--- title: "BLENDED LEARNING NURSING DEGREE FOR FIRST DESTINATION EMPLOYMENT IN COMMUNITY, P" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND" published: "2022-10-03" --- # BLENDED LEARNING NURSING DEGREE FOR FIRST DESTINATION EMPLOYMENT IN COMMUNITY, P Buyer: HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7fff1282-6c41-4ba3-b015-87ae8bc5f296.json) ## Summary Health Education England has initiated a tender titled "BLENDED LEARNING NURSING DEGREE FOR FIRST DESTINATION EMPLOYMENT IN COMMUNITY, P" in the services industry category. The procurement method is an open procedure with a value of £900,000. The tender period ends on 31st October 2022, and the contract period starts on 12th December 2022 and ends on 11th December 2027. The buying organization is based in Leeds, United Kingdom, with the tender address at Blenheim House, Duncombe Street, LS1 4PL. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the education and training sector to competitively bid for providing a blended learning nursing degree to support the NHS workforce. Companies specialised in delivering contemporary education using innovative technologies would be well-suited to compete. As the NHS focuses on community services, the tender aims to nurture a skilled nursing workforce for community, primary, and social care services, offering growth opportunities for businesses focusing on adaptable and innovative workforce training solutions. ## Notice Nurses constitute the biggest workforce in the NHS and are a critical part of the multi-professional team required to deliver quality and safe 21st century patient centred care. However, the challenges that nursing shortages brings will require a multifaceted and carefully co-ordinated strategy to nurture and grow the nursing workforce. Current and emerging technological innovations provides us with opportunities to deliver contemporary education for a 21st century workforce. The NHS Long-term plan puts community services at the heart of its ambition to ensure patients receive care closer to home. To ensure that this is achieved a skilled nursing workforce in community, primary and social care services is required. It is recognised that the skills required for nursing in these settings are quite different to those for nursing in secondary care, and there are commonly held myths that newly qualified nurses are firstly required to gain substantial experience of working in acute services before they can apply to work within community & primary care services. In addition to the activities set out in the Long-term Plan, there is a real need to consider new approaches to educating and training future nurses in relation to the impact of new and emerging technologies and to ensure that the future workforce is flexible, adaptable, has a growth mindset that is innovative and enthusiastic about change. There is also a need to grow and maintain the workforce to address the needs of the targeted services, service user expectations and diverse settings. Traditionally, the theoretical elements of nursing degrees have been delivered in a face-to-face manner and complemented with simulation with a 50% practice element through face-to-face placements. While pre-registration nursing programmes rapidly moved to online delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this does not afford the learner the full benefits of the pedagogic experience that blended learning provides. Further details and the tender documents can be download from the link below. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/17d04db4-9704-44ef-8e6f-eb2b4577ac48 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Oct 2022 | | Submission deadline | 31 Oct 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 12 Dec 2022 - 11 Dec 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £900,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | 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 | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 3 Oct 2022 at 12:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/17d04db4-9704-44ef-8e6f-eb2b4577ac48 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/17d04db4-9704-44ef-8e6f-eb2b4577ac48 3rd October 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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