Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Health Education England
1st Floor, Blenheim House, Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
Contact
Leila Hodson
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI31 - Camden and City of London
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
National training provision for a new psychological role in CYP Mental Health
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Prior Information Notice (PIN) for a national training provision for a new psychological role working in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health inpatient and community pathwayHealth Education England (the Commissioner) is working in partnership with NHS England and Improvement to commission national training provision to support a new psychological role in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health inpatient and community pathway. The role is designed to support and deliver under close supervision, assessment, formulation and a subset of psychological interventions with young people aged 13 to 17 years who may have a range of severe and complex mental health needs.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £4,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Health Education England (the Commissioner) is working in partnership with NHS England and Improvement to commission national training provision to support a new psychological role in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health inpatient and community pathway. The role is designed to support and deliver under close supervision, assessment, formulation and a subset of psychological interventions with young people aged 13 to 17 years who may have a range of severe and complex mental health needs.Education providers will be asked to develop a new training programme to support this new psychological role as part of a whole pathway intervention to extend and improve the psychological care in CYP inpatient units and intensive home treatment teams. The training programme developed will need to equip the trainees to respond to the challenges and context outlined in line with the agreed national curricula and the CYP MH Inpatient Competence Framework which outlines the knowledge and behaviours required of all staff working across CYP MH inpatient settings.This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise prospective providers of the Commissioner’s intention.It is our intention to commence a procurement process from early August 2021 (date tbc) to commission two education providers to support the delivery of an in-service 12-month Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) which will be part of a two-year evaluated pilot. It is anticipated that first cohorts for this new role will commence as soon into Q4 (2021/22) as possible. Each training provider will be aligned to up to three pilot delivery sites centred around an inpatient unit and an additional number of associated intensive home treatment teams. Each site will be located in and led by a CYP MH Provider Collaborative. Close collaboration between the education provider and services will be a key element of the programme.Successful providers will be awarded a 2-year contract initially in line with the pilot phase. The programme evaluation of both the training and working in practice will inform future learning and service need. Successful education providers will be asked to be part of the evaluation process.The commissioner reserves the right not to proceed with the Procurement, or any part thereof, or change the requirements as necessary at any time.It is the intention of the commissioner that the procurement will be conducted as on OJEU Service Contract using an Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The ITT is expected to be published by mid August 2021. A separate advert will be released advising of this.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £4,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 January 2022
End date
31 December 2023
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
16 August 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom