UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the adult social care provider sector. It is led by a programme board whose members include NHS Transformation Directorate, NHS Digital, NHS England and Improvement, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and, on behalf of the care provider sector, Digital Social Care. Reflecting the increased importance of the secure sharing of information between health and care services, the BSBC programme requires an evaluation of its impact in the care sector. To inform the strategy and planning of the next phase of the programme, it is considered best practice to undertake an independent evaluation of delivery progress to date. Please see attached files for more information and how to apply.

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the adult social care provider sector. The BSBC programme supports the adult social care sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The DSPT is a free, online self-assessment for health and care providers to evaluate and improve their data and cyber security. The programme is delivered by a diverse group of care sector organisations, including many local care associations. The BSBC programme works in partnership with 7 Regional Coordinators and 29 Local Support Organisations (LSOs) across England, who deliver support activity to CQC registered adult social care providers in their local areas under a grant agreement funded by the programme. This project seeks to understand the challenges, opportunities and best practice of the current LSO delivery model, in order to inform next steps in strategy development and a recommended operational model for the next year of the programme (23/24).

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the adult social care provider sector. It is led by a programme board whose members include NHS Transformation Directorate, NHS Digital, NHS England and Improvement, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and, on behalf of the care provider sector, Digital Social Care. The BSBC programme supports the adult social care sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT). Most care providers are small and medium sized enterprises (SME) who often do not have access to data and digital expertise and do not have internal learning and development capacity. Sourcing and regularly delivering suitable training on data security and protection, and cyber security, to frontline staff is one of the key challenges for SME care providers in completing the DSPT. The BSBC Programme will appoint a learning provider to develop and deliver the e-learning and graphic content that will address the current training gap. The project will include engagement with key sector stakeholders to develop a national learning resource that delivers the required learning outcomes and meets the needs of the range of SME care providers completing the DSPT. Expressions of interest to tender for this contract to be submitted in writing to nadiasiouty@digitalsocialcare.co.uk by the closing date (please see attached specification and application form for more information).

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the Adult Social Care provider sector. It is led by a programme board whose members include NHS Transformation Directorate, NHS Digital, NHS England and Improvement, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and, on behalf of the care provider sector, Digital Social Care. The BSBC programme supports the adult social care sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT). In August 2022, a ransomware cyber attack occurred affecting Advanced, a software supplier to health and care providers, resulting in loss of service on several infrastructure hosting products. Given the increasing risk of cyber security incidents on care services as they adopt digital ways of working, this project will deliver an in-depth analysis of the response to the Advanced incident, based on lessons learned from key stakeholders, to support and inform policy development on cyber incident response across Adult Social Care. Expressions of interest to tender for this contract to be submitted in writing to nadiasiouty@digitalsocialcare.co.uk by the closing date (please see attached specification and application form for more information).

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the Adult Social Care provider sector. It is led by a programme board whose members include NHS Transformation Directorate, NHS Digital, NHS England and Improvement, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and, on behalf of the care provider sector, Digital Social Care. The BSBC programme supports the adult social care sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT). With the Adult Social Care sector being so diverse, this also means the supply chain is equally as broad. As the sector becomes more digitised cyber security becomes an increasing issue and understanding the supply chain is necessary to gain the fullest picture of Adult Social Care and ensure that every area can be as protected from cyber threats as possible. This project will deliver an analytical report on the resilience and consistency of the Adult Social Care supply chain. This will allow Better Security Better Care and the sector to build on the lessons learned from recent incidents and provide further security and protection to the Adult Social Care supply chain, which will in turn better protect the sector.

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the Adult Social Care provider sector. The BSBC programme supports the adult social care sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The DSPT is a free, online self-assessment for health and care providers to evaluate and improve their data and cyber security. It is an ambitious programme with the aim that all CQC registered Adult Social Care services will have completed the DSPT to 'standards met.' There are 26,000 care providers registered with the CQC and over 1.5 million staff working in care. The programme is delivered by a diverse group of 28 care sector organisations, including many local care associations, with colleagues from the NHS, ADASS and local councils also involved. Our assessment is that we have successfully recruited the most engaged care providers in completing the DSPT. Our focus now is on engaging the hard to reach. The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of the importance of keeping information safe, the benefits of the DSPT and the freely-available Better Security, Better Care support programme with these hard to engage providers.

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the Adult Social Care provider sector. The BSBC programme supports the adult social care sector with resources and assistance to help care providers complete the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT). The adoption of digital ways of working is becoming increasingly important within the adult social care sector, to ensure quality of care and alignment with healthcare. The aim of this project is to build the case for investment in technology within the adult social care sector, with a particular focus on helping small to medium size care providers on their digital adoption journey. This project will conduct analysis on the business case and potential return on investment of increased adoption of digital ways of working for care providers. The business case should start from investment in core infrastructure, data protection and cyber security, through to implementation of the technology.

Better Security Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the Adult Social Care provider sector. The Cyber Incident National Exercise project will build on the outcomes of work to date, providing the opportunity to develop and refine the recommendations for enhanced cyber incident response procedures across central departments, systems and Adult Social Care providers. The main deliverable of this project is to establish an improved incident response framework across a range of stakeholders and partners of Adult Social Care, by delivering a national cyber incident exercise specific to the sector, working with the sector.

Better Security, Better Care (BSBC) is a national programme to improve data and cyber security in the adult social care provider sector. Reflecting the increased importance for secure sharing of information between health and care services, the Better Security Better Care programme requires an evaluation of its impact in the care sector. The programme has set an ambitious target to achieve 80% DSPT compliance across CQC-registered adult social care providers by the end of June 2024. To inform the strategy and planning of the next phase of the programme, it is best practice to undertake a full independent evaluation of delivery progress to date. This evaluation will assess the impact of the programme across adult social care services in England, making recommendations on the future scope and focus of the programme as a whole. Expressions of interest to be made in writing by midnight on 19 December 2023 (please see attached application form and follow word limits for each section).