Published date: 25 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: 24 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

CF-0210300D0O000000rwimUAA1

Published date

25 May 2021

Closing date

24 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

28 June 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award.

Please note the contracting authority intends to direct award the contract to University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.

Heath Education England [HEE] believe that University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. is the only supplier who can support the above programme requirements for a 10 month period, with their knowledge and experience (since April 2020) of work undertaken regarding the roll out of the Higher Development Award (HDA) as CPD for support workers and in order to rapidly build on this experience to further develop the HDA and other CPD opportunities (from June 2021 until 31 March 2022).

Due to the length of the contract (one year), seamless continuity is paramount. If the existing supplier cannot continue to provide the current service to HEE, it is believed that the impact on the service will be detrimental for a number of reasons:
o Transition to a new supplier would mean the need for comprehensive induction to the work and organisational memory for the work for the Higher Development Award would be lost, this will mean that timely delivery would not be achieved
o Loss of links and relationships with the national Higher Development Award stakeholder network preventing effective communication and engagement to rollout the HDA and the support workers ongoing learning agenda
o Failure to effectively analyse and act on data collected for the ongoing learning review thus failing to meet deadlines
The financial envelope for the contract is £50,000.

For the Specification, Contract and the Case for Direct Award please access the portal at:
https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?SearchType=Projects
Please access the portal for all documents.

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family E-Tendering portal.

If any provider has concerns with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice.

The closing date of this PIN is midday on the 24th June 2021

About the buyer

Contact name

Leila Hodson

Address

Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
GB

Email

leila.hodson@hee.nhs.uk