Medway Community Healthcare: Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Education in Kent and Medway

UK-Maidstone: Education and training services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       NHS Kent & Medway ICB, QKS
       Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Maidstone, ME15 6NB, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1634335095, Email: l.copas@nhs.net
       Contact: Laura Copas
       Main Address: www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk
       NUTS Code: UKJ4
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity:    
   Health

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Education in Kent and Medway    
          Reference number: KM0524
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      80000000 - Education and training services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Early supplier engagement notice of an upcoming requirement. Kent & Medway ICS are keen to understand where the market stands in terms of our requirement below. This Expression of Interest (EOI) seeks information relating to the prospective provision of high quality, innovative and sustainable Nursing (including Adult, Child, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities), Midwifery and Allied Health Professions education, which supplements the existing offer, whilst meeting the needs of the Kent and Medway system and the local population. We are asking partners interested in delivering the below requirements to submit an initial expression of interest outlining their area of interest to l.copas@nhs.net by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2024. A virtual stakeholder engagement event is then planned for the afternoon of the 6th June where you will hear from clinical leaders and have the opportunity to ask questions ahead of a final submission in early July. This notice does not signify the commencement of any competitive process and does not constitute any commitment by NHS Kent & Medway ICB (K&M ICB) If K&M ICB decides to commence any competitive process a separate notice will be published at the relevant time.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      80000000 - Education and training services.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKJ4 - Kent    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is looking for one or more education providers with experience in delivering NMC and HCPC approved programmes to deliver the following aim: -Provide high quality, innovative and sustainable Nursing (including Adult, Child, Mental Health, and Learning Disabilities), Midwifery and Allied Health Professions education, which supplements the existing offer, whilst meeting the needs of the Kent and Medway system and the local population.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      We are asking interested parties to submit expressions of interest by email to: l.copas@nhs.net by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2024. A virtual stakeholder engagement event is then planned for the afternoon of the 6th June where you will hear from clinical leaders and have the opportunity to ask questions ahead of a final submission in early July.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         01/10/2024
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   We are asking partners interested in delivering the below requirements to submit an initial expression of interest outlining their area of interest to l.copas@nhs.net by 5pm on Friday 31 May 2024. A virtual stakeholder engagement event is then planned for the afternoon of the 6th June where you will hear from clinical leaders and have the opportunity to ask questions ahead of a final submission in early July.
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 20/05/2024