How to win: Coproduction Services in Essex

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Essex County Council (the Authority) is seeking to procure a co-production and engagement service to support Adult Social Care (ASC). The contract will bring together existing co-production services into a single, unified model, providing a coordinated approach to co-production and engagement across Essex. The service will operate within the context of the Authority’s statutory duties under the Care Act 2014, and its strategic commitment to person-centred, inclusive service design. Objectives The primary objective of the contract is to deliver an integrated co-production model that: • Maintains and strengthens engagement with adults, carers, and people with lived experience • Provides structured mechanisms, including locality networks, a lived experience forum, and engagement activities • Captures and utilises insight to inform policy, commissioning, and service improvement • Expands participation and improves representation, including seldom-heard groups • Supports the embedding of co-production within ASC governance, assurance, and decision-making processes The overall aim is to ensure a coherent, consistent and impactful approach to co-production, strengthening the influence of

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Essex County Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £966,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 18 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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