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Published 14 Mar 2023, 14:19 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

CNO Safe Staffing Academic Partner

Official notice

Authority: NHS England (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£170,000≈ £85k / year0.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Apr 2023awarded 20 Jun 2023
Awarded to Birmingham City University
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2025 · starts 1 Sept 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NHS England designed the CNO Safer Staffing Fellowship, a Masters Level workforce planning, delivery and assurance programme to support our vision of embedding a sustainable, consistent approach to safer staffing in our NHS in England.<br/><br/>Following an Open OJEU tendering process NHS England has appointed Birmingham City University for this work.<br/><br/>Ensuring evidence-based decision-making on safe and effective staffing is fundamental for all NHS organisations. Strong support to Trusts and Executive Directors in achieving this is essential. The CNO Safer Staffing Fellowship is a robust educational programme to provide this support to NHS organisations and is taught to Masters level by expert academics and practitioners.<br/><br/>This will be a 2 year contract delivered over academic years September 23 - August 2025.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Open OJEU tendering processAwarded 2 yrsPublished value£170,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2023 – 31 Aug 2025 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Mar 2023, 14:19 GMT
Last source update
20 Jun 2023, 12:17 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Mar 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-017504
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
13 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Mar 2023 → 1 Sept 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Bids opened
    14 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    13 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    20 Jun 2023, 12:17 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Jun 2023, 12:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £168,8681 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Jun 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Birmingham City University£168,868 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 1st Floor, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS2 7UEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtMediation bodyReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.