National support offer for Maternity Voices Partnerships

Concepts

• local maternity systems
• health services
• quarry hill
• national support offer
• national maternity transformation programme
• national scale
• national basis
• support arrangements
• maternity voices partnerships
• second half

Location

Description

The Authority are seeking to commission an organisation over the second half of the 2021/22 financial year with expert knowledge of supporting co-production on a national scale in order to support Maternity Voices Partnerships. The national Maternity Transformation Programme seeks to implement the vision of Better Births for safer and more personalised care across England and to improve equity for mothers and their babies. Co-production helps to ensure efficient and effective implementation of this vision. 'Implementing Better Births - A resource pack for Local Maternity Systems (LMS)' called for Local Maternity Systems to establish Maternity Voices Partnerships. The guidance set out potential membership, what might be included in the terms of reference and funding/support arrangements. The MTP wishes to procure a national support offer for all MVPs in England from October 2020 to 31 March 2021. The national support offer is designed to provide support that is most efficiently and effectively provided once, on a national basis.

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services
• 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

Interested suppliers should register on the NHS England & Improvement e-procurement system here: https://health-family.force.com/login • Once logged in click 'Find Opportunities' and search for 'National support offer for Maternity Voices Partnerships' • Click 'Register Interest' • Once you have registered your interest you will be able to view the Requirements and submit a response to the ITQ within the portal. • Any messages about the opportunity should be sent via the e-procurement system. You can do this by going to the home page and: o Click on 'My proposals & Quotes' o Click the relevant Project Title o Click 'Messages' & 'New Message'