Contract Timeline

Publication Date

30th April 2024 08:09:33 AM

Contract Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care sought to appoint a supplier with the skills and expertise to: provide a Social Care and Health Policy MSc provides a MSc-level qualification for policy professionals to build on current skills and improve policy making in DHSC.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-03d443

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Award, Contract

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

80430000

CPV Division(s)

80 - Education and training services

Awarding Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Buyer Name

Michael Murphy

Buyer Email

ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

United Kingdom

Awarded Supplier(s)

Supplier Name(s)

KINGS COLLEGE LONDON

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

14th November 2023 17:31:52 PM

Tender Deadline

15th December 2023 17:00:00 PM   Expired

Contract Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking to appoint a competent provider to deliver a Social Care and Health Policy MSc.

The Social Care and Health Policy MSc provides a MSc-level qualification for policy professionals to build on current skills and improve policy making in DHSC. This will improve the quality of DHSC policy by embracing new policy changes and linking to public services, thus reducing ineffective policy making, improving quality of policy and meeting operational targets at the same time.

Contract Project Reference: C178511

Intended contract term: 5 years (3 cohorts) with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years (up to an additional 3 cohorts) in periods of 12 months.

The contract value will vary depending on the number of students selected to participate. The minimum is £647,500.00 which is for 60 students (10 students per cohort, per location (Leeds and London), for 3 cohorts).

The maximum is £1,207,750.00 which is for 120 students (40 students per cohort for 3 cohorts).

Each figure has had £10k added to cover development costs.
The maximum possible total value of the core requirements of the contract including all three extensions is £2,680,000.

Optional Services:

The maximum budget for Optional Services as outlined in paragraph 20 of this specification document will be £150,000.00 during the contract period including extension periods. The Optional Services are dependant in internal approvals and will be at the sole discretion of the Authority.

The opportunity will be available on the DHSC Atamis eTendering System. Select this link to access and register your organisation to the Atamis system https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome, if you have not already done so.
To find this opportunity in the eTendering system, select “Find Opportunities” and then search by project number or title. Once you have found the Opportunity, press the ‘Register Interest’ button to register your interest. This will make the project to appear on ‘My proposals and quotes’. From there you can review documents, send clarification messages, submit the response, or decline to respond, if you decide not to participate in the opportunity. For full details on the instruction to tender and terms of participations please refer to the Invitation to Tender document.

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-03d443

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Tender

Procurement Method

Open

Procurement Method Details

Open Procedure

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

80430000

CPV Division(s)

80 - Education and training services

Awarding Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Buyer Name

Michael Murphy

Buyer Email

ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

United Kingdom

Contract Timeline

Publication Date

7th June 2023 10:14:21 AM

Contract Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking to appoint a competent provider to deliver a Social Care and Health Policy MSc.
The Social Care and Health Policy MSc provides a MSc-level qualification for policy professionals to build on current skills and improve policy making in DHSC. This will improve the quality of DHSC policy by embracing new policy changes and linking to public services, thus reducing ineffective policy making, improving quality of policy and meeting operational targets at the same time.
Intended contract term: 5 years (3 cohorts) with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years (up to an additional 3 cohorts) in periods of 12 months.
Estimated contract value ranges from £577,500 (10 students per cohort per location for 3 cohorts) to £1.1m (40 students per cohort across the locations for 3 cohorts) (plus £1.1m as maximum total value of potential variations for cohorts 4-6 of the contract (based on a cohort size of 40)), excluding VAT. Therefore, the maximum possible total value for the duration of the contract is £2.2m.
For avoidance of doubt this is not a call for competition, the purpose is to advise the market of a potential DHSC procurement. This market engagement process does not form part of the formal procurement process. Should the formal procurement process commence, any supplier may join the competition and all supplier bids would be evaluated on the same basis.
A virtual supplier engagement event will be held on Monday 19th June 2023 at 2-3pm via Microsoft Teams. Please register your interest to attend the event by sending an email to ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk by Thursday 15th June 5pm, quoting ‘MSc in Health and Social Care’ in the email title. Access to the event will be provided on registration.

Documents and the market consultation specification and questionnaire are available https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ae10958a-dba3-46db-bc2d-22b5b87838f4

Contract Details

Open Contracting ID

ocds-h6vhtk-03d443

Publication Source

Find a Tender Service

Procurement Stage

Planning

Procurement Method

N/A

Procurement Method Details

N/A

Procurement Category

Services

Tender Suitability

Framework / DPS

Contract Classification

CPV Code(s)

80430000

CPV Division(s)

80 - Education and training services

Awarding Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Buyer Name

Buyer Email

ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk

Buyer Phone

Buyer Address

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

United Kingdom