Published date: 24 July 2023

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 31 July 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

LS1 4PL

Procurement reference

CF-1744400D0O000000rwimUAA

Published date

24 July 2023

Closing date

31 July 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

NHS England will be commencing a Market Engagement event for the following opportunity in support of NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression Training.

We would like to invite all interested parties to attend the market engagement webinar to understand the expansion of NHS Talking Therapies Services, ensure programmes are aligned to recent curriculum changes and safeguard future NHS Talking Therapies training delivery. We intend to re-procure the following training programmes nationally in 2023/24:

- Core Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) training
- Core High Intensity Therapist (HIT) CBT Training
- PWP Supervision
- HIT Supervision
- Long Term Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms (LTC-MUS) Top-up training for PWP and HIT CBT Therapists

It is our intention to hold the event on Wednesday 2nd August 2023 at 13:00 until 14:30pm. This will provide interested parties the opportunity to hear more about;

- Background and service context
- Proposed scope of procurement exercise
- Outline of the Procurement process (indicative timelines)

There will be representations from NHS England commissioning leads, Subject Matter Experts and procurement teams. The event will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the process that we anticipate following, general discussion and an opportunity to network. The event will be conducted in the form of an online presentation and discussion, organised through MS Teams.

Please RSVP by 31st July 2023 by 2pm with the name, title and contact details for attendees (a maximum of two attendees per organisation) to mentalhealth@hee.nhs.uk

An invite to the session will be sent prior to the event.

The contracting authority reserves the right not to proceed with the Procurement, or any part thereof, or change the requirements as necessary at any time.
Any procurement will be conducted under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 if the Authority decides to proceed with the opportunity, where a separate advert will be released advertising the opportunity.


About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Ambrose

Address

Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
GB

Email

sarah.ambrose@hee.nhs.uk