Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Social Care Wales
South Gate House, Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW
UK
Telephone: +44 3003033444
E-mail: procurement@socialcare.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.socialcare.wales
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0289
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Welsh Government Sponsored Body
I.5) Main activity
Other: Social Care Regulation
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Post Qualifying Framework for Social Workers in Wales – Commissioning Programmes Development and Delivery
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Social Care Wales are seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver a new post-qualifying framework to provide a coherent continued professional development pathway for social workers. It was designed to replace the three defunct CPEL modules – consultant social worker, experienced practitioner and senior practitioner.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85000000
80300000
80500000
73200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
For the purposes of this commission, The purpose of this new post-qualifying framework is to provide a coherent continued professional development pathway for social workers. It was designed to replace the three defunct CPEL modules – consultant social worker, experienced practitioner and senior practitioner. If all components are completed it is equivalent to a Masters level.
Social Care Wales requires a Higher Education Institution (HEI), or group of HEIs working together, to use the agreed model for the delivery of the new Post Qualifying Framework (The Framework) and the agreed learning outcomes for these programmes to:
- develop the curriculum and assessment methodology for the new Framework
- produce learning and programme materials
- validate the programmes
- submit the programmes for Social Care Wales approval in accordance with The Approval and Inspection of Post Qualifying Courses for Social Workers (Wales) Rules 2018
- undertake active promotion of the programmes to employers across the social care sector
- deliver the approved programmes for relevant social workers across Wales in line with the regulatory requirements of Social Care Wales; and
- have the ability to deliver the approved programmes through the medium of Welsh and English.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality criterion
/ Weighting: 80
Price
/ Weighting:
20
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-008098
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: N/a
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:123001)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/07/2022