CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Review of the Social Care Wales Workforce Development Programme (SCWWDP) Grant

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Social Care Wales is the regulator of the social care workforce in Wales. That means we register practitioners, set standards of practice and make sure workers are fit to practise. We are also responsible for developing and improving the workforce, improving services, setting priorities for research and gathering data. We are funded by the Welsh Government.

The primary responsibility for effective training, development and qualification provision for the social care workforce remains with employers. The Social Care Wales Workforce Development (SCWWDP) grant is intended to provide a significant supplement to the resources provided by employers.

It is intended that during 2021, a full review of the SCWWDP grant will take place with a revised approach to grant delivery commencing in April 2022. We would want to undertake this review in full partnership with the regional workforce partnerships covering the statutory, independent and third sector and align the delivery of the grant to the ambitions and themes of the health and social care workforce strategy launched in October 2020

The general objective

To undertake a full and detailed review of the SCWWDP grant, providing recom-mendations for how this workforce investment could be most effectively utilised for the sector from 2022. The review should also consider the priorities for the grant and include approaches to implementation application and monitoring processes.

The final report will include scenarios based on an increase in funding, a standstill in funding and a decrease in funding, clearly identifying what is achievable in each of these 3 scenarios.

Please see specification for more detail

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=108029.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Budget

There is a budget of £48,000 (including VAT) agreed for this tender. Initial market research has confirmed that this budget figure is realistic for the scope of work set out. Please do not allow this indicative budget figure to deter submissions which may be over this value, but please ensure your submission clearly defines any addi-tional benefits that this budget will provide over and above the specification outlined

Length of contract

The successful Supplier will need to be available to lead work as soon as possible after contract award with final approval required by Social Care Wales Board on 21st October 2021.

This means that final reports and decisions will need to be made by the end of September 2021 at the latest.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:108029)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice