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Contract Award Notice

An Employee Assistance Programme for the Paid Social Care Workforce in Wales

  • First published: 19 October 2020
  • Last modified: 19 October 2020
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-104194
Published by:
Social Care Wales
Authority ID:
AA0289
Publication date:
19 October 2020
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The social care workforce has been at the forefront of the current Covid-19 response providing care for people particularly at risk of the virus in residential care homes and in the community. In their role, many social care workers will have been exposed to higher levels of stress, longer working hours and higher than usual number of deaths of the people they work with. Evidence suggests that it is likely that the impact on emotional wellbeing will last beyond the immediate crisis. In addition the intelligence generated from the development of the workforce strategy indicated that there were particular challenges facing the social care workforce in Wales, with reference made to the ongoing wellbeing of the workforce and its ability to maintain its resilience and capacity when addressing those challenges. To assist in mitigating the impact as a result of the pandemic, Social Care Wales, on behalf of and with funding from the Welsh Government, is seeking to appoint a provider to supply an Employee Assistance Programme to the paid social care workforce across Wales across the independent and third sector. For the purposes of this commission, the paid social care workforce across the independent and third sector is estimated at 55,000 people across Wales. This is based on data submitted by the social care sector in 2019.

Full notice text

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Social Care Wales

Procurement, South Gate House, Wood Street,

Cardiff

CF10 1EW

UK

Jacqui Baker

+44 2920780547

jacqui.baker@socialcare.wales

www.socialcare.wales

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

An Employee Assistance Programme for the Paid Social Care Workforce in Wales

2.2

Description of the contract

The social care workforce has been at the forefront of the current Covid-19 response providing care for people particularly at risk of the virus in residential care homes and in the community. In their role, many social care workers will have been exposed to higher levels of stress, longer working hours and higher than usual number of deaths of the people they work with. Evidence suggests that it is likely that the impact on emotional wellbeing will last beyond the immediate crisis.

In addition the intelligence generated from the development of the workforce strategy indicated that there were particular challenges facing the social care workforce in Wales, with reference made to the ongoing wellbeing of the workforce and its ability to maintain its resilience and capacity when addressing those challenges.

To assist in mitigating the impact as a result of the pandemic, Social Care Wales, on behalf of and with funding from the Welsh Government, is seeking to appoint a provider to supply an Employee Assistance Programme to the paid social care workforce across Wales across the independent and third sector.

For the purposes of this commission, the paid social care workforce across the independent and third sector is estimated at 55,000 people across Wales. This is based on data submitted by the social care sector in 2019.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

75122000 Administrative healthcare services
85100000 Health services
85312300 Guidance and counselling services
85312310 Guidance services
85312320 Counselling 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





Care First

Unit 1230, Lansdowne Court, Gloucester Business Park,

Gloucester

GL34AB

UK




5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

5.2

Date of Contract Award

 16-10-2020

5.3

Number of tenders received

2

5.4

Other Information

(WA Ref:104904)

5.5

Additional Documentation

N/a

5.6

Publication date of this notice:

 19-10-2020

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
75122000 Administrative healthcare services Administrative services of agencies
85312320 Counselling services Social work services without accommodation
85312300 Guidance and counselling services Social work services without accommodation
85312310 Guidance services Social work services without accommodation
85100000 Health services Health and social work 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

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:
22 September 2020
Deadline date:
13 October 2020 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
Social Care Wales
Publication date:
19 October 2020
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Social Care Wales

About the buyer

Main contact:
jacqui.baker@socialcare.wales
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
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