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title: "R Training for Public Health Intelligence Analysts across Midlands & East"
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# R Training for Public Health Intelligence Analysts across Midlands & East

Buyer: HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-46ba1ace-cf55-42db-abdf-a4f4f5f1c7f0

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## Summary

The procurement process, initiated by Health Education England, revolves around the contract titled "R Training for Public Health Intelligence Analysts across Midlands & East." This training service falls under the "Training services" industry category and is aimed at enhancing the expertise of public health analysts in the East Midlands, West Midlands, and East of England. The procurement is in the Award stage, with the contract valued at £9,750 and set to run from 1 March 2019 to 31 March 2019. The tender period for bids concluded on 4 January 2019, and the selection was made based on an open procurement method.

This opportunity presents significant growth potential for businesses specialising in training services, particularly those with experience in public health education. Companies that are well-suited for competition in this tender should have a strong background in delivering similar training, knowledge of R programming, and familiarity with public health analytics. Providers who can demonstrate expertise in the specified training areas and have worked with public sector clients will be particularly attractive to the purchasing authority.

## Notice

Public Health and prevention is a key part of the Midlands & East Transformation programme, that includes provision of R Training for Public Health Intelligence Analysts across Midlands and East. The R training will have a specific focus on RMarkdown, starting from basics and working through aspects of automating Word, PDF and html documents for the presentation of public health intelligence and epidemiological analysis. Included in this will be the routine production of statistical profiles and reports with accompanying written analysis and interpretation. Specific areas to be included in the R Training are as follows: * inserting headers and subheaders * importing images into documents * inserting automated text such as "greater than" or "less than" based on values * inserting tables and charts * applying company templates and branding * Cascading Style Sheets for use with html * Latex for use with PDF The training should also incorporate importing and manipulating data via Public Health England's (PHE) fingertipsR package and applying methodologies contained within the PHEIndicatorMethods package. These packages can be found here: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PHEindicatormethods/index.html https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/fingertipsR/index.html The training will be delivered to Public Health Analysts from East Midlands, West Midlands and the East of England. The training will be a one day course delivered three times to analysts in each of the areas (e.g. Birmingham, Nottingham, Cambridge). The target audience will be Public Health intelligence analysts in a local authority setting who are already using R routinely, or at least have a grasp of the basics and have completed some of the free key modules within DataCamp. The expectation is that the provider will offer HEE the benefits of: * Experience from having delivered similar engagement work in the past * Significant knowledge and experience of working with public health staff (at all levels) The following are expected outcomes from this work: Delivery of one-day course in R training to analysts in Birmingham, Cambridge and Nottingham with 15-20 people per session (3 days in March 2019) - 3 days Production of final evaluation report to HEE to include recommendations for next steps - 1 day

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f5fa9e0-0528-4207-af34-b5c0f6acea03 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jan 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Jan 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Jan 2019 |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £9,750 |
| 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 | LS1 4PL |
| 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 | TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NOBLEPROG (UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80500000 - Training services

## Release History

- 23 Jan 2019 at 13:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f5fa9e0-0528-4207-af34-b5c0f6acea03
- 17 Dec 2018 at 22:52 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/889fe1f6-a774-4e70-9f54-95b34d9577f9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2f5fa9e0-0528-4207-af34-b5c0f6acea03
  23rd January 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/889fe1f6-a774-4e70-9f54-95b34d9577f9
  17th December 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?p=40bb618e-0a24-e611-8114-000c29c9ba21&v=2
  All documentation regarding the request for quotation are available via HEE's Procurement Portal - ProContract DueNorth (link below); furthermore all clarification questions and submissions must be submitted via this portal. Registration is free of charge.

## Notice URLs

- https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PHEindicatormethods/index.html
- https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/fingertipsR/index.html
- https://hee.nhs.uk/

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