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02 Contract Notice

Tender for the Procurement of accredited Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) program

  • First published: 08 July 2024
  • Last modified: 08 July 2024

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-142833
Published by:
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
Authority ID:
AA0221
Publication date:
08 July 2024
Deadline date:
08 August 2024
Notice type:
02 Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is a Special Health Authority that sits alongside Health Boards and Trusts within NHS Wales. HEIW have a leading role in the education, training, development, and shaping of the healthcare workforce, supporting high-quality care for the people of Wales. HEIW is seeking a supplier capable of delivering an accredited Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) program that includes a module on Compassionate Leadership. This program is intended for 10-20 Fellows and will span three modules over three academic years. This initiative is in response to the 2020 10-year Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Wales, which emphasises the importance of developing collective and compassionate leadership within the healthcare system. The strategy underscores the need for educational modules that instil Compassionate Leadership principles specific to the Welsh healthcare context. CPV: 80000000, 80000000.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

Ty Dysgu Cefn Coed, Nantgarw,

Cardiff

CF15 7QQ

UK

Contact person: Sairam Kunuri

Telephone: +44 7435577774

E-mail: sairam.kunuri@wales.nhs.uk

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221

I.2) Joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/


Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/


I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity

Health

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Tender for the Procurement of accredited Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) program

Reference number: HEIW-H0610 -ITT-111520

II.1.2) Main CPV code

80000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is a Special Health Authority that sits alongside Health Boards and Trusts within NHS Wales. HEIW have a leading role in the education, training, development, and shaping of the healthcare workforce, supporting high-quality care for the people of Wales.

HEIW is seeking a supplier capable of delivering an accredited Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) program that includes a module on Compassionate Leadership. This program is intended for 10-20 Fellows and will span three modules over three academic years. This initiative is in response to the 2020 10-year Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Wales, which emphasises the importance of developing collective and compassionate leadership within the healthcare system. The strategy underscores the need for educational modules that instil Compassionate Leadership principles specific to the Welsh healthcare context.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

80000000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKL

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is a Special Health Authority that sits alongside Health Boards and Trusts within NHS Wales. HEIW have a leading role in the education, training, development, and shaping of the healthcare workforce, supporting high-quality care for the people of Wales.

HEIW has a statutory responsibility for shaping culture and leadership, promoting compassionate and collective leadership opportunities for leaders at all levels, and creating diverse, multiprofessional pipelines of aspiring leaders for NHS Wales. This responsibility is reflected in HEIW’s strategic aim 3.

Our leadership strategy for health and social care in Wales is built on decades of research, drawing on evidence that supports the efficacy of compassionate leadership models in fostering positive organisational cultures and effective leadership practices. Supported by research from The King's Fund and other UK nations, and endorsed by key stakeholders, HEIW’s strategy aims to embed compassionate leadership principles across national workforce and organisational development strategies. This commitment enhances workforce well-being and patient care.

HEIW is seeking a supplier capable of delivering an accredited Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) program that includes a module on Compassionate Leadership. This program is intended for 10-20 Fellows and will span three modules over three academic years. This initiative is in response to the 2020 10-year Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Wales, which emphasises the importance of developing collective and compassionate leadership within the healthcare system. The strategy underscores the need for educational modules that instil Compassionate Leadership principles specific to the Welsh healthcare context.

Please go through the tender documents for additional information.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Criteria below:

Quality criterion: Technical / Weighting: 40

Price / Weighting:  60

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 16/09/2024

End: 31/08/2026

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

Contract Period: 16-09-2024 – 31-08-2026 (with an optional 12-month extension)

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


III.2) Conditions related to the contract

III.2.2) Contract performance conditions

As stated within the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 08/08/2024

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

EN

IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 08/08/2024

Local time: 12:00

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.3) Additional information

Bidders to note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of the contract as set out in the tender documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, HEIW will not negotiate the terms.

All tender costs and any liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. HEIW reserves the right to

award the Contract in whole or in part. HEIW reserves the right to pause, halt, abandon and/or annul the tendering process and not to award

any or all the Contracts.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=142833

(WA Ref:142833)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

UK

Telephone: +44 2079477501

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

08/07/2024

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
80000000 Education and training services Education

Delivery locations

ID Description
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1020 East Wales
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1012 Gwynedd
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1024 Powys
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1018 Swansea
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
Publication date:
08 July 2024
Deadline date:
08 August 2024 00:00
Notice type:
02 Contract Notice
Authority name:
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
Publication date:
12 November 2024
Notice type:
03 Contract Award Notice - Successful Supplier(s)
Authority name:
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

About the buyer

Main contact:
sairam.kunuri@wales.nhs.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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