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Care Tendering Tracker

Do you need to learn about how care tendering will work from 24th February 2025? 
All you need to know about successful tendering for care and services contracts is in this course.

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Available in ten weekly modules from
3rd February 2025

Three parts cover:
  • The Act and LTC;
  • An Insiders Guide; and
  • Weekly updates for providers.

Includes tips and strategies for effective tendering for contracts for care and services providers.

The Problem:
Knowing how to tender successful for care contracts under the new Procurement Act.

LTR was introduced in the form of 3 short paragraphs in the 2015 Procurement Regulations. The 2023 Procurement Act makes huge changes to this approach.
All of the 2023 Act applies to LTR tenders unless specific parts of the Act are  defined as being exempt.
You will learn all you need to know about which parts of the Act apply, which do not and how this will work.
You will understand how to avoid wasting resources making unnecessary changes which are not required.
You will gain Strategies for Success for tendering under the new Light Touch and Low Value Tendering Processes.
  • The number one Course for care providers ensuring an understanding of how tendering will work under the new rules.
  • All the guidance you need to tender successfully. Explanations of the new LTR rules and updates are included.
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What IS the Care Tendering Tracker?
The Care Tendering Tracker is a course in three parts designed for individuals and organisations in the health and social care sector who tender under the Light Touch Regime or for Low Value contracts. It provides information, guidance and the skills needed to create a strategic approach and tender successfully for care contracts.

Unlike other generic courses, the Care Tendering Tracker is tailored specifically for health and social care and other services providers tendering under the new LTR rules. It ensures learning is based on accurate and specialised information to avoids costly mistakes and confusion. Learners and organisations can save time and resources while ensuring compliance with sector-specific requirements.

This course will help you assemble the jigsaw and stay ahead by adapting to the new requirements, thereby gaining a competitive edge in the evolving  care tendering landscape.
The Care Tendering Tracker Course:
  • Concentrates solely on health and social care tendering and contracting;
  • Provides you with information about what each change means for your organisation;
  • Helps you develop the skills and strategic approach you need to tender successfully in the new care procurement environment;
  • Explains the implications of the changes and the action you may  need to take to maximise your opportunities for the future;
  • Delivers information in written form which is downloadable and available to be used in management and decision making situations;
The modular approach helps you to structure your learning in a busy working life whilst giving you opportunities to share with colleagues and managers  and to take the action necessary for successful future tendering and contracting under the 2023 Procurement Act .

Course Content

Weekly Learning Modules

In periods of change, time to digest the requirements is important.
Our "drip feed" course model of weekly modules will give you time to consider change management within your organisation.
Our model will allow for the inclusion of the latest news of all the changes  as they are announced, along  with direct links to government announcements relevant to the sector.
Knowledge is Power and the key to success.

  Guides and Checklists

We provide downloadable resources,tailored to help your organisation understand the full ramifications of the changes. Suggestions to help you, your Managers and governance structure discussions, training, away days, etc..
A practical approach which ensures changes are implemented effectively and efficiently in your organisation.
Tendering is becoming a "whole organisation" activity. It is no longer the responsibility  the Business Development Department alone.

 Specialist Articles

We will help you develop your knowledge and tendering skills through detailed explanations of specific aspects of the legislation. This material is provided in the form of both text & bite sized videos. You will be given options to access some of the  technical courses provided by The Tendering Academy.
Develop your understanding of the implications of the Act for your organisation and what is needed to tender successfully for public contracts in the new environment. 

Government Documentation

We provide you with the texts of the Procurement  Act, secondary legislation, The National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS), PCRs, PPNs and consultation documents as soon as they are available.
This is all actual source documentation, which you can use with confidence for decision making, not a third party view of the material which may be subject to misinterpretation.
In legal matters it is important to have the option to go back to the source material.

From the Buyers' Perspective

The new Act means all change for the buyers too. The change from the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) system to the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT) system will be challenging in a number of ways.

Knowledge of the requirements helps you understand the buyers' approach. W e introduce you to the government's tender appraisal guide to help you tailor your tenders to score well.

Your Questions Answered

Learners participating in the course will be invited to submit relating to the content. These may be general "open" questions, or "closed" questions relating tho their specific situation. We will respond to open questions in a dedicated section of each module.

Closed questions may emanate from internal discussions, Board queries about a specific situation etc.. The content and responses will be treated as confidential. We may ask for more details to provide you with an answer. 

 Each Weekly Module is structured in Four Parts

Part 1.Strategies for Success: Understand Light Touch and Low Value Tendering Processes

What the new Act will mean for tendering for care contracts.
A series of bite size explanations of exactly how the Act applies to Care tending, explaining the new LTR and how to prepare a strategic approach to successful tendering under the new rules including:
  • How does the standstill period apply to a LTR contract;
  • What are the rules for LTR frameworks under the Act;
  • What are the new KPI rules, how do they apply to  LTR tenders; and
  • How will contract terms and conditions change to comply with the Act.

Part 2. The Insiders Guide:
to Government Procurement Guidance

How the Act is to be implemented
A guide to documents defining how the Act is to be implemented including
How tenders are to be assessed and contracts awarded such as rules for the inclusion of service users in the process;.
The Procurement Playbook such as a description of the "Should cost" approach now that pricing is not longer a scoring criterion'
The National Procurement Policy Statement such as how Social Value will be assessed.

Part 3. Stay Up to Date:
Access Government Care Related Notices Weekly

It is not always easy to keep up to date with government notices and know exactly what is required of providers. Often this comes by word of mouth and  wide range of sources. This part is updated weekly providing links to relevant government documents as they are published.. It enables you to Keep up to date with the actual notices, guidance consultations, etc. within a day day or two of publication.

Part 4. Finding Clarity:
Expert Answers to Your Questions

Often learning about a subject creates even more questions than answers. We understand this and we have built into this course the opportunity for you to ask questions. Each week we will publish a set of most frequently asked questions with expert answers. Questions must be general, related to any aspect of the course. We cannot answer questions regarding specific tendering exercises.

Benefits of
The Tendering Tracker Course

Guidance and Information

The course provides detailed, practical information on the Act as it is published. Explanatory articles and news specifically sourced and tailored to the needs of care providers .

Government Notices

Notices, news and guidance publications with links directly to government. The actual notices, with "easy read" versions available where appropriate.

Your Organisation

Following the course ensures your organisation stays ahead of the crowd, gaining the most time possible for planning and preparing winning tenders.

 Reviews

"I am so pleased that we found The Care Tendering Tracker Course. We are always so pressurised to meet tendering deadlines I can catch up when I have the time to read and absorb the valuable information provided"
Jennifer W
Senior procurement Manager
National Charity
"I am planning to catch up with the things we need to consider to advise the Board after our monthly SMT using the information provided by The Care Tendering Tracker Course. It is helping us put the pieces together. "
Julie P
Operations Manager
Care Home group


Pricing
You may buy the complete 4 part course from this page
£370.00 + VAT = £444.00

If you wish to buy one or more parts of the course, or
If you  wish to add a Purchase order number please down load  the booking form, complete this form.
When we receive your form we will send you an invoice for payment online via Stripe or by BACs.

Please note: Part 4. " Finding Clarity" is available only as part of the complete, 4 part course.

Part 1. "Strategies for Success"

Learn all about what the new Act will mean for Care and services tendering under the LTR for:
£130 + VAT = £156

Part 2. "The Insiders Guide"

Insider knowledge about how the Act is to be implemented specifically for care providers
£176 + VAT =  £211.20

Part 3. "Stay Up to Date"

Get links to care sector related government announcements every week
£108 + VAT = £129

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