Official UK procurement notice
Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) New Training Framework
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS England (NHSE) as the contracting authority wish to establish a framework to deliver an online, university-led 10 day specialised academic Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA) training programme where they would welcome bids from providers with ability to deliver those services.<br/><br/>The framework will live until 31 March 2025; however, this will be subject to additional funding being approved. The first set of call-offs will have a value of up to £300,000 and must be delivered by 31 March 2024.<br/><br/>Initially there will be up to 8 places available on the framework, with the intention of having 4 suppliers on a reserve list, should there be a need for additional capacity in the future.<br/><br/>As the category for this contract sits within Schedule 3 of Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015, this procurement will be run under the Light Touch Regime.
CPV: Education and training services · Staff training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1To set up a framework under the Light Touch Regime, with 8 places available on the…Published value£300,000
To set up a framework under the Light Touch Regime, with 8 places available on the framework inititially
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) New Training Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Oct 2023, 14:53 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Oct 2023, 14:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Oct 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029281- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
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- Appointment period ends
- 25 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Oct 2023, 13:00 BST
Timeline
4 Oct 2023 → 31 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published4 Oct 2023, 14:53 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Oct 2023, 13:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until31 Dec 2023, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.