Published date: 6 December 2018

This notice was replaced on 7 February 2019

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Awarded contract (published 7 February 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN380557-43872352

Published date

6 December 2018

Closing date

13 December 2018

Contract start date

24 December 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

HEE invites proposals from qualified organisations to assess the suitability of the Restraint Reduction Network scheme and standards against international requirements and to invite and encourage conformity assessment bodies to enter the market

Included:-
Services and providers included within the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018
Certification scheme and standards

Excluded:-
Services and products outside those defined by the Use of Force Act 2018 and as maybe amended in the future.

SPECIFICATION:
Aim:
Support and stimulate the establishment of an England wide UKAS accredited certification scheme as recognition of competence and compliance for restrain (restraint reduction) training services.

Objective:
Phase 1
• To define an acceptable approach assessment and accreditation.
• To Assess the suitability of the proposed scheme and standards for the purposes of certification
• To determine the feasibility of accrediting the assurance evaluation of training providers either as an inspection or certification body.
• To develop internal competence to assess the certification of physical restraint training services
• To continue to offer sustainable accredited certification services to the sector following this initial market stimulation phase

Phase 2
• To hold and administer a market stimulation fund to be shared between and off set the accreditation costs of applicant certification bodies that are successfully accredited to administer the scheme and certify training providers
• To assess the competence and impartiality of the applicant certification body against the requirements of ISO/IEC 17065:2015 (service certification)

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Christina Tam

Address

Stewart House
32 Russell Square
London
WC1B 5DN
United Kingdom

Email

christina.tam@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/