Published date: 20 September 2019

This notice was replaced on 11 December 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 11 December 2019)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

itt_3330

Published date

20 September 2019

Closing date

21 October 2019

Contract start date

1 January 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Health Education England is seeking a provider with the necessary experience and capability to deliver training for Trauma focused CBT for Refugees and Asylum seekers in line with the curriculum, for 136 IAPT High Intensity CBT therapists who are experienced and competent in the delivery of Trauma-Focused CBT.

The approved national curriculum for training includes: selection; teaching; supervision and assessment of competence; but does not include the provision of practice placements.
Training will include:
1. An online directed self-study module
2. A one-day, face-to-face overview workshop on TF-CBT and working with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
3. A three-day training in Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

Supervision can be provided remotely via Skype or similar. To be delivered in six, monthly telephone/video group sessions with the trainers.

The training needs to be available across England. However the Home Office have identified areas of higher volume that is based upon their data on resettled refugees in England under the Vulnerable People's Resettlement Scheme. These are:
• Ashford, Kent
• Birmingham
• Bradford
• Bristol
• County Durham
• Coventry
• East Riding
• Gateshead
• Halton
• Hartlepool
• Kingston Upon Hull
• Leeds
• Leicester
• Liverpool
• London
• Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Training is to commence by 31st March 2020 and to conclude by 31st March 2021.

Maximum price is £1,250.00 per trainee.

Neither the Authority nor potential providers will be obligated to further commitment as a result of any initial expressions of interest. The Authority shall not be committed to any course of action as a result of issuing this advert or any invitation to participate or to submit a Bid Response in respect of this Procurement. The Authority shall not be bound to accept any Bid and reserves the right not to conclude a Contract for some or all of the Service(s) for which Bids are invited with one or more Bidders. The Authority reserves the right to amend, add to or withdraw all or any part of this Procurement at any time during the process.

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NHS Commercial Solutions (NHSCS) is assisting the Authority - Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of Health Education England with the procurement elements of this project.

The Tender Memorandum of Information and Specification are attached to assist potential providers.

The tender will be conducted via the NHSCS Bravo e tendering system. Potential Bidders wishing to participate will be required to register on the Bravo system if they have not previously done so. This can be done at any time via this web link:

https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

The Bravo Project number for this tender is Project 3457
The Invitation to Tender number is itt_3330

An organisation will be assumed to have expressed interest by registering on the Invitation to Tender on the portal.

NHSCS is utilising the Bravo eTendering system system to manage this Procurement and to communicate with Potential Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued and ALL communications with the Authority and NHS Commercial Solutions, will be conducted ONLY via the Bravo secure messaging service within the Bravo portal.

It is free to register on the Bravo portal. Should Potential Bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, they should contact the BravoSolution dedicated Supplier Support, available from the Bravo Help desk:
Phone: 0800 069 8630 (Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm)
E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

After accessing the ITT, Potential Bidders should download all the tender documentation contained in the Attachments folder of the ITT.

This Procurement is governed by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) and the Procurement Patient Choice and Competition Regulations 2013 (PPCCR 2013). The Procurement falls within Section 7 of the PCR 2015 (the "light touch regime" or LTR). While the Authority has elected for this Procurement to use an approach and terminology which is similar to aspects of PCR 2015, this should not be taken as an acceptance by the Authority that any part of the PCR 2015 (other than those provisions specifically applicable to the LTR) apply to this Procurement.

The Authority intends that the Tender process will follow a procedure similar to the Open procedure (as set out in the PCR 2015) but for the avoidance of doubt, the Authority is not (and is not obliged to) running the process strictly in accordance with that procedure and so reserves the right to adapt the procedure as it sees fit (subject to general Treaty principles). Neither the inclusion of a selection stage nor the use of the term "Selection Questionnaire" nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by anything other than the provisions of Section 7 of the PCR 2015.

The Authority will follow the principles of transparency, fairness and non-discrimination in conducting this Procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Emma-Jane Taylor

Address

NHS Commercial Solutions, The Atrium
Curtis Road
Dorking
RH4 1XA
England

Telephone

01306646822

Email

emmajane.taylor@nhs.net

Website

https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk