Published date: 17 May 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: 16 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0 to £105,000

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN544251-66033141

Published date

17 May 2021

Closing date

16 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2021

Contract end date

31 October 2023

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?

Yes


Description

NHS Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the provision of ICA (Integrated Clinical Academic) Mentorship Scheme.

Health Education England are inviting bidders to submit a tender response to administer an existing career mentorship scheme for Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Programme for eligible healthcare professionals in receipt of a personal research training award from the ICA Programme.

The ICA (Integrated Clinical Academic) Programme, managed by the NIHR Academy and funded by HEE, provides research training awards to statutorily registered healthcare professionals who wish to develop clinical academic careers; enabling them to combine continued clinical practice and clinical development with clinical research and research leadership.

The maximum financial envelope for this procurement exercise is £105,000 exclusive of Vat. The contract period will be for two years with the option to extend by up to a further one year subject to annual budget review and available budget.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is 16th June 2021 at 12:00pm (midday).

Late submissions will not be accepted therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise.

The Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system and not with the Contracting Authority itself other than as expressly permitted within this ITT.

Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the ProContract dedicated Supplier Helpdesk at: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index


About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Ambrose

Address

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

Telephone

+44 0

Email

sarah.ambrose@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/