--- title: "National Learning Disability and Autism Hub for Advancing Practice" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS ENGLAND" published: "2023-09-01" --- # National Learning Disability and Autism Hub for Advancing Practice Buyer: NHS ENGLAND Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f7b4e857-6afb-41d1-ab35-f099c42b9b18.json) ## Summary The National Learning Disability and Autism Hub for Advancing Practice procurement process is initiated by NHS England. The tender involves the creation of a hub to support advanced practitioners, trainees, individuals with autism and learning disabilities, and their families. The procurement falls under the education and training services category, with a contract value of £5,000,000. The planning stage includes milestones such as the engagement end date on 6th October 2023. The tender offers opportunities for small and voluntary sector enterprises. This tender by NHS England for the National Learning Disability and Autism Hub presents opportunities for businesses experienced in post-graduate level advancing practice education and training in learning disability and autism services. Interested businesses must have the capability and expertise to support the specific educational training needs of various practitioner levels. Furthermore, the successful supplier will need to establish the hub concept virtually, coordinated at the national level but not constrained by geographical boundaries within England. The procurement process aims to introduce a flexible model of delivery, necessitating engagement with local systems and prioritizing existing system maturity. ## Notice NHS England seeks to engage with potential suppliers who could support a future tender for a National Autism and Learning Disability Hub, supporting advance practitioners, trainees, people with autism and learning disabilities, and their families. We are also seeking to hold a pre-market engagement event on the 5th October 2023, where you will have the opportunity to meet the buyers and shape any future requirements, ahead of a formal tender. If you'd like to find out more information, attend the pre-market engagement event or express an interest in the services, please click on the following link. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The Programme will be a pilot for introducing aspiring multi-professional advanced practitioners into learning disability and autism services and the support required to optimise these roles apply similarly to the multi-professional consultant role. An alternative feasible option to this commission would be additional capacity into each regional Faculty for Advancing Practice. However, there is insufficient existing capacity to take on these additional activities within the faculties and it is not possible to grow this capacity given the freeze on recruitment and a reduction in roles and capacity associated with the NHSE restructure. External organisations already have experience in this field and have the necessary infrastructure to support this fixed term project (please see further below for mandatory requirements). It is therefore proposed that the Hub be hosted by an organisation or consortia experienced in the delivery of post graduate level advancing practice education and training in learning disability and autism, or experienced in delivering advanced practice education and work with an external organisation, for example, to provide the learning disability and autism expertise/input. The organisation requires the capability, expertise, and capacity to support the specific education training needs of aspiring trainees, trainees, existing advanced and consultant practitioners, supervisors, and employers (e.g., supervision, Organisation Development support). The successful supplier will be required to establish the Hub as a virtual concept. NHSE anticipates that the successful supplier will establish a flexible model of delivery that will be based on the following (or similar) innovative model of delivery: * Comprise of a central 'hub' of relevant learning disability and autism expertise; not constrained by geographical boundaries (within England) that operates at national level to co-ordinate the support offer. * Recruit and assign a variety of roles/individuals to operate as outreach education and organisational development resources or 'spokes' from the Hub to work with regions/local systems in a way that is sensitive to existing system maturity and priority of need. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/63a5ff14-939f-4aa6-ba27-a87cb569f410 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 1 Sep 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 6 Oct 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £5,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS 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 | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 1 Sep 2023 at 14:27 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/63a5ff14-939f-4aa6-ba27-a87cb569f410 - 1 Sep 2023 at 14:24 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49ce3f9c-238c-428b-9279-b559f3581230 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/63a5ff14-939f-4aa6-ba27-a87cb569f410 1st September 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49ce3f9c-238c-428b-9279-b559f3581230 1st September 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/faa0bae0-7b33-433a-af02-b4d533f4b549 LD&A Advanced Practice Hub - Draft Specification - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d79168aa-9836-4486-98fc-d52fa2d07cf3 NHS_TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS_FOR_THE_PROVISION_OF_SERVICES__CONTRACT_VERSION_ (9) - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/00e3aaa4-a385-4766-9c16-5608ca715dcd LD&A Advanced Practice Hub - Draft Specification - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f00bd455-8739-41a0-b446-f17f6b66cf20 NHS_TERMS_AND_CONDITIONS_FOR_THE_PROVISION_OF_SERVICES__CONTRACT_VERSION_ (9) ## 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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