun 2021 at 13:59 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/630866d6-f714-4375-8b11-3bdc2d10cfeb

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/630866d6-f714-4375-8b11-3bdc2d10cfeb
  28th June 2021 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

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