Contract award · 17 Jun 2026

DHSC: The Independent Commission into Adult Social Care's National Conversation

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) awarded “DHSC: The Independent Commission into Adult…” to Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd for £2.82m.

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Key facts

Value
£2,824,292
Procedure
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Sector
Business services · Market research services (CPV 79310000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Jun 2026
  2. Published13 Jul 2026Published 26 days after the contract date

Description

This contract was procured by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on behalf of the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care (Casey Commission). The Supplier will deliver an extensive programme of public and workforce engagement as part of the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care's National Conversation. The engagement programme will comprise three key elements that will be delivered multiple times throughout the course of the programme: - Multi-modal engagement with 'maxi publics' incorporating as a minimum the use of a participatory digital platform and community engagement with groups who are seldom heard and / or marginalised. - The establishment of a standing group, broadly representative of England's population, to be convened at several points over the course of the programme in deliberative workshops ("mini publics"). - Engagement with those working in, or in partnership with, adult social care provision, using a range of methodologies to ensure workfo…

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