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title: "DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Support & Improvement Governance and Infrastructure"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-039bdb"
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# DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Support & Improvement Governance and Infrastructure

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-039bdb

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## Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care awarded a contract for Adult Social Care Support & Improvement Governance and Infrastructure to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. The procurement method was a limited award procedure without prior publication. The contract involves services furnished by specialist organisations in the Health industry category. The procurement process has already been completed with a cancelled status, and the contract was awarded on January 30, 2023. The buying organisation is based in London, UK.

This tender provides an opportunity for businesses with experience and skills in providing administrative social services and services furnished by social membership organisations to compete. The contract focuses on enabling local authorities to improve and lead sector-led challenges. Businesses with access to specialist networks and expertise in adult social care can benefit from participating in this procurement process. Potential suppliers should align their offerings with the requirements specified in the tender to maximise their chances of securing similar contracts in the future.

## Notice

* Enabling local authorities to lead their own improvement, by: 
o Facilitating sector-led improvement and peer to peer challenge and support 
o Supporting LAs to make best use of the national improvement programme; help to target resources to where they are most needed 
o Providing expert leadership support to lead members for adult social care and Directors of Adult Social Services (DASSs) - of which there is no equivalent organisation 
* Enabling DHSC to understand what's working well and what isn't in the sector and help do something about it, by: 
o Facilitating two-way communication between DHSC and LAs 
o Advising on live operational challenges to inform national policy and system design, reform implementation and review 
o Collaborating with DHSC to target help to where it is most needed.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The White Paper, People At The Heart of Care, sets out that the Adult Social Care sector faces a huge challenge to deliver transformational change, in difficult circumstances. In order to support Local Authorities and their partners to meet this ambition the Supplier shall provide support for the front line:
* Enable local authorities to lead their own improvement, by:
o Facilitating sector-led improvement and peer to peer challenge and support
o Supporting Local Authorities to make best use of the national improvement programme; help to target resources to where they are most needed
o Providing expert leadership support to lead members for adult social care and Directors of Adult Social Services 
* Enable the Authority to understand what's working well and what isn't in the sector and help do something about it, by: 
o Facilitating two-way communication between central government and Local Authorities 
o Advising on live operational challenges to inform national policy and system design, reform implementation and review
o Collaborating with the Authority to target help to where it is most needed.
Support to sector through ADASS networks for 3 months.

This contract requirement has been directly awarded to ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Care)

### Procurement Information

Reg 32 Competition absent for technical reasons (specialist access to required networks)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002762-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| 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 | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0EU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85321000 - Administrative social services
- 98113000 - Services furnished by specialist organisations
- 98133000 - Services furnished by social membership organisations

## Release History

- 30 Jan 2023 at 11:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002762-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
- https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/

## Provenance

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