ICA Mentorship Scheme - Health Education England

Tender description

NHS Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the provision of ICA (Integrated Clinical Academic) Mentorship Scheme. Health Education England are inviting bidders to submit a tender response to administer an existing career mentorship scheme for Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Programme for eligible healthcare professionals in receipt of a personal research training award from the ICA Programme. The ICA (Integrated Clinical Academic) Programme, managed by the NIHR Academy and funded by HEE, provides research training awards to statutorily registered healthcare professionals who wish to develop clinical academic careers; enabling them to combine continued clinical practice and clinical development with clinical research and research leadership. The maximum financial envelope for this procurement exercise is £105,000 exclusive of Vat. The contract period will be for two years with the option to extend by up to a further one year subject to annual budget review and available budget. The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is 16th June 2021 at 12:00pm (midday). Late submissions will not be accepted therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the e-Tendering portal during the tender exercise. The Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system and not with the Contracting Authority itself other than as expressly permitted within this ITT. Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the ProContract dedicated Supplier Helpdesk at: http://proactis.kayako.com/procontractv3/Core/Default/Index