Published date: 24 March 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 6 November 2020, 11:30pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£48,000

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN503451-87872803

Published date

24 March 2021

Closing date

6 November 2020

Closing time

11:30pm

Contract start date

16 November 2020

Contract end date

15 November 2021

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?

No

Description

The NHS Plan sets out a context of development of and investment in mental health services in England. To deliver the ambitions, there needs to be significant change to the mental health workforce in all contexts. This includes numbers of staff, competences across the workforce, leadership, governance and support provided to staff.

In response to this, HEE has developed workforce strategy to ensure that the current and future workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours. It outlines five 'pillars' which, when implemented together, can provide the blueprint towards meeting the workforce gap:

• increasing productivity
• increasing attractiveness and reducing attrition
• new staff
• new roles
• new skills

These pillars are based on the understanding that there is a need to evolve a different approach to workforce planning, which moves away from planning in line with traditional roles, to planning according to the competences needed to deliver care.

The delivery of mental health services involves a workforce that is extensive and diverse, including many staff closely engaged in providing care as well as offering information, support and assistance.

Due to the impact of Covid-19 it is widely accepted that there is likely to be an increase in the need for appropriately trained practitioners to provide treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

There are a number of competency frameworks available to support the development of the Adult Improving Access to Psychological therapies (IAPT) workforce. Currently there is no competency framework for staff who deliver Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. The existing frameworks available do not cover the standards or evidence-based criteria required for therapists delivering this effective treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Developing a competency framework for workforce delivering EMDR therapies.

  • Opportunity
  • Published 7 October 2020

Award information

Awarded date

25 November 2020

Contract start date

30 November 2020

Contract end date

29 November 2021

Total value of contract

£45,114.21

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Address

E1 8BB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

John Cannon

Address

1st Floor, Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
England

Telephone

+44 0

Email

John.Cannon2@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/