Innovation Accelerator for Social Care business challenges
A Tender Notice
by OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 3 year
- Value
- £2M
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 28 Sep 2025
- Delivery
- 01 Jun 2026 to 31 May 2029
- Deadline
- 24 Oct 2025 11:00
Related Terms
Location
Oxfordshire:
1 buyer
- Oxfordshire County Council Oxford
Description
Innovate Oxfordshire (part of Oxfordshire County Council) is proud to announce the initiation of a competitive flexible procedure (CFP) tender process, in alignment with our Local Government Accelerator - the first of its kind in the UK, with it's first Call to Action focused specifically on Adult Social Care. The Accelerator is designed to fast-track innovation within local government by supporting the development, testing, and scaling of transformative solutions that meet real-world challenges. By fostering collaboration between Local Authorities, Innovators, and Sector Experts, the Accelerator plays a critical role in improving outcomes for residents, reducing system pressures, and enabling smarter, more sustainable service delivery. The CFP has three stages as shown below and suppliers will be selected/deselected at each stage by reference to the evaluation criteria defined in the ITT. Stage 1 - Participation stage Stage 2 - Presentation and demonstration stage Stage 3 - Proof of Concept (POC) trial Tenderers that are short-listed to participate in the POC trial will be expected to operate their proposed solution, at their cost, for a period of 12 weeks. The Council is not obligated to Contract any solution proposed
Renewal Options
Optional extensions of 3years in aggregate
Award Criteria
| Quality - Pass Fail | Pass/Fail - participation criteria Applicable to all Tenderers responses to Part 1 and also subsequent stages if they are selected |
| Price | Indicative pricing This criteria will only be used for Tenderers selected to participate in Stage 2 of the CFP as defined in the ITT |
| Quality - Scored (Technical) | Scored criteria for Technical This will be used at Stage 1 of the CFP as identified in the ITT |
| Quality - Proof of Concept (POC) | Assessment of outcomes of POC trial and benefit generated This criteria will only be used for Tenderers selected to particpate in Stage 3 of the CFP as defined in the ITT |
| Quality - Presentation and demonstration | This criteria will only be used for Tenderers selected to participate in Stage 2 of the CFP as defined in the ITT |
CPV Codes
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Indicators
- Renewals are available.
Other Information
The Council tender documents will be published on its e-tendering portal called Proactis and hosted on the South East Business Portal found at https://sebp.due-north.com/ ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-052bee
- FTS 060333-2025