CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

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

Review of Fitness to Practise Processes at Social Care Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Social Care Wales wants to commission a supplier to carry out a full systematic review of our fitness to practise processes from referral to hearings. This will identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and transparency of our fitness to practise activity and in doing so provide public assurance. As part of this review we want to focus on:

- Triaging of referrals

- Use and design of risk assessment as part of case management

- The use of CARREG (in-house case system) as a tool for case management and reporting

- The process of case conference and case examination

- Auditing casework and stages of cases

- Our compliance with legal requirements

Please download the specification for further information.

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=103888.

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

There is a budget of £50,000 including VAT agreed for this tender.

The contract will run initially until December 2020 with a possibility of being extended until March 2021 should additional time be required.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Suppliers should have the following skills and knowledge:

- An understanding of professional regulation and fitness to practise

- Experience of undertaking similar reviews for other professional regulators

- An understanding of how case management systems and information technology can be utilised to support regulatory processes

- Capable of coming up with sound practical ideas which may involve some lateral thinking

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:103888)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice