Published date: 6 October 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 23 May 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

  • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

CF-1706000D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

6 October 2023

Closing date

23 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2023

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is a Contract Award Notice.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) require the services of a supplier to take on the improvement of pieces of guidance written for providers (and potentially our own staff). The supplier would be provided with clear structure to work within, namely:
• Minimum standards expected in terms of reading age, content length and accessibility
• Templates for each type of content setting out how they should be structured
• The historic content to be rewritten
• Details of the subject matter expert / content owner.

This procurement was undertaken through the CCS Digital Outcomes and Specialist 5 Agreement (RM1043.7), Lot 1, following the Further Competition process.

The Contract is awarded for a total period of 24 months.

Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including any optional contract extensions.

Contract Reference: CQC EP&S 018

Updated 06.10.2023 - Text to be corrected in the original notice where incorrect data field responses were displayed:
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Closing date
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22 May 2023
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23 May 2023
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[...] This procurement was undertaken through the CCS Digital Outcomes and Specialist 5 Agreement (RM1043.7), following the Further Competition process.
The Contract is awarded for a total period of £250,000 for 24 months with no option to extend.
Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including any optional contract extensions.
Contract Reference: CQC EP&S 018
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[...] This procurement was undertaken through the CCS Digital Outcomes and Specialist 5 Agreement (RM1043.7), Lot 1, following the Further Competition process.
The Contract is awarded for a total period of 24 months.
Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including any optional contract extensions.
Contract Reference: CQC EP&S 018
Section name: Award information
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£250,000.00
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£249,520.00
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Yes
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City Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
England
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Citygate, Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
England
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Email
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commercialcontraccts@cqc.org.uk
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commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Website Content Design

  • Awarded contract
  • Published 2 October 2023

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

13 June 2023

Contract start date

1 July 2023

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Total value of contract

£249,520

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

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Address

12 Park Lane
Tilehurst RG31 5DL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Commercial and Contracts Team

Address

Citygate, Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
England

Email

commercialcontracts@cqc.org.uk