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Published 5 Dec 2024, 13:30 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Oliver McGowan Training 2025/26

Official notice

Authority: NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£375,200≈ £375k / year4.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 9 Jan 2025awarded 24 Mar 2025
Awarded to Valentina Group Ltd
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Oliver McGowan Learning Disability and Autism Training™ - Tier 1, Tier 2 and Lead Trainer

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Government have introduced a requirement for CQC registered service providers to…Awarded 1 yrPublished value£375,200

The Government have introduced a requirement for CQC registered service providers to ensure their employees receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role. This is to ensure the health and social care workforce have the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate, and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability. This requirement is set out in the Health and Care Act 2022 (became a legal requirement from 1 July 2022). <br/>The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training will comply with the code of practice/CQC regulations. A key and unique element of the training is recruiting experts with lived experience to deliver aspects of the training. Following the completion of e-learning staff must complete either of hour-long live webinars or full day face-to-face training, depending on the level of expertise required.<br/>Proposals were sought from experienced, credible, and reputable providers in the field of training delivery to health and social care to support Hertfordshire and west Essex ICB. The service need includes, delivering Tier 1 and Tier 2 training sessions, delivering “train the trainer” sessions via a lead trainer and supporting the development of sustainability across the system to ensure continued delivery post funding.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK, East of England
Extensions: Option to extend if more funding becomes availableVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 70%
  • price: 20%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 70
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the full SQ. <br/><br/>To deliver this contract Hertfordshire and west Essex ICB require access to Tier 1 and Tier 2 Trainers, in addition to Lead Trainers (to enable delivery of "train the trainer" sessions). The successful bidder is required to list their trainers who are registered on "The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training approved trainers" list for both Tier 1 and Tier 2. The successful bidder is required to work with a lead trainer who is registered on "The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training approved trainers" list to deliver “train the trainer” sessions and train those with lived experience. This can be an employee or a subcontractor. If you don’t already have someone in place during the procurement, you will need to confirm that your organisation has a plan in place to ensure access to at least one Lead Trainer by May 2025.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Dec 2024, 13:30 GMT
Last source update
24 Mar 2025, 14:31 GMT
Award evaluation window
5 Dec 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010928
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UKEast of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c28d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
9 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Dec 2024 → 31 Mar 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Bids opened
    5 Dec 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    9 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    24 Mar 2025, 14:31 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until209 days ago
    31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Mar 2025, 14:31 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £390,8331 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1010 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Valentina Group LtdSME£390,833 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 010928-2025-1 · Valentina Group LtdSME

    Signed
    24 Mar 2025
    Value
    £390,833
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic10——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth Charter House Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, East of England, AL8 6JLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Valentina Group LtdAwarded supplier13311413 Flat 2, 36 Lesbourne Road, Reigate, East of England, RH2 7LDContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria