Published date: 21 December 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£187,000
Procurement reference
CF-0543800D0O000000rwimUAA1
Published date
21 December 2021
Closing date
20 January 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
31 January 2022
Contract end date
31 January 2024
Contract type
Not applicable
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Health Education England are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to The University of Exeter.
The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.
During 2020-21 University of Exeter has been identified as having developed an Advanced Practice, mental Health offer that was aligned to the Multi-Professional Approved/Responsible Clinician, Mental Health Training Course. This specialist P Cert level course combines both academic and practical clinical experience. Since then, the Trust has continued to develop the programme, giving vital feedback to HEE in order to support the large-scale multiple year procurement which will follow shortly.
The supplier have demonstrated their ability to develop and deliver a regionally based, high impact training programme for trainees.
Owing to the complex nature of the programme seamless continuity is essential. If the existing supplier is unable to continue providing the service and lead on rolling out the course across the regions then it will be detrimental for the following reasons:
• To become an Approved Clinician, there is a statutory requirement to produce a portfolio demonstrating competence and attendance at a two-day induction. In addition, further learning in Mental Health Law Practice is also recommended by the Psychological Professions Network, which is currently only being offered at University of Essex via an 18 month PG Cert.
• If the current supplier is unable to continue then the programme will need to be withdrawn in-year which will impact on the supply of specialist training, development of the workforce and delaying the fulfilment of the LTP ambitions, which will ultimately impact on patient care.
• New suppliers will be unable to provide the same level of continuity of service without significant additional resource, and time from HEE which will be required in order to get them up and running, but this will not be possible within year 2021-22.
• As this is such a bespoke training programme designed by experts with years of experience, this would lead to multiple procurement exercises which would inevitably lead to an increase
About the buyer
Contact name
Jessica Nerlich
Address
Blenheim House, Duncombe Street,
Leeds
LS1 4PL
GB
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