Planning

DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey

  • Department of Health and Social Care

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-020020

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0354dc

Published 22 July 2022, 2:01pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Department of Health and Social Care

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

Contact

Mahzabin Ahmed

Email

mahzabin.ahmed@dhsc.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI32 - Westminster

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

Buyer's address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79311300 - Survey analysis services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey, Market Engagement’

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £760,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79311300 - Survey analysis services
  • 79311100 - Survey design services
  • 79311000 - Survey services
  • 79311300 - Survey analysis services
  • 79315000 - Social research services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for a Market Engagement Day for the Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey.

With over 1.67 million jobs, the adult social care workforce is larger than the NHS, construction, transport, or food and drink service industries.

There are at present recruitment and retention challenges and barriers, which are likely to become more pressing as the population requiring care grows and the way care is delivered evolves and diversifies. To meet these challenges, as set out in “People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper”, the UK Government committed to invest at least £500m over 3 years to support the adult social care workforce.

It is key for the Government to be able to understand the impact the programme as a whole and the individual policies are having on the outcomes of interest, through robust evaluation. The Government has also made a public commitment to design robust monitoring and evaluation of the adult social care reform, as well its individual elements. This includes the £500m in workforce package.

DHSC seeks to commission the design, set-up, and implementation of an adult social care workforce survey. This project is crucial to enable the collection of baseline and follow-up data that would inform the evaluation of the £500m that the UK government committed to invest over three years to support the adult social care workforce, as set out in “People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper”.

The Market Engagement Day we provide an overview of the project, context and the key requirements for interested suppliers to get better understanding of the project.
Providers wishing to attend need to register their interest before 17:00 on Tuesday 9th August.

To register your interest to attend please follow these steps:

1. Log in or Register through the supplier portal at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
2. Locate the opportunity using 'My Proposals and Quotes' or in 'Find Opportunities'
3. ‘DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Development, Market Engagement’ Ref C70619
4. Click Register Interest. When expressing an interest, service providers should provide:
(i) the contact details of the supplier's representative;
- Name
- Company
- Email address

(ii) a single paragraph summary of the organisations experience including whether they are a Small to Medium sized Enterprise or Voluntary Sector Organisations.
stating their:

Market Engagement Day will be held via Microsoft Team on Wednesday 10th August at 13:00.
The MS Teams link will be issued via Atamis to the contact details given in point 4i above.

two.2.14) Additional information

The supplier to provide the Workforce Survey will be procured through the a Crown Commercial Service DPS Framework - Research and Insights (RM6126). Interested suppliers are to register to join the framework to see the opportunity and access the ITT documentation once it has been published.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

22 July 2022


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Anticipated timeline:

Tender release date: 15th August 2022 at 14:00
Clarification period: 15 August - 29th August at 14:00
ITT submission deadline: 2nd September at 14:00
Contract Award: 19th September

Please note these dates are only estimates and can be subject to change.