Notice Information
Notice Title
National Functional Skills Quality Framework in partnership with Health Education England
Notice Description
Health and care employers across England are looking for high-quality functional skills provision to meet the needs of their workforce. HEE is working with Salisbury NHS FT to create a framework of funded provision that not only incorporates excellent teaching but also includes added value for learners and employers. Added value incorporates many different elements of holistic learner support - from additional needs support to on-site childcare. We hope that employers will use this framework to compliment other offers of functional skills support funded by HEE. This includes access to basic key skills builder (bksb) software and functional skills qualification (FSQ) exams through our awarding body partner Open Awards.
Lot Information
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Health and care employers across England are looking for high-quality functional skills provision to meet the needs of their workforce. HEE is working with Salisbury NHS FT to create a framework of funded provision that not only incorporates excellent teaching but also includes added value for learners and employers. Added value incorporates many different elements of holistic learner support - from additional needs support to on-site childcare. We hope that employers will use this framework to compliment other offers of functional skills support funded by HEE. This includes access to basic key skills builder (bksb) software and functional skills qualification (FSQ) exams through our awarding body partner Open Awards.Functional Skills are a key underpinning requirement for successful education, including workplace education and apprenticeships. On behalf of employers and learners nationally, Health Education England are creating a Quality Framework for the provision of Functional Skills training. Those who are successful at getting onto the framework will be included in / added to a digital platform (yet to be designed) that will be developed for use by Health and Social Care organisations, staff and prospective staff / leaners to search for and find appropriate Functional Skills and Exam provision which is suitable to their needs. As a result, those on the Framework will be required to provide the following information and updates: * Provide specific additional details of Functional Skills courses and Exam provision, provision of support to learners, accessibility, enrolment, any costs in addition to funded programmes / provision and contact details (list not exhaustive) to be hosted on a digital platform for learners and NHS / Social Care organisations to use to identify suitable provision * Update us of changes to these details immediately (providers will be removed from the Framework immediately if changes are not communicated which results in the information on the digital platform being out of date) * Timely response to requests for information and updates * Respond to quality monitoring requirements / checks / updates in terms of their provision (to provide assurance that providers should remain on the Quality Framework) * Communicate at earliest opportunity where learners are unable to access their provision so alternative provision can be sourced * Monitoring and data provision of access from Health and Social care learners / referrals and updated statistics provided re: engagement, enrolment, exam attempts, completion / success and attrition (among other data) * No provider with a current achievement rate below 70% will be listed on the Framework. Evidence of achievement rates must be included as part of the provider's response. * Providers must hold an ESFA adult education budget / functional skills contract / allocation and be able to deliver functional skills without cost to either the employer or learner
Renewal: One 12 month renewal if utilised.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02f76e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028671-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Nov 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Dec 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Simon Dennis
- Contact Email
- simon.dennis@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- TOWN
- Postcode
- SP2 8BJ
- Post Town
- Salisbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK72 Wiltshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Wiltshire
- Electoral Ward
- Downton & Ebble Valley
- Westminster Constituency
- Salisbury
Further Information
Notice URLs
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