Published date: 24 February 2016

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: 16 March 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£29,500

Procurement reference

02_16/ITT_Sims/NHSLA

Published date

24 February 2016

Closing date

16 March 2016

Contract start date

13 April 2016

Contract end date

12 April 2017

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

NCAS provides a confidential service to the health and social care service resolving concerns about the performance of practitioners. Our aim is to work with all parties to clarify the concerns, understand what may be leading to them, and to develop and deliver effective interventions to help healthcare providers to ensure practitioners continue to deliver a high-quality and safe service for patients.

In an NCAS full performance assessment, findings from an occupational health and behavioural assessment are considered alongside findings from workplace-based clinical assessments, and thereafter NCAS produces a report which cites evidence of satisfactory and poor practice, presenting conclusions based on the triangulation of evidence from across all components of the assessment. This is subsequently shared with the practitioner and the referring organisation.

We assess a practitioner's fitness for purpose rather than the Regulatory fitness to practise.

This contract is to provide high fidelity simulations for use as part of NCAS' full performance assessment. Such services are normally utilised by NCAS in circumstances where either it is not possible to observe a practitioner's clinical practice within their normal place of work (for example where the practitioner is excluded, suspended or restricted from work) or where a simulation would allow observation of aspects of clinical practice which may not occur routinely in their clinical work. The contracted service providers will support NCAS assessments by providing simulation facilities, equipment, simulated patients (if appropriate) and simulation scenarios which cover the full scope of practice for practitioners undergoing an NCAS assessment in order to enable NCAS assessors to make judgements in line with the purpose of the NCAS assessment.

NCAS requires simulation services for practitioners working in these contexts:

 General Practice surgery
 Out of Hours surgery
 Anaesthetics
 Surgery

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About the buyer

Address

Second Floor
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SZ
England

Email

contract.queries@nhsla.com