Published date: 6 July 2016

This notice was replaced on 6 July 2016

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Awarded contract (published 4 April 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health training services - 80561000

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£1,500,000

Procurement reference

NHS/SoEPS/16.264 ITT

Published date

6 July 2016

Closing date

26 August 2016

Contract start date

7 November 2016

Contract end date

30 June 2017

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

The aim of this procurement is for the provision of a Framework of Providers to deliver Community Eating Disorder Service Training for Health Education England (HEE).

HEE wishes to procure a framework of high quality training providers capable of delivering this training programme to CEDS within one, some or all of the regions below.
The four regions are:
• London
• Midlands and East - West Midlands, North Midlands, Central Midlands and East
• North - Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, North East England
• South - Penzance to Margate (South West, South Central, South East Coast)


The numbers of CEDS in each region, mostly commissioned in collaboration by a number of CCGs are:
London 7
Midlands and East 19
North 22
South 14
Total 62

HEE is looking for training providers capable of delivering robust, creative and flexible solutions to the challenge of delivering an intensive and demanding curriculum to a large, diverse and geographically spread workforce. HEE is also looking for providers to offer ways of delivering this curriculum in the most engaging way for participants, involving children and young people and parents and carers as "experts by experience" as appropriate to ensure an effective learning experience. Successful bidders will have a strong track record in such approaches.
The length of the contract will be for the period of time necessary to complete the number of training courses required.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Friday 26th August 2016 at 12:00pm (midday), via the e-portal. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the In-tend E-Tendering portal.

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Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning. The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Friday 26th August 2016 at 12:00pm (midday).
Project title: Provision of a Framework of Providers to deliver Community Eating Disorder Service Training - Health Education England, please access the ITT for all documents. Should Bidders have any e-portal queries, or are having problems using the e-portal, they should contact the In-tend dedicated Supplier Helpdesk by calling 0845 557 8079 Monday to Friday (9am to 6pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk.

During the tender exercise the Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the appointed procurement specialist on behalf of NHS South of England Procurement Services and not with the Contracting Authority itself. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the In-tend E-Tendering portal.
No Bidder, Bidder Member, or any of such Bidder's advisors, consultants or subcontractors may have ex parte communications with the Contracting Authority or any of their employees, advisors, contractors or consultants regarding the ITT, the Procurement, other than as expressly permitted in this ITT.

About the buyer

Contact name

Laura Devine

Address

36-38 Friars Walk
Lewes
BN7 2PB
England

Email

laura.devine@soeprocurement.nhs.uk