Published date: 14 October 2021

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: 15 November 2021, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£24,875

Procurement reference

CF-0417000D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

14 October 2021

Closing date

15 November 2021

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 December 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award.

Please note the contracting authority intends to direct award the contract to the NHS Leadership Academy. The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.

The Mary Seacole programme is a six-month NHS leadership programme designed to develop knowledge and skills in leadership and management. Grounded in reality and applied in the workplace, it aims to provide the balance between learning the theory and putting it into practice. The programme empowers participants to turn their success into constant team success and to champion compassionate patient care.
The programme is combines with e-learning, which includes virtual campus content, workshop design and online facilitated tutor groups.

The NHS Leadership Academy's mission is to develop outstanding leadership in health, in order to improve people's health and their experiences of the NHS. They aim to do this by:
• broadening, and where necessary changing, the range of leadership behaviours people in the health system use
• professionalising leadership: raising the profile, performance and impact of health system leaders, requiring and supporting them to demonstrate their fit and proper readiness to carry out their leadership role and defining what we expect from them
• working in partnership to make leadership in the health system more inclusive and representative of the communities it serves
• developing leaders who are more innovative and can create a climate where innovation can flourish

HEE believes that the NHS Leadership Academy are the only providers of this NHS Leadership course.

The financial envelope for the contract is £24,875

For the Specification, Contract and the Case for Direct Award please access the portal at:
https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?SearchType=Projects

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family E-Tendering 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 closing date of this PIN is 23.59hrs on the 15th November 2021


About the buyer

Contact name

Leila Hodson

Address

Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
GB

Email

leila.hodson@hee.nhs.uk