Published date: 23 March 2021

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


Closing: 8 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£90,000 to £170,000

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN520023-98072444

Published date

23 March 2021

Closing date

8 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

6 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

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

Health Education England, in the North West, Public Health England, the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership and the North West Coast Strategic Clinical Network are seeking to engage an education provider, working either alone or in partnership with another organisation, to design, deliver and evaluate suicide bereavement training for people who provide counselling and/or talking therapies at step 2 and/or 3.

The provider will be responsible for:
- The design and delivery of a modular training programme, delivered as face-to-face, remotely/virtually or a combination of these methods, covering a range of topics relevant to staff who support people who have been bereaved by suicide.
- Working with counselling and talking therapy providers across the North West and with HEE North West to recruit trainees into the programme.
- Ensuring that there is equity of access for delegates from NHS and non-NHS organisations across the three STP/ICS areas of the North West.
- Ensuring that delegates acquire the knowledge and skills needed to provide appropriate support to people who have been suicide bereaved.
- Collating trainee feedback and providing HEE North West with an evaluation report based on mutually agreed outcomes.
- Must be prepared and able to deliver face to face training remotely/virtually if required.

The key objectives include:
- To provide a group of NHS and non NHS professionals with the skills and tools they will need to provide appropriate support to people who have been bereaved by suicide.
- To enhance patient care and experience by improving the support available for people who have been bereaved by suicide.

Bids will be welcomed from individual providers or partnership of providers, with the programme expected to be delivered before 31st March 2022, with the possibility of annual extension up to 31st March 2024.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Suicide Bereavement Training

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 January 2021

Links

Award information

Awarded date

22 March 2021

Contract start date

6 April 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Total value of contract

£74,900

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cruse Bereavement Care

Address

TW9 2GW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Leila Hodson

Address

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

Email

leila.hodson@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/