PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Adult Social Care Safety Management System Practices

Care Quality Commission · published 21 Oct 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDb681e76c-c4a8-4f26-b4b2-85b4f30405f7-869002
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-a4af877c-b9a5-4cfe-9484-400140a1d336
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-238199
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£119,598
award field
Tender value
£119,598
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
73110000
Research services
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

This is a Contract Award Notice The Care Quality Commission (CQC) require the provision of research services. The aim of the research is to: Gauge levels of awareness, understanding of and engagement with activities we would commonly associate with Safety Management Systems (SMS) in the Adult Social Care (ASC) sector. Such as: -Safety management policies -Clear accountabilities and responsibilities for safety -Hazard identification -Incident response -Risk mitigation measures -Employee participation -Management of change -Communication of safety information -Training of staff in safety -Emergency preparedness -Involving the people requiring care and support, and the public in safety considerations. This procurement was undertaken through the CQC Research and Evaluation Framework Lot 9 - Effective Social Care, following the Further Competition Process. The Contract is awarded for a total of 7 months. Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges including any optional contract extensions. Contract Reference: CQC EP&S 104

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release21 Oct 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Jul 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published18 Aug 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published13 Mar 2026
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I.F.F RESEARCH LIMITED

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Published 21 Oct 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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