Challenge a provider rate and decide an uplift

Commissioning (adult social care, children's and housing): Challenge a provider rate and decide an uplift. Starts when: A provider requests an uplift or a rate exceeds benchmark. Steps: Open the rate card and benchmark set; Record the provider's case; Escalate under the rate challenge route; Decide and record the uplift with its annual cost. Done when: Every uplift shows the benchmark, the challenge and the decided cost. Rules that apply: Commissioning toolkit (rate card, benchmark set, escalation route); Care Act market duties as named.