Published date: 20 December 2017

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Awarded contract (published 2 March 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

East Midlands, West Midlands

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

NHS/SoEPS/17.393

Published date

20 December 2017

Closing date

12 January 2018

Contract start date

2 February 2018

Contract end date

29 June 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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

NHS South of England Procurement Services, acting on behalf of Health Education England (the Commissioner) would like to invite quotations from potential providers who can deliver a time limited project to enhance understanding and measuring the prevalence of the desired behaviours within the existing learning disability system across Midlands and East of England. This will follow on from research that has been undertaken to establish the desired system wide behaviours to develop a culture that will successfully deliver transformed learning disabilities care across the midlands and East of England.

The successful supplier will be required to engage and work with system partners in the four local offices of Health Education England (Midlands and East), using the assessment processes to develop a region wide plan which highlights needs and describes how they could be addressed. System wide partners will include (this list is not exhaustive)

Please access the procurement documents for further information.

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Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning.
The deadline for submission of completed ITQ responses is 12 January 2018 at 12:00pm (midday). Late submissions will not be accepted. The e-portal system will shutdown at 12:00pm and any un-submitted bids not registered to the system at this time will not be accepted. Therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.
Project title: Measuring the existence of the desired behaviours across the region and developing a plan to address deficits -- Health Education England, Midlands & East. Please access the ITQ for all documents. Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the In-tend dedicated Supplier Helpdesk by calling 0845 557 8079 Monday to Friday (9am to 6pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk.
All communications should be made via the messaging function on the In-tend E-Tendering portal. During the tender exercise the Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system via the appointed procurement specialist on behalf of NHS South of England Procurement Services and not with the Contracting Authority itself. No Bidder, Bidder Member, or any of such Bidder's advisors, consultants or subcontractors may have ex parte communications with the Contracting Authority or any of their employees, advisors, contractors or consultants regarding the ITQ, the Procurement, other than as expressly permitted in this ITQ.

About the buyer

Contact name

Simon Farr

Address

36-38
Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
England

Email

simon.farr@soeprocurement.nhs.uk