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Conduct Adult Social Care Reviews for Dumfries & Galloway Council

Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to understand the market’s ability to deliver a fully managed service for adult social care assessments and reviews.

As the current service is facing significant budget pressures and is in the process of transitioning to early intervention and strength-based care provision models, the Council is looking to test alternative care assessment provision and will use this tender to test some of the requirements of future care models.

The service may include, but is not limited to:

• Completion of adult social care assessments and reviews.
• Review and updating of support plans where required.
• Case screening and prioritisation.
• Allocation of cases to suitably qualified social workers.
• Direct day-to-day management of the social work workforce.
• Full quality assurance of all completed work prior to submission to the Council.
• Integration with Council systems, processes, templates and expectations.
• Weekly performance reporting and management information.
• Regular operational and contract review meetings.
• Escalation and management of risks, issues and delays.
• Support with continuous improvement, learning and feedback.

The estimated total value of this contract excluding VAT is £25k.

The estimated date of publication for this contract notice is 21 August 2026.

A Prior Information Notice (PIN) has been published on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) where interested parties can access additional information and express their interest.

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