Software package and information systems

Tender description

In December 2016, the Kent County Council launched its new strategy for Adult Social Care, Your Life Your Wellbeing. The Vision underpinning the strategy is to help people to maintain or improve their wellbeing and live as independently as possible. To support the implementation of the strategy, Adult Social Care has initiated a major Transformation programme, which includes a programme of Technology Enabled Change. When the programme is complete, KCC staff, clients, carers, providers and partner organisations will have appropriate, secure and timely access to accurate adult social care information from any location whenever they need it. Information will be available to support effective performance and financial management and inform evidenced based commissioning. To support this programme, the Council is replacing its core adult social care case management and finance system. The new system must provide functionality to support: Adult Social Work/Case Management; Document Management/links to external Document Management system; Adult Safeguarding; Deprivation of Liberty (DOLS); Mental Capacity Act; Contract Management and Commissioning; Resource Allocation System (RAS); Financial Management; Automated payments to social care providers; Financial Assessments and Client Charging; Open APIs; and Mobile Working. The Council may also wish to purchase the following in the future, and the solution should therefore include (or be able to integrate with) the following solutions: Care Services Directory; Client/Carer Portal including Self-Assessment (Needs and Financial); Provider Portal; and eMarketPlace. This contract will accessible to any public sector body, or any affiliated body to the Council, including, but not restricted to, local authorities, health, or any other public sector agency that is integrated in the provision of adult social care services.