Published date: 28 May 2021

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: 14 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

HEE001-DN543128-19774141

Published date

28 May 2021

Closing date

14 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 August 2021

Contract end date

26 October 2021

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

3. Scope of Contract
The England only CSTF framework is the only framework to be reviewed. The review will not include any other learning frameworks.

The objectives of this review are:

1) To test the current scope and effectiveness of the CSTF with stakeholders and assess associated knowledge transfer.
2) To understand the barriers to alignment/adoption of the framework and how to best achieve the consistent use of the CSTF by all NHS organisation within England going forward.
3) To define how the CSTF should be used to eradicate the need to repeat training unnecessarily and highlight training where location-based variation is expected/required.
4) To ensure the current core subjects, levels and refresher periods are applicable and/or appropriate to the needs of all NHS organisation in relation to their statutory and mandatory skills and knowledge obligations.
5) To provide insights that will both provide standards for and allow better standardisation of the learning outcomes and delivery of training for the core subjects.
6) To inform how bespoke training needs at the NHS organisation level can be handled where standardised training packages are used.
7) To consider and make recommendation on quality assurance, management and oversight (governance) of the framework going forward, taking into account advice from an expert on 'trust frameworks' and educational expertise regarding achievement of learning outcomes.
8) To provide recommendations to inform the launch and implementation of a new/revised framework, taking into account the impact of aligning to a new/revised framework and competencies on NHS organisations.


About the buyer

Contact name

Philip Scott

Address

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

Telephone

+44 0

Email

philip.scott@hee.nhs.uk

Website

https://hee.nhs.uk/