Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Oliver McGowan training courses
Notice Description
The core service is the provision of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism, a statutory requirement under the Health and Social Care Act 2022. This legislation mandates that all CQC-registered health and social care providers ensure their staff receive training on learning disability and autism that is appropriate to their role. The training is intended to equip staff with the necessary skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate, and informed care to people with a learning disability and autistic people, addressing existing health inequalities. The provider will be responsible for delivering both Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training to staff within NHS Trusts and Primary Care Networks (PCNs) located in the South West London (SWL) Integrated Care Board (ICB) catchment area. The training must be the official, standardised package co-developed with people with a learning disability and autistic people. * Tier 1 Training: This tier is for staff who require a general awareness of the support autistic people or people with a learning disability may need. It consists of two parts: a 90-minute e-learning module and a one hour live online interactive session with a trio of experts, including a person with a learning disability, an autistic person, and a facilitator. * Tier 2 Training: This tier is for staff who may need to provide care and support for autistic people or people with a learning disability. It consists of the same 90-minute e-learning module as Tier 1 and a one-day, face-to-face training session with a lead trainer and experts with lived experience. The provider must be an approved trainer or demonstrate a robust plan to deliver the standardised training, including the involvement of people with lived experience in the co-delivery of the interactive sessions. Total contract of value - PS496,910.00 (including VAT) PS414,091.67 (excluding VAT). The ICB is direct awarding this below threshold contact as this contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a tender process as required by the Standing Financial Instructions of the ICB because the services are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency and the urgency is not attributable to any act or omission of the ICB and could not have been foreseen by the ICB. The reason for the urgency is that ICB received the approval of funding from NHS England very late which left no time to carry out a tender process as required by the ICB's Standing Financial Instructions and procurement policy to award this contract. This service comes under Light Touch Contracts and is below the threshold. It is not mandatory for the ICB to publish this notice. The ICB is voluntarily publishing this transparency notice. Following the publication of this notice the Contracting Authority will observe a voluntary 8 working day standstill period that ends on 18 August 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058321
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046802-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - without competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £414,091 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 7 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Aug 2025 - 19 Aug 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS SOUTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- simon.robison@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW19 1RH
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI6 Outer London - South
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Merton
- Electoral Ward
- Wimbledon Town & Dundonald
- Westminster Constituency
- Wimbledon
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046802-2025
7th August 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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