Education and training services

Tender description

Health Education England (HEE — the Commissioner) are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a direct award. Please note the contracting authority intends to direct award the contract to University of Birmingham. The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal. In order to maintain continuity (until 31 March 2022) it is proposed to retain the current HEI provider to enable HEE to continue to provide high-quality learning content in prescribing to health and care staff. The rationale for this decision is to ensure that we are able to fulfill HEE’s mandate deliverables (such as working to develop and integrate digital education and learning resources into academic and professional curricula) and actions of the long term plan and people plan (such as supporting the 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance and standardisation of prescribing rights at national level). The financial envelope for the contract is GBP 665 948. For the specification, contract and the case for direct award please access the portal at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=40bb618e-0a24-e611-8114-000c29c9ba21&v=2 Project title: continued delivery, dissemination and innovation of the SCRIPT eLearning programme — Health Education England. Please access the portal for all documents. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the ProContract eTendering portal. If any provider has concerns with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this prior information notice. The closing date of this PIN is midnight on the 9 October 2020. Health Education England (HEE — the Commissioner) are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a direct award. Please note the contracting authority intends to direct award the contract to University of Birmingham. The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal. In order to maintain continuity (until 31 March 2022) it is proposed to retain the current HEI provider to enable HEE to continue to provide high quality learning content in prescribing to health and care staff. The rationale for this decision is to ensure that we are able to fulfill HEE’s mandate deliverables (such as working to develop and integrate digital education and learning resources into academic and professional curricula) and actions of the long term plan and people plan (such as supporting the 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance and standardisation of prescribing rights at national level).