Kent’s Cultural Commissioning Journey

(c) Joe Magee, commissioned by Create Gloucestershire

Kent’s vision for cultural commissioning

• Involving the arts and cultural sector in the recommissioning of a £million (annual) community based mental health and well-being service

• Using the Public Services (Social Value) Act to involve the arts and cultural sector in the re-commissioning of Kent’s waste management services, worth £50 million

• Involving arts and cultural organisations in the commissioning of early help and prevention services.

Aligning health and well-being with arts and culture

Public Health Six Ways To Wellbeing Pilot - Six creative organisations commissioned to deliver health outcomes , develop learning on cultural commissioning

Which led to development of

artscommissioningtoolkit.com

Which led to successfully bidding to Cultural Commissioning Pilot this time with adult social care

Aligning health and well-being with arts and culture

Kent residents enjoy a good quality of life, and more people benefit from greater social, cultural and sporting opportunities

The vision: a life, not a service

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Joint Funded Community and Voluntary Sector Care KCC Funded Residential Care KCC staff seconded to KMPTCCG Adult Mental Health Commissioned Services Improving Access to Psychological TherapiesHousing Schemes and Housing Support

Using Competitive Dialogue

…… is a public-sector tendering option that allows for bidders to develop proposals in response to a client's outline requirements. Only when their proposals are developed to sufficient detail are tenderers invited to submit competitive bids ….

Strategic Partner

Kent County Council

Delivery Partner

Delivery Partner

Local Groups and

Community Assets

Delivery Partner Delivery

Partner

Contract M

anagement

Partnering Agreement Partnering Agreement

Grant Contract

“A strategic partnership involves a formal agreement between two or more parties that have agreed to share finance, skills, information and/or other resources in the pursuit of common goals”

Business Case

developed

Stakeholder and Market

Engagement – outcomes and

models

Publish OJEU Notice

Issue PQQ and invitation

to submit outline

solution & bidders

workshop

PQQ and ISOS received and

evaluated Shortlist for competitive dialogue –

SP’s

Development of DP Matrix

& engagement

on Spec

Issue invitation to participate in

dialogue

Begin dialogue

Range of themed

meetings regarding Spec, pay

mechs, T&Cs, TUPE etc

Close dialogue

Invite bidders to submit

final solution

Select bidders and award contract &

mobilisation …..

Customer involvement & co production throughout

The Outcome: Live Well Kent

• Two Strategic Partners– Porchlight – Shaw Trust

• A diverse range of Delivery Partners: over 60 with 15 from Arts and Cultural Sector

• Mix of contract arrangements – contracts and Grants

• 40K innovation fund – to seed fund good ideas • Flexible network that will develop over time

Cultural Commissioning Programme: more information

Cultural Commissioning Programmewww.ncvo.org/CCProg