# Experts by Experience: Quality Assurance Peer Review Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Gloucestershire County Council](/buyers/gloucestershire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £800,000
- Published: 6 December 2021
- Planned start: 1 April 2022
- Planned end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 50513b89-24a5-4ab5-9075-d3bf931e054f-491589
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3f8fc2e7-31e5-422f-b63f-d2b885f5a93d

## Description

Gloucestershire County Council seeks to commission a disability-focussed organisation to deliver an Expert by Experience \(EBE\) led Quality Assurance \(QA\) Service\. The Service will be an integral part of Gloucestershire's QA programme\. The programme provides oversight, support and scrutiny across health and social care services commissioned for individuals with learning disabilities, physical and sensory disabilities, mental health issues and/or autism\. The Service will be responsible for undertaking quality assurance assessments across the range of the disabilities care and support sector\. The Service will be led by an organisation who have the skills, knowledge and proficiency to be able to do so comprehensively\. The Service will hold the role of Experts by Experience at the forefront, ensuring their knowledge, skills and experience are utilised to direct and develop the Service as well as lead the findings and recommendations it makes to commissioned services\. The Service will offer a crucial platform for all individuals receiving care and support services, regardless of their condition or diagnosis, to be able to provide feedback on the support services they receive in a way they feel comfortable to do so, in a peer-to-peer environment with the appropriate tools to be able to communicate in the way that best suits them\.

## Related contract awards

- [Contract Award for Gloucestershire Independent Visiting Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ad8a1a23-5922-4996-8bb7-95c48e0596aa): Gloucestershire County Council
- [Mental health support service for young refugees](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9bf9aacf-7cb9-471d-9483-222b40f9c2c5): Gloucestershire County Council
- [C325CL: Dene Magna School to Wigpool](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-4e4865a0-1783-4161-a38a-5f8d0e17a776): Gloucestershire County Council

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/50513b89-24a5-4ab5-9075-d3bf931e054f-491589)