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title: "Southampton City Council Social Care Transformation"
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# Southampton City Council Social Care Transformation

Buyer: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b77901e-8f31-47bf-8b43-96f293cfd185

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## Summary

The Southampton City Council has completed a public procurement process for the "Southampton City Council Social Care Transformation" project. The Council is looking for a strategic partner to enhance long-term efficiencies in social care services. The procurement method used was selective call-off from a framework agreement. The value of the contract is £645,000 GBP, with a tender period ending on 26th January 2024 and a contract period running from the 4th of March 2024 to the 4th of September 2029.

This tender by the Southampton City Council offers business growth opportunities for firms specializing in business and management consultancy services. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are well-suited to compete for this contract. The project location is in the South East region of the United Kingdom, and businesses should focus on operational efficiency improvements and redesigned services to be successful in this procurement process.

## Notice

The Authority is seeking a strategic partner to work with the Wellbeing & Housing, and Children & Learning Directorates to identify, design and enhance opportunities for long term efficiencies and cost savings. Locally and nationally demand for social care services is increasing. We are not unique with rising costs and funding challenges, with high care costs, high numbers of Children Looked After and increasing SEND demand, the risk to the sustainability of the organisation is significant. The Authority are seeking to engage specialty support to undertake a diagnostic and subsequently if required an implementation phase will deliver cashable bankable savings for the Authority. Diagnostic Activities to be undertaken as part of the Diagnostic aligned to the defined objectives should include: * Identification, prioritisation and detailed understanding of the areas of potential improvement using existing data, live studies and discussion with members of the SCC team * Readiness for change assessment in order to understand the capability, capacity and specific barriers that would need to be overcome through any associated implementation * Quantification of the potential cashable and non-financial benefits that exist within each opportunity area and detail of the specific operational problems that need to be addressed to deliver this * Development of a project plan that is integrated with the SCC transformation plan and governance structure ("Our Tomorrow") and has clear performance targets, together with resource requirements, owners, and timescales agreed with the management team * Identification of the dependencies required to enable delivery in the defined timescales and at the level of financial benefits articulated. * Identification of opportunities to work with and/or train SCC staff as part of the implementation process including knowledge building across the wider trans-formation programme. * Links any vision for change directly to the organisational and directorate roadmaps. o Rate at which improvement is expected to be made, including when cashable benefits can be expected to be realised o Source of outcome and financial improvement Implementation The implementation phase of the work would be focused on implementing the operational efficiency improvements and redesigned services/operating models as outlined in the objectives as further ratified during the diagnostic and agreed in an updated specification document. The implementation resource plans must include an indication of client-side project and operational resource requirements and clarity on handover and knowledge transfer approaches. Phase 2 implementation will occur if required and will be in line with the commercial model for costs identified within the tender response by the provider. The contract length takes into account the initial term along with total potential extension period of 18 months + 48 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/397b3315-a548-4cf9-bfbe-6528b21fb815 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Jan 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | 4 Mar 2024 - 4 Sep 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £645,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £645,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO14 7LY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton |
| Local authority | Southampton |
| Electoral ward | Bargate |
| Westminster constituency | Southampton Itchen |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NEWTON EUROPE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 1 Jul 2024 at 10:27 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/397b3315-a548-4cf9-bfbe-6528b21fb815
- 28 Jun 2024 at 10:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/397b3315-a548-4cf9-bfbe-6528b21fb815

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/397b3315-a548-4cf9-bfbe-6528b21fb815
  1st July 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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