# Social Care Assessment Service

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by Nottinghamshire County Council.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Nottinghamshire County Council](/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Access Independent](/contract-winners/access-independent/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £2,400,000
- Tender value: £2,400,000
- Award date: 28 June 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 5 September 2016
- Contract end: 4 September 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e5068071-0e8b-4a94-94d7-6a06f023eaa3-111284
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-45137a23-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Nottinghamshire County Council \(the “Council”\) is seeking to establish a framework agreement of suitably qualified service providers to supplement the Councils in house social work teams\. The Councils social work teams undertake assessments and reviews of service user’s needs\. The Council is seeking to improve performance in this area through the appointment of a framework of providers who recruit and assign qualified social workers to undertake assessments and reviews passed to them via the Council within the target timescale\. In the future the contract may be varied to include Best Interest Assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e5068071-0e8b-4a94-94d7-6a06f023eaa3-111284)