Routes into Medicine and Allied Health Professions - Health Education England - NHS/SoEPS/19.537

NHS South of England Procurement Services (SoEPS), acting on behalf of Health Education England (HEE - the Commissioner) are commencing a tender for the provision of Routes into Medicine and Allied Health Professions - Health Education England.

At Health Education England, one of our key areas is to widen access to medicine. Widening access to medicine continues to be a challenge due to its highly selective, high entry tariff. With a focus on diversity, inclusion and widening participation from disadvantaged or underrepresented groups, Health Education England wish to support the supply of young people into healthcare professions including medicine, and allied health professions. The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) are the third largest workforce in the NHS. In the main they are degree level professions, and are professionally autonomous practitioners. Health Education England are inviting bidders to submit a tender response to develop and deliver a Routes into Medicine and AHP programme for up to 350 participants to take place during 2019-2025. An essential criterion for the provider is that they have the capacity and capability to fully deliver the programme by 2025.

The maximum contract value, over six years is £500,000 (exclusive of VAT). The initial contract will be for one year. The Commissioner retains the option to extend the contract by a further 5 years, subject to annual review and availability of budget.

Bidders are invited to access the procurement documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning Please access the ITT procurement documents for further information.

The deadline for submission of completed ITT submissions is Friday 04 October 2019 at 12:00pm (midday). Late submissions will not be accepted. The e-portal system will shutdown at 12:00pm and any un-submitted bids not registered to the system at this time will not be accepted. Therefore, please submit in good time prior to the deadline date and time.

Project title: Routes into Medicine and Allied Health Professions - Health Education England - NHS/SoEPS/19.537, please access the ITT for all documents. Should Bidders have any queries, or are having problems using the portal, they should contact the In-tend dedicated Supplier Helpdesk by calling 0845 557 8079 Monday to Friday (9am to 5pm) or email support@in-tend.co.uk

Additional information: All communications should be made via the messaging function on the In-tend E-Tendering portal. During the tender exercise the Contracting Authority requests that all communications are channelled through the e-portal system via the appointed procurement specialist on behalf of NHS South of England Procurement Services and not with the Contracting Authority itself. No Bidder, Bidder Member, or any of such Bidder's advisors, consultants or subcontractors may have ex parte communications with the Contracting Authority or any of their employees, advisors, contractors or consultants regarding the ITT, the Procurement, other than as expressly permitted in this ITT.