Planning

Midwives' morale

NHS ENGLAND

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Planning

09 Dec 2021 at 11:23

Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS England is currently planning a procurement process for a tender titled "Midwives' morale," aimed at delivering essential support to 400 midwifery leaders in the healthcare sector. This initiative focuses on addressing work-related stress and burnout among midwifery professionals, reflecting a significant concern within the industry. The total budget for this project is £200,000, with the contract period scheduled from 6 January 2022 to 31 March 2022. As an open procurement process, key dates include the publication of a future notice on 23 December 2021.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those with experience in providing wellbeing programmes, coaching, or leadership training tailored to healthcare professionals. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, as the procurement approach is inclusive and designed to foster innovative solutions that can enhance the wellbeing of midwifery leaders and their teams.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Midwives' morale

Notice Description

NHS England and NHS Improvement is looking to procure a package that can offer immediate support (all delivered by March 2022) to 400 midwifery leaders. Tackling work related stress and burnout is a priority and a focus for this specialised area of healthcare that is in need of specific support that will understand the midwifery pressures and priorities, including the pressures in retention. This package should deliver a pool of resources for leaders to look after their own wellbeing and as result increase their capacity in addressing ongoing burdens. The package should contain: o Access to online programme for optimal state of mind for personal, practice and organisational wellbeing. This must include the provision of well-being education and support in a replicable and scalable format. Midwifery leadership coaching from practitioners and legacy midwife leaders to support well-being, leadership and internal flow down of well-being support. o Sessions that participants will process through with main video and a range of supporting content that allows further exploration) and online-coaching conversation o Virtual support sessions alongside midwifery leaders for further insight and share practice-based considerations. o Co-design and facilitation of a midwifery regional communities of practice for midwifery leaders to transform the health and wellbeing needs of their teams. o Facilitated sessions o Midwifery compassionate leadership practice and resources o EDI awareness and leadership approaches o Programme evaluation and development work to inform a sustainable model of support o Evaluation leadership and management o Pre and post survey development and circulation o Qualitative data collection, transcription and analysis o Dissemination The budget for this work is PS200k and the timeline of complete delivery is March 2022.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-2ce0045f-ac37-434b-b2c3-ede2fbd4e07b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/30e2a7de-36b5-4e5e-bf29-93341a47cbbf
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Dec 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
23 Dec 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
6 Jan 2022 - 31 Mar 2022 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Contact Name
Sajjad Khan
Contact Email
england.commercialqueries@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS2 7PD
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Further Information

Notice Documents

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