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Contract Award Notice

Developing an Employer Liaison Service

  • First published: 16 March 2021
  • Last modified: 16 March 2021
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-107347
Published by:
Social Care Wales
Authority ID:
AA0289
Publication date:
16 March 2021
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

To provide options as to the structure and content of a bilingual, sustainable and accessible Employer Liaison Service (ELS) and how it can be taken forward includ-ing funding models. Why the work is needed: The lessons learnt from extending the register to domiciliary care workers showed that robust and continued engagement is fundamental to the services and the support that we can offer to employers and registered persons. An example of this was the introduction of additional methods of qualifying to register. Working with employers was key in making sure their workforce was registered within legislative timescales. This phase of voluntary registration did involve intensive and significant input from across the organisation but specifically from the Registration team, the Improvement and Development department and the Communications team. An internal customer journey mapping / brown paper exercise was carried out in 2019 across Social Care Wales. This highlighted many strengths and weaknesses of our current approach. This will be made available to the contractor, who will be expected to utilise it in their delivery of this work. Specific Tasks: You would be expected to: - Develop a project plan that identifies the work required to deliver the outputs. - Deliver a programme of engagement opportunities for the social care sector across the diversity of the sector in Wales, reaching a broad spectrum of em-ployers as well as others who may have an interest in the ELS development. - A draft costed proposal outlining the options available to develop a sustaina-ble ELS including: -- Mapping the current offer as well as the intelligence that already exists in the organisation that can inform the development of the ELS. --Scoping exercise to establish what the sector would expect from an ELS. -- Researching and comparing other employer services provided by equivalent organisations – Social Work England, Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISSC), Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and potential others. -- Modelling of a bilingual service to support those expectations including infrastructure costs. -- Recommendations presented for long term development of an ELS. See specification for further detail

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Social Care Wales

South Gate House, Wood Street,

Cardiff

CF10 1EW

UK

Lowri Cousins

+44 3003033444


www.socialcare.wales

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Developing an Employer Liaison Service

2.2

Description of the contract

To provide options as to the structure and content of a bilingual, sustainable and accessible Employer Liaison Service (ELS) and how it can be taken forward includ-ing funding models.

Why the work is needed:

The lessons learnt from extending the register to domiciliary care workers showed that robust and continued engagement is fundamental to the services and the support that we can offer to employers and registered persons. An example of this was the introduction of additional methods of qualifying to register. Working with employers was key in making sure their workforce was registered within legislative timescales. This phase of voluntary registration did involve intensive and significant input from across the organisation but specifically from the Registration team, the Improvement and Development department and the Communications team.

An internal customer journey mapping / brown paper exercise was carried out in 2019 across Social Care Wales. This highlighted many strengths and weaknesses of our current approach. This will be made available to the contractor, who will be expected to utilise it in their delivery of this work.

Specific Tasks:

You would be expected to:

- Develop a project plan that identifies the work required to deliver the outputs.

- Deliver a programme of engagement opportunities for the social care sector across the diversity of the sector in Wales, reaching a broad spectrum of em-ployers as well as others who may have an interest in the ELS development.

- A draft costed proposal outlining the options available to develop a sustaina-ble ELS including:

-- Mapping the current offer as well as the intelligence that already exists in the organisation that can inform the development of the ELS.

--Scoping exercise to establish what the sector would expect from an ELS.

-- Researching and comparing other employer services provided by

equivalent organisations – Social Work England, Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISSC), Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and potential others.

-- Modelling of a bilingual service to support those expectations including infrastructure costs.

-- Recommendations presented for long term development of an ELS.

See specification for further detail

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services
73110000 Research services
73200000 Research and development consultancy services
73210000 Research consultancy services
73220000 Development consultancy services
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1012 Gwynedd
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1018 Swansea
1020 East Wales
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1024 Powys

2.4

Estimated Total Value

3 Procedure

3.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4 Award of Contract

4.1

Successful Bidders

4.1.1

Name and Address of successful supplier, contractor or service provider





Grant Thornton Uk Llp

30 Finsbury Square,

London

EC2A1AG

UK




www.grantthornton.co.uk/

5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Round 2

5.2

Date of Contract Award

 12-03-2021

5.3

Number of tenders received

2

5.4

Other Information

(WA Ref:109093)

5.5

Additional Documentation

N/a

5.6

Publication date of this notice:

 16-03-2021

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
73220000 Development consultancy services Research and development consultancy services
73200000 Research and development consultancy services Research and development services and related consultancy services
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services Research and Development
73210000 Research consultancy services Research and development consultancy services
73110000 Research services Research and experimental development services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1020 East Wales
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1012 Gwynedd
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1024 Powys
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1018 Swansea
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys

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Notice details
Publication date:
14 January 2021
Deadline date:
15 February 2021 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
Social Care Wales
Publication date:
16 March 2021
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Social Care Wales

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