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title: "Service Design Specialist - Lincolnshire Good Home Agency Development"
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# Service Design Specialist - Lincolnshire Good Home Agency Development

Buyer: CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d37f504b-e385-440f-bed6-e062c4dcbbd2

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## Summary

The Centre for Ageing Better Limited, in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council, has awarded a contract for a Service Design Specialist to develop and deliver a Good Home Agency. The contract is valued at £49,980 GBP and will run from 9 May 2022 to 7 April 2023. The deadline for tender submissions was 17 April 2022 at 5pm. This opportunity falls under the 'Research and development services and related consultancy services' category and is suited for businesses experienced in service design and user-centred approaches.

The procurement process for the Service Design Specialist contract involves designing, developing, and testing a Good Home Agency based on existing research and discovery work. The successful bidder will lead a team to deliver user-centred service approaches. This opportunity is particularly suitable for businesses with expertise in design and research, looking to contribute to the development of innovative solutions within the public sector.

## Notice

Following the Good Home Inquiry, we want to test out how to develop and deliver a Good Home Agency in practice, and through this process expand the detail and guidance on what one looks like, and the steps involved. We are partnering with Lincolnshire County Council to do this. We're looking for a contractor to drive forward the design, development and testing of the Good Home Agency. The contractor will provide design leadership to a small team, to deliver user-centred service approaches based on insight and evidence. We are looking for an experienced designer who can lead and mentor others who are new to design approaches. We have previously commissioned some initial discovery work exploring the local context and priority issues to address. We also have carried out significant research work previously as part of our Good Home Inquiry. We expect the successful bidder to build upon this existing insight and use this to accelerate a move to design and development work. This contract is for 11 months commencing 9 May 2022 and ending no later than the 7 April 2023. The design work and final model must be produced by the start of March 2023 to feed into budget and business planning timescales. We are proposing an additional month after this to allow for any final wrap-up and handover time. The deadline for tender submissions is Sunday 17 April at 5pm.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce91c06a-9433-40c6-89c6-1a045cb7e275 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Apr 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Jun 2022 |
| Contract period | 16 May 2022 - 14 Apr 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £49,999 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £49,980 |
| 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 | CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC1E 7EB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | Bloomsbury |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ARK CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 27 Sep 2022 at 13:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce91c06a-9433-40c6-89c6-1a045cb7e275
- 10 Mar 2022 at 11:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e472fe1a-3a97-4c8b-85f3-28bc0c63aec7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ce91c06a-9433-40c6-89c6-1a045cb7e275
  27th September 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e472fe1a-3a97-4c8b-85f3-28bc0c63aec7
  10th March 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://ageing-better.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/Mini-Tender-Service-Design.pdf
- https://ageing-better.org.uk/tenders/service-design-lincolnshire-good-home-agency-development

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