HCPC Return to Practice

Health Education England are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to Birmingham City University.

The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal.

HEE commissioned 2 suppliers, to deliver an innovative and flexible On-Line RtP Programme to support HEE Health & Care Professions Council returners to meet the minimum requirements of the HCPC RtP standards.

Birmingham City University (BCU) were one of the successful bidders.

As part of the initial commission, BCU were required to recruit and support 50 returners and support them to meet the minimum criteria set out by the HCPC to return to the register. They anticipate reaching this threshold by December 2022 because of a 10 further enquires in the last two weeks.

Deliverables

The specific deliverables of the award are as follows.

• A further 20 AHP Returners to the NHS

Rationale for selection of supplier

HEE considers that it is highly unlikely for any other supplier to be able to provide the expertise provided by the BCU as a current supplier for the following reasons:

All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family 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 financial envelope for this PIN is £30,240.00

The closing date of this PIN is midday on 10th January 2023