Published date: 4 October 2023

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: 26 October 2023, 4:18pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

NR4 7TJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-37-841-PURCON2032

Published date

4 October 2023

Closing date

26 October 2023

Closing time

4:18pm

Contract start date

22 January 2024

Contract end date

22 January 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS England (formerly known as Health Education) East of England has invested in six Higher Education Institutions, to maximise utilisation of academic expertise in the adoption and uptake of emergent Integrated Care Systems, working as Anchor Institutions.  

Integrated Care Systems are driven by the largest legislative changes introduced by NHS England, who have established 42 Integrated Care Boards across England, from 1st July 2022 in line with it's duty in the Health and Care Act 2022.

In the East of England, each HEI's engagement as an Anchor Institute is focused across their local Integrated Care System(s). At baseline, there is no universal model, or shared understanding across the 6 HEIs, as to what an Anchor Institute (AI) is or should be, with each undertaking separate workstreams to align these with local context and priorities. Further, there is no consensus on a regional theory for change for the AIs, and their contribution potential to workforce and system transformation.   

Therefore, at the heart of this evaluation is a commitment to co-production, capturing contribution narratives with people and communities so that broad stakeholder engagement is achieved, from setting the strategic direction to adapting innovations to the local context, through to evaluation of regional impact. A focus is on co-creating the evaluation for enhanced shared learning in terms of innovation adoption strategies. For example, new and emergent roles being developed in response to new service models associated with health and care integration, as a sustainable approach to the spread of local innovations impacting workforce and system level transformation beyond the East of England.  

The overarching objective is to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the facilitation of ANCHOR Institutes across the east of England

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About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Bradsworth

Address

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

01603 592728

Email

C.Bradsworth@uea.ac.uk