Tender: Co-design and Independent Evaluation of Leadership Support and Positive Culture Tools for Adult Social Care in Wales

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Social Care Wales is seeking suppliers to design, co-produce, test and evaluate a new leadership support programme and positive culture tools to nurture organisational culture in adult social care across Wales. The contract is split into two Lots: Lot 1 covers co-design, testing and refinement of a leadership support offer and practical tools with six adult social care provider test sites (including recruiting partners, running co-design workshops, developing a theory of change, gathering baseline/mid/end data, producing resources and a service design report), and Lot 2 covers an independent mixed-methods evaluation and impact assessment of Phases 2 and 3 (developing an evaluation framework, assessing outcomes and learning, measuring changes at test sites, involving lived experience and workforce voices, developing a theory of change and providing recommendations for policy and scaling). Phase 1 user research (completed separately and due to finish June 2026) will inform Lots 1 and 2. Suppliers may bid for one or both Lots but cannot be awarded both; if a supplier ranks highest in both they will be awarded Lot 1 and Lot 2 will be offered to the next highest compliant bidder. Both Lots must work closely with Social Care Wales, the separate co-design supplier and the Rayne Foundation evaluators (Bean Consultancy), uphold ethical research practices including informed consent, safeguarding and data protection, and deliver the required reports.