Published date: 12 January 2023

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: 13 February 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

LS1 4PL

Value of contract

£80,000

Procurement reference

CF-1271400D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

12 January 2023

Closing date

13 February 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 February 2023

Contract end date

20 January 2024

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Health Education England are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) Review of the CPD and career pathways for HCSWwith a view to completing a Direct Award to University Hospital Southampton NHS FT

The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.

HEE is seeking a provider to improved visibility and understanding of the Continuous Professional Development and Career Pathways for HCSW (Health Care Support Workers) that are available to support works throughout their careers and to identify challenges and opportunities to support this.


HEE believes that it is highly unlikely for any other supplier to be able to provide the following skills/tools provided by University Hospital Southampton NHS FT as a current supplier for the following reasons:

• Comprehensive experience of the recruitment and development of HCSW and he Care Certificate and Higher Development Award (HDA) and its resources with experience of providing extensive technical advice and guidance to employers and other stakeholders including HEE, NHS England/Improvement, Dept of Health and Social Care, Skills for Health and Skills for Care.
• Technical expertise in the development of the Care Cert and HDA curriculum including the interface between this and the Care Certificate Standards.
• Leading and demonstrating strong communication skills with the national Higher Development Award Stakeholder group and broader stakeholder groups to promote and support the roll out of the HDA within health and care organisation to enable the development of support workers.

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All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family eTendering portal.

If any provider has concerns with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice.

The financial envelope for this PIN is £80,000

The closing date of this PIN is midday on 13/02/2023


About the buyer

Contact name

Halima Ali

Address

Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
United Kingdom

Email

halima.ali@hee.nhs.uk