Published date: 20 December 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: 12 January 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

LS2 7UE

Value of contract

£79,998

Procurement reference

CF-2079300D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

20 December 2023

Closing date

12 January 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

22 January 2024

Contract end date

21 January 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHSE is seeking a provider(s) to deliver skill-building workshops to enable community researchers to develop relationships with strategic stakeholders so that they can advocate for their communities and the outcomes of their research. The provider(s) will also support in developing those partnerships.

The deliverables for this are:

1. To deliver a programme of workshops to develop the knowledge and skills of 31 community researchers in communicating and building relationships with strategic stakeholders.

2. The workshops will address the needs of the community researchers and their host organisations, incorporating an iterative and collaborative approach to learning. The learning environment will be a safe space for learning, acting as a sound board and where community researchers can build confidence in communicating and advocating for their work.

3. Provide organisation templates and tools for community researchers to use to action plan and further develop actions to take their work forward.

4. To support the CPAR programme in an advisory capacity in areas such as recruitment of researchers, attending Oversight or Steering Group meetings and work with commissioned training and mentoring delivery partners (Scottish Community Development Centre and the University of Reading).

5.Engage in evaluation of the programme.

Further details and the ITQ responses documents are available from the following link:-

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

More information

Additional text

To express interest and participate in the tender, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Should Tenderers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact Helpdesk at:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Gilbert

Address

Quarry Hil
Leeds
LS2 7UE
GB

Email

mark.gilbert@hee.nhs.uk