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National Programme of Autism Training for Psychiatrists
Education and training services
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Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Health Education England: "National Programme of Autism Training for Psychiatrists". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Health Education England | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
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| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Coverage: 893 active published awards; 876 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHealth Education England | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published23 Sept 2022, 20:56 BST | Last source update23 Sept 2022, 20:56 BST | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationEducation and training services | ||
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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-036b3e | ||
What is being bought
Health Education England are putting out this notice as a VEAT (Voluntary Ex anti Transparency Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to The Royal College of Psychiatrists.<br/>The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.<br/>HEE is seeking a provider to appoint a provider to deliver The National programme of Autism training for Psychiatrists The programme of work is expected to take place over three years from commencement in October 2022-to 31 March 2025, subject to annual funding reviews. The contract will be offered aligned to this approach with an ability to review and refine the requirements in response to information and data from the end of year evaluation report.<br/>HEE believes that it is highly unlikely for any other supplier to be able to provide the following skills/tools provided by The Royal College of Psychiatrists as a supplier for the following reasons:<br/>Lack of knowledge, in-depth experience, capacity, and capabilities to deliver the programme
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to complete
23 Sept 2022, 20:56 BST - Official notice release published
23 Sept 2022, 20:56 BST - Buyer information updated
23 Sept 2022, 20:56 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedStatus not publishedPublished valueNot publishedHEE delivers across the 7 NHS regions in England (Northeast and Yorkshire, North West, Midlands, East of England, South West, South East and London) and any potential supplier would be required to deliver training that would ensure psychiatry capabilities are developed in all of these regions. <br/>Health Education England is committed to working with people and families and will require that this programme of work is co-developed and delivered with autistic people and their families. Delivery organisations will be expected to outline how they proposed develop and deliver the programme in co-production with autistic people and their families as part of their proposal. <br/><br/>The programme of work is expected to take place over three years from commencement in October 2022-to 31 March 2025, subject to annual funding reviews. The contract will be offered aligned to this approach with an ability to review and refine the requirements in response to information and data from the end of year evaluation report.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
23 Sept 2022, 20:56 BST - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 22 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST · £1,346,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards Royal College of Psychiatrists Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts Contract £1,346,000 · signed 22 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST · active |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Health Education England
Contracting authority GB-FTS-1319Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleThe RCPsych is the only supplier with the requisite expertise and experience to assist HEE and NHSE achieve its deliverables and actions set out in UK government policy and the Long-Term Plan to reduce health inequalities for autistic people, to: -<br/><br/>(i) tackle heath inequalities - by ensuring specialist autism teams across the country have access to a sufficient supply of highly skilled psychiatrists with enhanced skills in autism diagnosis, and therapeutic approaches. <br/> <br/>(ii) improve community support for autistic people – by ensuring that consultant psychiatrists working across a range of community specialities, including mental health, children and young people, older adults, and forensic services, are skilled in the recognition and assessment of autism. <br/><br/>(iii) improve support within the criminal and youth justice systems – by ensuring that psychiatrists working in these settings are skilled in the recognition and assessment of autism.<br/><br/>Specifically, the Royal College of Psychiatrists can provide access to a breadth of national expertise in neurodevelopmental psychiatry to support the design, development and delivery of a training programme that will offer the diversity of training needed, to develop both an enhanced autism specialist offer, and a foundation autism training programme for psychiatrists in wider community services. |