Procurement for the Provision of Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) Healthcare Science Part Time Education and Training

Concepts

• education and training
• provision of practitioner training programme
• health education
• cardiff
• healthcare science part time education and training
• health education and improvement wales
• training services
• part time practitioner training programme
• higher education
• healthcare science part time education

Location

Wales:

Description

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) are undertaking a review of Health Professional Education and Training Services delivered to NHS Wales. HEIW are seeking to commission part time Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) Healthcare Science education for Clinical Engineering, Pathology (Life Sciences) and Audiology.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

This contract will be subject to renewal at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority may exercise its option to extend for a further three years in three twelve month intervals.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80300000 - Higher education services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Services to which this Notice relates fall within Regulations 74 to 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations). Although HEIW may voluntarily adopt certain provisions in the Regulations neither the employment of any terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to services falling within Regulations 74 to 76. Bidders to note that they will be required to enter into terms and conditions of contract as set out in the tender documents and that save for matters of clarification or consistency, HEIW will not negotiate the terms. As this is a procurement that falls under the Light Touch Regime, HEIW is proposing to use a procurement procedure which is akin to the open procedure. All tender costs and any liabilities incurred by bidders shall be the sole responsibility of the bidders. HEIW reserves the right to award the Contract in whole or in part. HEIW reserves the right to pause, halt, abandon and/or annul the tendering process and not to award any or all the Contracts. The Contracts to which this procurement relates are funded via Welsh Government funding, refer to the contract terms and conditions and the ITT for rights reserved to the contracting authority should the said funding cease or reduce. Bidders are to note: (a) The number of student places to be commissioned annually will be conditional upon Welsh Government confirmation of funding; and (b) HEIW reserves the right to vary the range of student commissioning numbers by way of an increase or decrease; and (c) The proposed contracts are due to take effect on or around 01/12/2023 and provide for an implementation period. Delivery of the services are to commence upon the anticipated Services Commencement Date (that is on or around 01/08/2024). No contract payments are payable in respect of the implementation period. Bidders are free to submit bids in respect of any number of Lots. Bidders to note that each Lot will be evaluated separately using the pre-disclosed evaluation criteria set out in the ITT. To complete your formal proposal, please access the ITT via the Bravo eTender Wales portal where you will find a full suite of tender documentation. 1. Register your company: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register. 2. Express and Interest in the tender: - Click ‘ITT Open to all suppliers’ - Click ITT_ 102514 and express interest - This will move the ITT into your ‘my ITTs page’ - You can access any attachments by clicking ‘buyer attachments’ in the ‘ITT details’ box 3. Responding to the tender - Click ‘my response’ under ‘ITT details’. You can choose to ‘create response’ or ‘decline to respond’ - You can now use the messages function to communicate with HEIW NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=123268 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: detailed in the tender documentation. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=130908. (WA Ref:130908) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.