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title: "HEE Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio Route - Pharmacists"
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# HEE Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio Route - Pharmacists

Buyer: HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a827f597-d93f-4f56-8ef5-c64ab3581d5d

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## Summary

Health Education England is seeking to award a contract for the "HEE Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio Route - Pharmacists" initiative, aimed at improving advanced practice in pharmacy. This procurement is currently in the Planning stage, with a financial envelope of £820,000. The tender period is set to close on 4th August 2022 and the contract is expected to commence on 22nd August 2022, running until 31st March 2024. The location of delivery is England, and the procurement falls under the industry category of Education and training services, with a procurement method classified as 'Other.'

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses that specialise in educational services, particularly those with expertise in pharmacy and advanced clinical practice. Companies that offer tailored training solutions, assessment procedures, or IT infrastructure relevant to the healthcare sector would be particularly well-suited to compete. Furthermore, this initiative aims to enhance the number of pharmacists recognised at an advanced level, thereby increasing the demand for service providers who can contribute to this development.

## Notice

Health Education England are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award to The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal. HEE is looking to Contract with The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) delivery of the Health Education England (HEE) Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (Supported) Route for pharmacists. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is the leading professional body representing the pharmacy workforce, with a role to promote and develop the profession. HEE previously issued a tender to procure suppliers to deliver the Centre for Advancing Practice's ('the Centre') ePortfolio (Supported) Route. It has now considered how it might work with professional bodies with current and demonstrable expertise of individual advanced level educational equivalence in alignment with the requirements set out in the HEE Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice ('the Framework'). These professional bodies have existing infrastructure including standards, portfolios, assessment procedures and IT, which might be effectively utilised to grow the number of individuals practising at advanced level recognised by the Centre. The RPS has existing expertise and infrastructure which could be utilised as described above to assess the educational equivalence of pharmacists against the Framework. The RPS has therefore been identified as the organisation HEE considers capable of providing the support and capacity required to meet its specific needs related to growing at scale the number of pharmacists recognised by the Centre. This is, however, not intended to be an exclusive arrangement and other appropriate suppliers delivering the ePortfolio (Supported) route may be involved in assessing pharmacists against the Framework. For the Specification, Contract and the Case for Direct Award please access the portal at: https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?SearchType=Projects All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family eTendering portal. If any provider has concerns with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice. The financial envelope for this PIN is PS820,000 The closing date of this PIN is midday on 4th August 2022

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/58d26f8f-5f23-44b5-aa5f-6e3955bfb18d |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Jul 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Aug 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £820,000 |
| 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 | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 5 Jul 2022 at 08:54 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/58d26f8f-5f23-44b5-aa5f-6e3955bfb18d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/58d26f8f-5f23-44b5-aa5f-6e3955bfb18d
  5th July 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?SearchType=Projects

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