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

Digital Maturity & Literacy Assessment for Social Care in Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Assessing the digital maturity of social care services will help identify where there are issues of inclusion and lack of skills, and therefore how Social Care Wales can successfully work with partners to plan support for social care organisations and their workforces across Wales.

The digital maturity assessment will also inform Social Care Wales’s work to support innovation and workforce development.

A digital maturity assessment has already been conducted for health boards in Wales, but there is currently no equivalent for social care. The social care landscape is much more fragmented than that of health in Wales with services and support delivered by several thousand different organisations and providers in the statutory, private and voluntary sector.

The work will be carried out in two phases:

Phase 1 - Discovery

Phase 2 - Design and delivery

The overarching aims of the project are to:

- Identify opportunities to develop digital and technology skills and confidence within social care in Wales

- Facilitate resource planning and policy development

- Enhance digital innovation in social care

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=136839.

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 £215,000 (inclusive of any applicable VAT) agreed for this tender across the following two phases:

Phase 1 – Discovery: £40,000

Phase 2 – Design and delivery: between £125,000 and £175,000

Contract length

The full contract term will run until April 2025.

Phase 1 must be delivered by 30 April 2024. A break-clause shall be in place following completion of Phase 1. Social Care Wales may not enact this break clause dependent on the suitability of the outputs from Phase 1.

Phase 2 must be delivered by 31 March 2025; however, all engagement exercises must be concluded by January 2025.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

The specific competencies we’re looking for include:

- Experience in delivering data maturity projects

- An understanding of the health and social care policy context in Wales

- Evidence of successful engagement with public sector leaders and staff

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

We will be holding a supplier engagement Q&A session on Friday 8 December 2023,13:00-14:00. If you would like to join this session, please email procurement@socialcare.wales

(WA Ref:136839)

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

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice