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Official UK procurement notice

Training and Development · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub c/o West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement10 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)£10,000,000total for 10 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 20 Feb 2023awarded 1 Apr 2023
Lots 10see the lot list below
Framework period 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2023

What is being bought10 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

EoECPH wishes to provide support to the NHS and the wider arena of publicly funded services with the provision of innovative learning methods and support services to assist them in meeting system challenges they face, both now and in the future. The purpose of this procurement is to secure service providers, to help upskill individuals who will through a multitude of small actions and changes by them help bring about osmosis within public service provision, which could in best case scenario help to bring equilibrium to pressured parts of the system and bring change and vibrancy to service provision.

Services Skills and Abilities

EOECPH is interested in partnering for this framework with organisations which can demonstrate and evidence the following key characteristics and capabilities, as may be applicable and where so indicated by the Lot requirements:

  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Embedding if required by the Beneficiary
  • Practical leaning and skills sets for an individual with application in their workplace
  • Training and delivery - various methodologies & mediums
  • Ability to provide a commercial offer that represents good value for money for the Beneficiaries
  • Successful marketing and service uptake in a similar environment and/or projects
  • Ability to engage with different types of organisations e.g. government, councils, clinicians, health, and social care professionals etc
  • Suitable, relevant experience of working with different strata's of a workforce including management, senior leaders or other key stakeholders to ensure cultural change within an organisation.

EoECPH is looking for Providers to work collaboratively with the Hub, and who will be able to provide in-depth support both in terms of practical "hands-on" application of delivery of services as well as supporting the Beneficiaries through training various training mediums to develop in-house skills and upskill individuals. Providers will be able to identify where they are registered or accredited to help support direct award along with any accreditations that in turn their training courses/provision provide to individuals, such as but not limited to:

  • Higher education

o MBA's

o Post Graduate Cert

  • Charted Institute status
  • Continuous Professional Development

o Credits to support individuals / existing qualifications

  • Recurrence: Bidders have the opportunity to apply to join the Framework Agreement on an annual basis. Upon the annual anniversary of the Framework Agreement

CPV: Coaching services · Education and training services · Personal development training services · Training services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
21 bids received · 20 suppliers appointed
Framework period
2 yrs from 1 Apr 2023

Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure

10 lots · 1 with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1One to One Coaching & Mentoring ServicesCancelledRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£10,000,000

Support for an individuals' personal development through facilitation of bespoke services. Providers for Lot 1 should be able to demonstrate expertise in successfully delivering against the following service requirements, which include but not limited to, the following specialisms:

  • Leadership
  • Executive
  • Working in Collaboration
  • Effective Communication
  • Individual upskilling
Contract period: 1 Apr 2023 – 31 Mar 2025 (2 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Bidders have the opportunity to apply to join the Framework Agreement on an annual basis. Upon the annual anniversary of the Framework AgreementVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Training ProgrammesAwardedLot estimate not published

Support for individuals within organisational structures which deal with and have to respond to both skill and knowledge gaps within the emerging and evolving arena of people/population centric services. For example within health and social care organisations people are working in an ever changing landscape of needs and responsibilities, support from training and upskilling services under this lot will provide individuals with tools and techniques to effectively identify and implement positive change. Areas captured could include but not be limited to the following types of areas and outputs:

  • Train the Trainer
  • System Engagement
  • System Learning
  • Coordinated Care - Multidisciplinary Approach
  • Communication & Listening
  • Care Planning
  • Leadership
  • Performance
  • Project & Procurement
Delivery: UK
Lot #3Innovative Synaptic, Memory and Reality LearningCancelledLot estimate not published
  • Medical Training
  • Patient Experiences
  • Human Factors (Simulation and Training)

Purpose: To provide new and accelerated learning or learning development through the application of neuroscience and other cognitive memory formation learning and retention, this could be in isolation or a collaboration of provider(s) awarded against the framework.

Principles underpinning the delivery of these services include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • portfolio offering with a cost menu to facilitate specific content development,
  • various mediums of deliver to include digital and e-learning
  • bespoke and relevant content tailored to the person(s) or environment/organisation
Delivery: UK
Lot #4System LeadershipCancelledLot estimate not published

As part of the ongoing development in the health and social care arena the requirement for true collaboration and integrated services, support for individuals and organisations is becoming more relevant. For the NHS ICS Leaders and Independent Chairs for NHS England and NHS Improvement integrated care systems (ICS) and sustainability and transformation partnerships (STP) have responsibility for the future of the health and care systems within their region, to improve the health and care of the population covered by each respective system.

NHS England identifies this as "The Chair's role is to oversee greater partnership working between the NHS and local authorities, engaging with a range of stakeholders to maximise the benefits of collaborative working, shared decision making and effective governance.

In addition, the Chairs and Leads shape the approach to partnership development and help lead the way to improved health, care and wellbeing, so that people can live healthier lives and get the care and treatment they need, in the right place, at the right time.

Service provision under the framework will need to meet and support individuals in demonstrating achievement understanding of governance requirements applicable to them and the organisations they in turn serve".

It is intended that this lot will support individuals, as Leaders and Chairs, to help them lead and shape services and system development through relevant core upskilling approaches in the following areas as a minimum:

  • Understanding the foundation of leadership and being accountable;
  • Relevance and understanding of people centric services in conjunction to grouping services, pathway developments and consolidating needs and maximising resources; and

"outside the box" approaches in the following areas as a minimum:

  • Techniques to broaden communication impact with compelling communication;
  • Understand mechanisms for to grow relationships through partnerships and trust;
  • Gain insight from collaborative learning put this into practice; and
  • Leading transformational change.
Delivery: UK
Lot #5Litigation and Coroner InquestsAwardedLot estimate not published

To support and provide individuals with an appreciation of situations which can evolve from day to day activities, where understanding, knowledge and skill sets needed are different to those relevant to patient safety incident training.

Delivery: UK
Lot #6Social Value & SustainabilityCancelledLot estimate not published

To support individuals incorporate and consider social value and sustainability as part of their everyday activity, through provision of targeted training and interventions relevant to, and for the individual and the environment they work within, ensuring that publicly funded responsibilities, which are applicable on a personal level for effectively discharging their role and responsibilities, which may additionally encompass the wider environment they work/exist within.

Delivery: UK
Lot #7Multi-Disciplinary or Unique ServicesCancelledLot estimate not published

Multi-disciplinary coaching and mentoring services, covering the supply of a broad range of consultancy and advisory services where the scope of the requirement covers at least 2 or more of the specialist areas covered in Lots 1-7, and or any other consultancy/advisory related services. This Lot would be used where the scope of the work involved was particularly wide ranging and broad in its nature such that the scope of the service required was not able to be procured solely under any one of the specialist individual Lots 1-7

Delivery: UK
Lot #8Systems Approach to Learning from Patient Safety Incidents TrainingCancelledLot estimate not published

Purpose: To support the development of core understanding and application of systems-based patient safety incident response in line with NHS guidance, based upon national and internationally recognised good practice. This should include:

General content

  • Purpose of patient safety incident response
  • Introduction to:

o Complex systems and system thinking

o Human Factors

  • Just culture
  • Involving staff in incident response
  • Involving patients, families and carers in incident response, including duty of candour
  • Developing safety actions and safety recommendations
Delivery: UK
Lot #9Systems Approach to Learning from Patient Safety Incidents Oversight TrainingCancelledLot estimate not published

To support the development of expert understanding and oversight of systems-based patient safety incident response in line with NHS guidance, based upon national and internationally recognised good practice.

Content includes:

  • Purpose of patient safety incident response
  • Introduction to complex systems, system thinking and human factors
  • NHS PSIRF and associated documentation (PSIRP, PSII standards)
  • How to support oversight systems and processes related to incident response
  • How to maintain an open, transparent and improvement focused culture
  • PSII commissioning and planning
  • Identifying and supporting complex investigations spanning different organisational, care setting and stakeholder boundaries
Delivery: UK
Lot #10Patient and Staff Involvement in Learning from Patient Safety Incidents TrainingCancelledLot estimate not published

To support the development of expertise in relation to involving patients, families, carers and staff when things go wrong. This is intended to support an open and transparent culture where those affected by patient safety incidents - including patients, families, carers and staff, are involved throughout the response focused on learning and improvement.

Content includes:

  • Duty of candour and 'being open' principles
  • Effective communication, including dealing with conflict and difficult conversations

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  • Involvement throughout the incident response process, including first and last contact, interviews and ongoing communication
  • Signposting and support: including loss, trauma and distress
Delivery: UK

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
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
  • “Training and Development” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement

Yes · Bidders have the opportunity to apply to join the Framework Agreement on an annual basis. Upon the annual anniversary of the Framework Agreement

First published
18 Nov 2022, 10:11 GMT
Last source update
3 May 2023, 15:43 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Jan 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-012693
Classification (CPV)
Coaching servicesEducation and training servicesPersonal development training servicesTraining services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038657 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Appointment period ends
20 Feb 2023
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
720 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 Jan 2023, 16:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Nov 2022 → 3 May 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    18 Nov 2022
  2. Bids opened
    18 Jan 2023, 16:00 GMT
  3. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    20 Feb 2023
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    3 May 2023, 15:43 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2023
  1. Published value updated to £10,000,000
    19 Jan 2023, 10:09 GMT
    was £20,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Jan 2023, 10:09 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Jan 2023, 10:09 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 20 Feb 2023
    19 Jan 2023, 10:09 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    3 May 2023, 15:43 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    3 May 2023, 15:43 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 20admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 21
Contracts signed 20latest 1 Apr 2023

20 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 20 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £10,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Contract 012693-2023-1

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-10

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-11

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-12

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-13

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-14

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-15

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-16

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-17

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-18

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-19

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-2

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-20

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-3

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-4

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-5

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-6

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-7

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-8

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • Contract 012693-2023-9

    Signed
    1 Apr 2023
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2 · Training Programmes21bids · 21 electronic———
5 · Litigation and Coroner Inquests21bids · 21 electronic———
Whole notice21bids · 21 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

EAST OF ENGLAND NHS COLLABORATIVE PROCUREMENT HUB

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 2-4 VICTORIA HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, East of England, CB215XBContact name, email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • NHS EnglandReview body London
  • NHS ResolutionMediation body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

20 commercial parties on the notice
Show 10 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria