# Adult Social Care Action Research

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department of Health and Social Care](/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: National Care Forum
- Award value: £118,675
- Tender value: £118,675
- Award date: 24 April 2020
- Published: 5 June 2020
- Contract start: 27 April 2020
- Contract end: 7 June 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b7ea05e0-11a1-4217-9837-97a059f49665-362367
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-905cb587-a3b4-4d3e-a7b9-9691161b3e1b

## Description

The purpose of the project is to provide the sector with 'real-time' products and support based on action research, which provides learning about the experience of using technology, digital and data to support the response to Covid-19\. It will focus on the following key technology interventions during the response to Covid-19 of interest for future development: use of NHSmail and secure mail; use of MSTeams and other devices for video conferencing; use of remote care and monitoring; and, adoption of capacity tracker and other tools to provide better data and management information\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b7ea05e0-11a1-4217-9837-97a059f49665-362367)