Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13caf-3062-7366-a229-19e45007c4a6/rm6126-dps-call-off-contract-for-rapid-literature-review-improvement-cultures awarded GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # RM6126 DPS Call Off Contract for Rapid Literature Review: Improvement Cultures - Research 1 [Care Quality Commission](https://tendernation.io/buyers/care-quality-commission) Open field Pays 100% within 30 days Estimated value £39,094 Published 17 Feb 2023 Deadline Closed 27 Sept 2022 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender DPS Call-Off contract for Rapid Literature Review: Improvement Cultures - Research 1. This procurement was undertaken through the CCS Research and Insights Dynamic Marketplace DPS (RM6126) following a further competition. The Contractor will be undertaking a rapid literature review focusing on improvement cultures in health and adult social care. This rapid review should look at what good improvement cultures look like in health and adult social care services and what is required for these to develop, as well as to consider any potential theories of improvement that may underpin our understanding. The review should seek to: - Determine and comment on the breadth and volume of existing research - Synthesise what is already known about the role of culture in improvement in health and adult social care - Define the characteristics (e.g. capabilities, resource, capacity, skills, systems, process, leadership etc.) of a good improvement culture within health and adult social care providers/services and what is needed for such a culture to develop - Outline the barriers to good improvement cultures - Reflect on how existing research can be used to inform CQC's assessment of improvement cultures, and how we can encourage the development of good improvement cultures in health and adult social care services - Identify gaps in literature to inform further primary research that would be of value to CQC. The contract is awarded for an initial period of 5 months Total Awarded Value is maximum of all charges. 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