--- title: "DHSC: Request for Information for Adult Social Care Improvement support offer" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE" published: "2023-10-03" --- # DHSC: Request for Information for Adult Social Care Improvement support offer Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0407a8.json) ## Summary The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking information through a Request for Information regarding the Adult Social Care Improvement support offer. The procurement process is at the planning stage, with an expected invitation to tender in December 2023 and an estimated contract start date in April 2024. The total funding for this contract is up to £9.6 million over one year. Interested parties must register by 17th October 2023. This opportunity falls under the Health and social work services category and is open to businesses interested in providing administrative social services within the UK. This tender offers opportunities for businesses to participate in the improvement support offer for adult social care services. Businesses specialising in health and social work services, administrative social services, and related fields are well-suited to compete. The Department of Health and Social Care is the buying organisation for this tender. Potential contractors should consider the different procurement options outlined, such as non-lotted competitive tenders and framework arrangements. The competitive tender process may result in one or more contracts, with a focus on delivering improvement funding and support activities in the social care sector. ## Notice The Department of Health and Social Care ('The Authority') is seeking information regarding your views on the RFI, to allow the Authority to gather information on future improvement support offer options and support the building of a requirement and specification that may be used for potential future competitive tendering activity. The aim of the RFI is to explore the market reaction to the proposed future improvement support offer and responses will help to shape the specification for potential competitive tender. Information gathered from the response of the RFI will also help the Authority to gather the insights needed to build a tailored improvement support offer that will allow the planned financial support and other initiatives to land well with the sector and increase the overall uptake. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute an Invitation to Tender (ITT) or a promise to issue an ITT in the future. This RFI does not commit the Authority to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Authority is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. The Authority will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense, by responding to the RFI the responder accepts these terms. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future ITT, if any is issued. ### Lot Information Lot 1 At this stage the Authority is considering different ways to procure improvement support and may consider using one or more of the options outlined below. Organisations should note that as this requirement would be replacing an existing contract and grant there may be TUPE implications. Please seek advice from your legal representative on this matter. Option 1) A single, non-lotted competitive tender. In this option, we would seek to deliver all overarching aims of our proposed activity in a single, non-lotted competitive tender, resulting in a single contract. Option 2) A lotted competitive tender split either thematically or by support type. In this option, competitive tender would be lotted either by: a. CQC LA assessment framework themes (Working with people, providing support, how the local authority ensures safety within the system, leadership) across all support types b. Support type (best practice resources, universal support tools, targeted support) across all themes Organisations could bid for one or more lot which would result in one or more contract following the competitive tender process. Option 3) Seeking views on whether organisations would be interested in delivering some elements of this activity as part of a framework arrangement. In this option, organisations would become trusted providers on a government managed procurement framework. LAs would then be able to commission improvement and support activities on agreed standard terms, benefitting from national government negotiated rates. Option 4) The authority Subject to consideration of the responses we receive to this RFI we may choose to run a competitive tender process for this activity. We would anticipate an invitation to tender to commence in December 2023, with estimated contract start date in April 2024. We anticipate that the funding will be in the range of up to a maximum of PS9.6 million improvement funding over one year for a one-year contract/s. Interested parties must register an interest in this RFI via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (search opportunities using system reference C214596). The closing date for the response this RFI is 17:00, 17th October 2023. Additional information: Suppliers should note that this RFI is a market research exercise only and it is not an invitation to tender or call for competition. The information provided in the RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Authority. The Authority has not made a commitment to procure, and release of this RFI should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorisation, to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. Participation in the RFI shall not preclude or influence future tendering action in any way. Please highlight any commercially sensitive information that is sent to the Authority, this information will not be shared outside of the Authority. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029183-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Oct 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £9,600,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## 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 | TLI32 Westminster | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 85321000 - Administrative social services ## Release History - 3 Oct 2023 at 19:57 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029183-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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