--- title: "Brent Health Educator Partner Framework" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT" published: "2021-02-18" --- # Brent Health Educator Partner Framework Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-990c6e43-7638-42f9-8acc-34990aa82622.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Brent is currently conducting a procurement process for the "Brent Health Educator Partner Framework," aimed at sourcing partners to recruit and manage up to 40 Community Health Educators across five geographical wards in Brent. This open procedure is part of a Light Touch Regime (LTR) procurement for health and social work services, with a contract value of £250,000. The tender was published on 8th February 2021 and will close for submissions on 24th February 2021. The contract is scheduled to commence on 1st April 2021 and will run until 31st March 2022. This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), to engage in community health services. Businesses with experience in recruitment, community engagement, and health education will find this tender especially relevant, as they can bid for one or more of the five lots that correspond to different geographical areas, thereby expanding their operational impact in addressing health inequalities within the Brent community. ## Notice London Borough of Brent is seeking to partners to recruit, performance manage and manage remuneration for up to 20-40 Community Health Educators (equivalent to at least 10 FTE) apportioned across five geographical areas (wards) in the Borough of Brent. This contract is divided into 5 lots: 1. Harlesden and Stonebridge (including Church End) 2. Alperton, Wembley Central and Sudbury 3. Dollis Hill, Willesden and Neasden 4. Kilburn and Kensal Green 5. Kingsbury, Kenton and Preston Providers can bid for one or more of the lots. Support Services to the Director of Integrated Care to Implement the Brent Community Health Educators Framework. The framework is intended to fund provider/s to deliver innovative Health Educator models that will align with the priorities contained in the Brent Health Matters programme. Successful models will assist in the delivery of key priorities and interventions within the Brent Health Matters programme by working with the community to reduce the impacts of Covid-19 on the community whilst tackling health inequalities: reducing variation in life expectancy and long-term health conditions and developing a system wide understanding of the cultural and local reasons why people do not engage with NHS services, which in turn will inform future planning. The Brent Community Health Educator Partners Framework will - provide a mechanism with which to develop and implement the role of Health Educators to enable the achievement of key outcomes of the Brent Health Matters programme. The Health Educators role: Individuals who are truly connected to, and representative of, the diverse communities in our borough and act as the link between the community and partners responsible for the delivery of the Brent Health Matters Programme by delivering key health messages to and from the community. They will work with organisations and Brent Health Matters teams to create innovative methods for engaging with communities on the priority outcomes. Additional information: The Providers role: Recruitment - developing a model for how Community Health Educators will be recruited. Across the borough, it is expected that between 20-40 Community Health Educators will be recruited, equivalent to at least 10 FTE apportioned across all 5 Ward groupings, split roughly equally. The approach to recruitment will ensure that key community groups are represented, and that the recruitment process will select only high quality candidates. Management - Community Health Educators will be expected to deliver presentations, training, education and signposting to support for individuals, community and faith groups. The prioritisation of this support will be guided in partnership with communities, NHS and council partners. The provider will be responsible for managing the posts and ensuring that these day to day requirements are met. Monitoring of activity and impact of Community Health Educators - Council and CCG partners will provide a light touch set of KPIs against which activity will be recorded and reported. The provider is expected to assure the Council and CCG partners that these, along with other key objectives are being met and that there are robust processes in place to do this. Quality control - the provider will also be expected to demonstrate appropriate quality control measures for the work of Community Health Educators, and to report on these to the Council and NHS partners, and to respond appropriately to concerns raised. The The Council is conducting the procurement using the Open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations for the purpose of procuring the Services described in the Specification. The Services to which the Procurement relate fall within the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other Service Contracts. None of the references to "Open procedure", "ITT", the use of the term "tender process", or any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/819f089b-a2d5-4b0f-bf2f-7bca725f5b4b | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Feb 2021 | | Submission deadline | 24 Feb 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £250,000 | | 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 | LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT | | Locality | WEMBLEY | | Post town | Harrow | | Postcode | HA9 0FJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West | | ITL 3 | TLI72 Brent | | Local authority | Brent | | Electoral ward | Wembley Park | | Westminster constituency | Brent West | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 18 Feb 2021 at 21:57 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/819f089b-a2d5-4b0f-bf2f-7bca725f5b4b - 8 Feb 2021 at 17:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9eceb033-5ff0-4717-ad9a-b4bb2d3a09f5 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/819f089b-a2d5-4b0f-bf2f-7bca725f5b4b 18th February 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9eceb033-5ff0-4717-ad9a-b4bb2d3a09f5 8th February 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=6b7e2176-5a62-eb11-8106-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - http://www.brent.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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