Tender

Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic

WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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Tender

02 Oct 2023 at 15:07

Summary of the contracting process

The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has initiated a tender for the provision of a Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic qualification. The tender is in the services category and has a value of £110,000. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the deadline for submission is on November 13, 2023. The contract will be for a duration of 720 days, with the option to increase the number of staff in the future. The location of the procurement is in Brierley Hill, United Kingdom.

This tender by the West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust presents an opportunity for UK Higher Education Institutions to provide formal education and qualifications for paramedics specializing in mental health crisis care. Businesses in the medical education services sector or those providing adult education services at the university level would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The contract aims to enhance ambulance clinicians' understanding of mental health and introduce mental health response vehicles, aligning with the NHS Long Term Plan objectives to improve care for patients with mental health needs.

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Notice Title

Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic

Notice Description

WMAS are seeking to introduce and develop a new paramedic development and career pathway to enable a specialism in mental health crisis care within the pre-hospital ambulance setting which will see paramedics working autonomously as mental health professionals. In doing so it has identified a requirement for formal education and qualification, provided by a UK Higher Education Institution, to ensure that clinicians have sufficient knowledge to support specialist clinical practice.

Lot Information

Lot 1

West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS), working in partnership with West Midlands Integrated Care Boards, is committed to delivering improvements in the delivery of care to patients presenting with mental health needs. The NHS Long Term Plan identifies an intent to both further ambulance clinicians understanding of mental health and introduce mental health response vehicles. In delivering against the above national strategic objections, WMAS are seeking to introduce and develop a new paramedic development and career pathway to enable a specialism in mental health crisis care within the pre-hospital ambulance setting which will see paramedics working autonomously as mental health professionals. In doing so it has identified a requirement for formal education and qualification, provided by a UK Higher Education Institution, to ensure that clinicians have sufficient knowledge to support specialist clinical practice. The Authority (WMASUNHSFT) is procuring a single supplier for the provision of delivering a Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic qualification. This will be for seventeen (17) staff 'students' with the option to increase in future with the needs of the Authority.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-040734
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029010-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
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

80300000 - Higher education services

80320000 - Medical education services

80400000 - Adult and other education services

80430000 - Adult-education services at university level

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£110,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£110,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
13 Nov 2023Expired
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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
ashley.warner@wmas.nhs.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7721819924

Buyer Location

Locality
BRIERLEY HILL
Postcode
DY5 1LX
Post Town
Dudley
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG36 Dudley
Delivery Location
TLG3 West Midlands

Local Authority
Dudley
Electoral Ward
Brierley Hill & Wordsley South
Westminster Constituency
Stourbridge

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