Published date: 21 July 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 28 August 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN488035-62102777

Published date

21 July 2020

Closing date

28 August 2020

Contract start date

23 November 2020

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the provision of Psychological Therapies for Serious Mental Health Problems - Health Education England, across four Lots.
The four Lots are:
Lot 1 - Family Interventions for Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder training
Lot 2 - Mentalisation Based Treatment training
Lot 3 - Structured Clinical Management (SCM) training
Lot 4 - Team Training in Understanding Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder

The contract period will be for three years, subject to annual budget review and KPIs, with the option to extend by up to a further three years. The awarded contracts will be nil guarantee.

Maximum numbers of providers to be awarded per Lot (subject to minimum criteria):
Lot 1 - maximum of ten providers
Lot 2 - maximum of three providers
Lot 3 - maximum of three providers
Lot 4 - maximum of ten providers

Please note that each lot is independent, there is no interdependence between any of the Lots for submission or delivery purposes. Each Lot could be awarded at a different time to the others, based on evaluation process timelines and standstill, once completed each Lot will be awarded.

The costs per trainee/ course for each Lot are fixed. All costs are inclusive of VAT.

Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=40bb618e-0a24-e611-8114-000c29c9ba21&v=2

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Friday 28th August 2020 at 12:00pm (midday). Late submissions will not be accepted. The e-portal system will shutdown at 12:00pm and any un-submitted bids not registered to the system at this time will not be accepted. Therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.

Project title: Health Education England: Psychological Therapies for Serious Mental Health Problems Training, please access the ITT for all documents. Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the ProContract dedicated Supplier Helpdesk at: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal. During the tender exercise the Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system and not with the Contracting Authority itself. No Bidder, Bidder Member, or any of such Bidder's advisors, consultants or subcontractors may have ex parte communications with the Contracting Authority or any of their employees, advisors, contractors or consultants regarding the ITT, the Procurement, other than as expressly permitted in this ITT.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Laura Devine

Address

Crawley Hospital, 3rd Floor, Red Wing
West Green Drive
Crawley
RH11 7DH
United Kingdom

Email

Laura.Devine@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/