DHSC Continuous Adult Social care (ASC) and Public health Improvement for Local Authorities and Practitioners

Description

The Department of Health and Social Care (the “Authority”) is inviting tenders from suitably experienced and qualified suppliers for the provision of Continuous Adult Social care (ASC) and<br/>Public health Improvement for Local Authorities and Practitioners. The aim of this procurement is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based programme of support and improvement activity that helps local authorities and practitioners deliver adult social care and public health statutory duties and improve services so that everyone can access high quality care that enables choice, control and independence. The programme will identify the support needs of local authorities and social care practitioners and design and deliver support and improvement activity in response. This support should include the delivery of digital evidence-based best practice materials, practical tools, and training across the adult social care and public health systems that is tailored to a diverse range of national, regional and local needs. The programme offers tailored support to local authorities, where particular needs have been identified through self-assessment or through CQC assurance, and work with the Authority and its other partners to target support and improvement activity to where it is most needed.<br/><br/>The contract shall be initially for a duration of 9 months but may be extended at authority's sole discretion subjected to business approval and funds availability.<br/><br/>This procurement is under the scope of Light-touch regime (LTR) rules of PCR 2015- Regulations 74 to 77. Lot 1: The aim of this procurement is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based programme of support and improvement activity that helps local authorities and practitioners deliver adult social care and public health statutory duties and improve services so that everyone can access high quality care that enables choice, control and independence. The authority wants to establish ways for everyone to be able to see what is working well in adult social care and where improvements are needed, including new Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments and published ratings of how well local authorities (LAs) are delivering their duties under the Care Act 2014 (Part One); and a new data collection from all 153 LAs, complementing data from care providers giving up-to-date national information on adult social care.<br/>Our priority is to support LAs to lead their own improvement wherever possible.<br/>The Authority wants to commission a support offer with three clear strands:<br/>i) A universal support offer that strengthens and facilitates the sector’s own self-improvement by making guidance, best practice resources, practical toolkits, training, and collaboration opportunities available to LAs and adult social care practitioners. <br/>ii) A targeted support offer to help LAs identify, diagnose and tackle problems in delivering their statutory duties or implementing adult social care reforms. <br/><br/>The Contractor will be required to work closely with the Authority and its other improvement support and improvement partners to help target support. <br/>iii) A reactive support programme, working with the authority and its partners to support LAs that have been identified as failing or at risk of failing to discharge their duties under Care Act 2014 Part 1. <br/><br/>We want a robust feedback loop from the Contractor to the Authority so that insight from improvement activity can be used to inform policy and future commissioning.