Published date: 9 October 2019

This notice was replaced on 30 March 2020

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Awarded contract (published 30 March 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£210,000

Procurement reference

NHS/SoEPS/19.576

Published date

9 October 2019

Closing date

11 November 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS South of England Procurement Services (SoEPS), acting on behalf of Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the provision of Medicine GIM Teaching Programme Support - Health Education England - West Midlands.

The Authority is inviting submissions for "Delivery of the Mandatory Training Programme for General Internal Medicine (GIM) for Higher Specialty Trainees". The intention is for this to be a five (5) year contract commencing on 1st April 2020 until 31st March 2025, subject to continued budgetary funding and satisfactory delivery each year and with an overall content review at the end of year three (3) (in line with curriculum changes and training requirements)

The geographical area, covering some 5,000 square miles, is home to more than 5.3 million people.  The area contains the Coventry, Birmingham, Black Country conurbation and stretches from Leek in Staffordshire in the north to Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire in the south and from Bishops Castle in Shropshire in the west to Rugby in Warwickshire in the east.   
   
The Authority is responsible for delivering specialty and General Practice (GP) medical and dental postgraduate training programmes for approximately 5,000 doctors and dentists across the West Midlands.  Doctors are recruited directly from medical schools into two-year foundation training programmes.  After completing foundation training, doctors can compete for entry into specialty and GP training programmes.    

The contract period of five years will be a maximum value of £210,000 inclusive of VAT.

Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning

Please access the ITT procurement documents for further information.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Monday 11 November 2019 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: Medicine GIM Teaching Programme Support - Health Education England - West Midlands - NHS/SoEPS/19.576, please access the ITT 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 5pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk
All communications should be made via the messaging function on the In-tend E-Tendering portal.

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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 ITT, the Procurement, other than as expressly permitted in this ITT.

About the buyer

Contact name

Laura Devine

Address

Unit 18 Solent Industrial Estate
SOUTHAMPTON
SO302FY
England

Email

laura.devine@soeprocurement.nhs.uk