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Contract Notice

Training Framework Agreement for social care workforce under the (SCWWDP)

  • First published: 03 October 2019
  • Last modified: 03 October 2019
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-095558
Published by:
Flintshire County Council
Authority ID:
AA0419
Publication date:
03 October 2019
Deadline date:
01 November 2019
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Flintshire County council are looking to establish a framework agreement of training providers to cover training requirements under the Social Care Workforce Development Programme for the councils social care workforce and also to the Independent Sector with the use of the Flintshire Training Voucher Scheme. The courses required to be delivered under this framework are as follows 1) Moving and Positioning Passport (2 day course) 2) Moving and Positioning Refresher (1 day course) 3) Supporting the use of medication in social care settings 4) Infection Control 5) Award in Food Safety (certified Level 2)* 6) Epilepsy and Rescue Medication 7) Paediatric Emergency First Aid (certified Level 3)* 8) Dementia basic awareness for Domiciliary Care Staff 9) Health and Wellbeing (Inc. oral health care and mouth care, diet, nutrition and hydration, food care, pressure area care and personal care and continence management) *The courses should be accredited to the specified level through a recognised awarding body. Each Course will be an individual lot with providers able to bid for one or more lots. This Framework Agreement duration will be for an initial 12 months and renewed annually for up to a maximum 4 year period, however funding will be subject to annual grant allocation through Welsh Government. The maximum duration of this framework will be until 31st March 2024 when it will expire. Within this framework, training will be commissioned through two routes: 1. Direct training commissioned through the WDT as part of the annual workforce development programme for social care workforce. These courses will be commissioned as far as possible at the beginning of each year, enabling clear planning for commissioners and commissioned providers to plan for the year. 2.Training commissioned through Independent Sector with the use of the Flintshire Training Voucher Scheme. These vouchers are provided to Independent Sector Providers to be used as part payment against mandatory/ core training courses under the Social Care Workforce Development Programme training voucher scheme. Each voucher offers a 15 GBP contribution per learner and can be used against any of the 9 identified courses. The vouchers are used by Independent Care Providers to book staff onto relevant courses delivered through this framework. The vouchers are used to subsidise payment for the course, with the Care Providers then being responsible for the remaining costs of the training. Care Providers can work together to request a specific training course to meet their combined workforce, to reduce the costs to the individual Providers. The organisations and users who will be using this framework are as follows 1) Flintshire County Council 2) Any service for Flintshire residents- North Wales Constabulary North Wales Fire and Rescue Service Betsi Cadwaladr University Heath Board Clinical Commissioning Groups in Flintshire in Flintshire, 3) All residential care homes in Flintshire registered with CIW- existing and new homes during the framework period, https://careinspectorate.wales/service-directory?search_api_fulltext=Care+homes+in+Flintshire 4) Registered Care Homes in Flintshire, registered with Care Inspectorate Wales at the time of the Commencement Date and any that become registered during the Term 5) Domiciliary care providers in Flintshire, registered with Care Inspectorate Wales at the time of the Commencement Date and any that become registered during the Term 6) Personal Assistants to citizens in Flintshire, where the citizen employs the personal assistant via direct payments arrangements

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Flintshire County Council

Ty Dewi Sant, Ewloe,

Flintshire

CH5 3FF

UK

Claire Edwards

+44 1352702676

Claire.Edwards@flintshire.gov.uk

www.flintshire.gov.uk
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Training Framework Agreement for social care workforce under the (SCWWDP)

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Flintshire County council are looking to establish a framework agreement of training providers to cover training requirements under the Social Care Workforce Development Programme for the councils social care workforce and also to the Independent Sector with the use of the Flintshire Training Voucher Scheme.

The courses required to be delivered under this framework are as follows

1) Moving and Positioning Passport (2 day course)

2) Moving and Positioning Refresher (1 day course)

3) Supporting the use of medication in social care settings

4) Infection Control

5) Award in Food Safety (certified Level 2)*

6) Epilepsy and Rescue Medication

7) Paediatric Emergency First Aid (certified Level 3)*

8) Dementia basic awareness for Domiciliary Care Staff

9) Health and Wellbeing (Inc. oral health care and mouth care, diet, nutrition and hydration, food care, pressure area care and personal care and continence management)

*The courses should be accredited to the specified level through a recognised awarding body.

Each Course will be an individual lot with providers able to bid for one or more lots.

This Framework Agreement duration will be for an initial 12 months and renewed annually for up to a maximum 4 year period, however funding will be subject to annual grant allocation through Welsh Government. The maximum duration of this framework will be until 31st March 2024 when it will expire.

Within this framework, training will be commissioned through two routes:

1. Direct training commissioned through the WDT as part of the annual workforce development programme for social care workforce. These courses will be commissioned as far as possible at the beginning of each year, enabling clear planning for commissioners and commissioned providers to plan for the year.

2.Training commissioned through Independent Sector with the use of the Flintshire Training Voucher Scheme. These vouchers are provided to Independent Sector Providers to be used as part payment against mandatory/ core training courses under the Social Care Workforce Development Programme training voucher scheme. Each voucher offers a 15 GBP contribution per learner and can be used against any of the 9 identified courses.

The vouchers are used by Independent Care Providers to book staff onto relevant courses delivered through this framework. The vouchers are used to subsidise payment for the course, with the Care Providers then being responsible for the remaining costs of the training. Care Providers can work together to request a specific training course to meet their combined workforce, to reduce the costs to the individual Providers.

The organisations and users who will be using this framework are as follows

1) Flintshire County Council

2) Any service for Flintshire residents-

North Wales Constabulary

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Betsi Cadwaladr University Heath Board

Clinical Commissioning Groups in Flintshire in Flintshire,

3) All residential care homes in Flintshire registered with CIW- existing and new homes during the framework period, https://careinspectorate.wales/service-directory?search_api_fulltext=Care+homes+in+Flintshire

4) Registered Care Homes in Flintshire, registered with Care Inspectorate Wales at the time of the Commencement Date and any that become registered during the Term

5) Domiciliary care providers in Flintshire, registered with Care Inspectorate Wales at the time of the Commencement Date and any that become registered during the Term

6) Personal Assistants to citizens in Flintshire, where the citizen employs the personal assistant via direct payments arrangements

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

80000000 Education and training services
80500000 Training services
80510000 Specialist training services
80511000 Staff training services
80522000 Training seminars
80530000 Vocational training services
80550000 Safety training services
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

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

Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
    01-11-2019  Time  15:00

Estimated award date
 06-01-2020

4.5

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

EN 

welsh

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Additional Information

Instructions to Express Interest and Access Documentation

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interest to your organisation.

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11. Accept the Terms and Conditions and then click the “>”. This takes you in to the Welcome window.

12. In the Finish screen please enter a new password and note all your Login details for future reference.

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17. You can now either create your response” to, or “Decline” this opportunity.

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19. When you have completed your response please click “Validate” to ensure that you have answered all the questions. If there are no errors identified click “Save” to ensure that your submission is saved, then click “Submit”. You will then get a “Pop Up” with your unique submission reference number. This is also confirmed by email to you.

20. If you are adding attachments at any point in the process please ensure that you click the “Add to Library” button as if you are invited to any subsequent opportunities in the future to tender any documents that you have added will automatically be added to your submission and all you will be required to do is check that they are the current version. This is a secure system and your documents will not be accessed by any other party.

21. Please note that any queries must be sent via the secure dialogue section of the e-tender portal. We will not respond to any queries received by any other method.

22. If you require any further assistance please contact the Project Manager as identified in the project details.

Please also note the council is happy to accept tenders submitted in welsh and guarantee that tenders submitted in welsh will be treated no less favourably than any other submitted tender.

The framework will:

1) Provide the social care workforce (including statutory, independent and voluntary sectors) with the key skills and knowledge required to meet current and emerging legislation in Wales

2) Provider the social care workforce with the key skills and knowledge required to meet current codes of practice in all relevant social care disciplines

3) Provide the social care workforce with the key skills and knowledge required to meet any regional and/or local priorities or service demands.

4) Provide training to support registration requirements for qualifications or units of qualifications for current Social care Wales registered groups or those to be registered in the future.

5) Provide training to in accordance with the Welsh Language Active Offer

(WA Ref:95558)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

As detailed in the tender documents

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice

 03-10-2019

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
80000000 Education and training services Education
80550000 Safety training services Training services
80510000 Specialist training services Training services
80511000 Staff training services Specialist training services
80522000 Training seminars Training facilities
80500000 Training services Education and training services
80530000 Vocational training services Training services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
Publication date:
03 October 2019
Deadline date:
01 November 2019 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
Flintshire County Council
Publication date:
06 February 2020
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Flintshire County Council
Publication date:
06 February 2020
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Flintshire County Council

About the buyer

Main contact:
Claire.Edwards@flintshire.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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