Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of an independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service
Notice Description
Guardian service for NHS Highland staff
Lot Information
Lot 1
NHS Highland have a critical and urgent need to establish a Guardian / Speak up service by July 2020, as recommended in the Sturrock review, to provide an independent channel for colleague concerns to be raised where other channels have not worked or cannot be used. This is also aligned to how we wil implement the revised National Whistleblowing standards in Highland in July 2020. NHS Highland do not have the capacity, time or skills to set up an internal speak up service, and the culture issues experienced mean that an externally hosted service is critical at this time to built trust of the service. We have reviewed the market and the only established provider of this service that we have identified with appropriate and relevant NHS specific experience is The Guardian Service. The Guardian Service have extensive experience in setting up and running this service across many years and we have testimony from other NHS trusts in England and Wales who already work with them. Their approach of working in partnership with the organisation and key stakeholders is essential to the service working effectively and learning from the issues which are raised.
Options: NHS Highland might increase the number of Guardians provided to staff as part of this service dependent on the uptake of the service by staff, something which is currently unknown.
Procurement Information
This procurement is unique in that the provider is offering a technical solution, based on it's specific positioning and experience, the likes of which is not available elsewhere in exactly the form that we desire to employ.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000617326
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY414124
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79633000 - Staff development services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £351,400 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 May 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Mar 20205 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS HIGHLAND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV2 3BW
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness South
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR383008
Provision of an independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service - Guardian service for NHS Highland staff -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY414124
Provision of an independent Freedom to Speak Up Guardian Service - Guardian service for NHS Highland staff
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