Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Norwich Community Hospital, Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH1 - East Anglia
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk
Buyer's address
www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk
one.1) Name and addresses
The Norfolk and Waveney STP
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKH1 - East Anglia
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.norfolkandwaveneypartnership.org.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Nursing Associate Apprenticeship Training
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80561000 - Health training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Norfolk Community Health and Care(NCHC) have established a framework agreement with multiple suppliers that will include the terms and conditions for making a number of call offs (Individual purchases).
Norfolk Community Health and Care, acting as the Procurement lead for the Norfolk and Waveney STP, has established a framework of capable and qualified partners to deliver a training cohort of Nursing Associate Apprenticeships. (https://www.england.nhs.uk/systemchange/view-stps/norfolk-and-waveney/)
This programme can only be delivered by providers who are geographically suited to provide a service to the Norfolk and Waveney STP footprint – or are able to provide suitable distance learning training.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £9,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH1 - East Anglia
Main site or place of performance
East Anglia
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk Community Health and Care (acting as the Procurement lead for the Norfolk and Waveney STP provider Trusts) has establied a framework of capable and qualified partners to deliver a training cohort of Nursing Associate Apprenticeships. The programme aims to produce nursing associates who are fit to practice in the widest range of settings.The programme combines academic and work-based learning through close collaboration between employers and education providers. As an employee, a trainee nursing associate will be based in a particular organisation in a specific setting. But they will also experience working in alternative settings to gain a wide appreciation of many health and care environments to fulfil all the requirements of the programme. At the end of the programme, the trainee will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and behaviors relevant to employment as a nursing associate.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 60
Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 40
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 101-245149
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 January 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park,
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
Telephone
+44 1603456161
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH1 - East Anglia
National registration number
RC000651
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Open University
Walton Hall, Kents Hill
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Telephone
+44 3003035303
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ12 - Milton Keynes
National registration number
03221613
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £9,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £9,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=580578575
GO Reference: GO-2021322-PRO-17963723
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Norfolk Community Health and Care
Bowthorpe Road
Norwich
NR2 3TU
Telephone
+44 1603785866
Country
United Kingdom