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title: "NHS Careers Performance to young people across the North East and North Cumbria"
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# NHS Careers Performance to young people across the North East and North Cumbria

Buyer: HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-317d241f-a8cc-44c5-b87e-b455e9a9d949

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## Summary

Health Education England has recently awarded a contract for the provision of NHS Careers Performance to young people across the North East and North Cumbria. The procurement process was conducted through an open procedure and had a contract value of £210,000. The tender deadline was on November 26, 2021, with the contract period running from February 28, 2022, to February 27, 2025. The contracting authority, Health Education England, is located in Leeds, United Kingdom, and the procurement falls under the industry category of education and training services.

This tender by Health Education England presents an opportunity for businesses in the education and training sector, particularly those specialising in innovative methods to engage with young audiences. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are well-suited to compete for this contract due to its focus on providing impactful career guidance performances. Businesses that can offer creative solutions to address workforce shortages within the NHS will find this tender aligns with their expertise and can contribute to their growth in the sector.

## Notice

The Careers Directorate in HEENE is involved in a range of activities and events throughout the financial year to provide information, advice and guidance about career opportunities within the NHS. This is acutely important given the demise of the statutory careers service ended (Connexions) in 2012 and was replaced by the National Careers Service, which was primarily aimed at adults. Responsibility for careers advice was then transferred to schools/colleges and recurrent research papers have highlighted the issues that this has raised. Interaction with young people and career changers is crucial to ensure that HEE is able to secure the future workforce. The current HEE strategies are multi-factorial, including a focus on upskilling the current workforce, but none of these along will be able to meet our workforce demand. Indeed the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has also suggested that careers guidance should be started as early as primary school. Given the resources and staff available in the Careers Directorate and the number of schools/colleges in the North East/North Cumbria alone, it is strategically easier to target large scale events to engage with a wider potential argument. In many cases we are unable to support careers events in schools due to capacity of the team and schools increasingly facing issues taking students 3 out of schools due to timetabling, permissions, staff shortages and transport costs. *Something about Gatsby* Drama in education is a solution to these issues due to it touring schools and delivering a high impact performance within a short period of time -both resourceful for the schools and HEE careers team. By using humour, actors are able to raise the profile of a range of different, less obvious careers within the NHS, as well as highlight particular shortage areas in workforce. Raising awareness and also widening participation are central strategic aims of Health Education England and this can easily be integrated into the school calendar through drama performances. Although access to schools and curricula time is currently constrained due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we would anticipate that various delivery methods would be utilised in order to fulfil the requirements of the contract.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/795e080e-11b1-4664-be08-7dc4b6e3a4d3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Nov 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Mar 2022 |
| Contract period | 28 Feb 2022 - 27 Feb 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £210,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £174,900 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 7UE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 5 Jun 2023 at 13:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/795e080e-11b1-4664-be08-7dc4b6e3a4d3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/795e080e-11b1-4664-be08-7dc4b6e3a4d3
  5th June 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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