CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Research-related content for the Research, Data and Innovation website

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Introduction

Social Care Wales was established in April 2017, bringing together social care workforce regulation, workforce development and service improvement in one organisation. Our priorities include supporting people who work in social care in Wales to use research, data and evidence to develop practice, service design and policy-making, and we have recently extended our remit to support innovation. We are committed to making better use of digital solutions.

What is required / ‘The Requirements’

We need high-quality, research-related content to sit on our new website and to be communicated across all our digital platforms.

We have recently identified six priorities and associated sub-topics for this content. These have been identified through two priority-setting exercises conducted in partnership with the James Lind Alliance and have been mapped on to the priorities identified by ADSS Cymru. They are:

Understanding and supporting the workforce

Improved wellbeing

Attraction, recruitment, and retention

Multi-agency working to improve outcomes

Health and social care partnership working

Strengths-based approaches

Involving people in decisions about their care

Empowering families to manage challenges

Motivating families to engage

Respecting and listening to families

Needs requiring complex support

Trauma-informed approaches

Mental health support

Responding to violence and aggression

Supporting children and parents with neurodevelopmental disorders

Tackling inequality

Access to services

Quality of services

System change

Innovative funding models

Innovative delivery models

Outputs

We are looking for quotations for content on any of the sub-topics. We would welcome quotations for a single sub-topic or multiple sub-topics. Please specify which sub-topics are included in your quotation.

Since this content will feature on the new Research, Data, and Innovation website, we need it completed by the end of May 2023. The content will need to be produced in English only, as translation will be managed by Social Care Wales.

Please see Request for Quote for more 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=129982.

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

Budget

There is a budget of up to £25,000 (inclusive of any applicable VAT) agreed for this tender.

Length of contract

The contract will run until 31 May 2023.

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

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:129982)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice