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title: "Support for Trusts to Work Collaboratively Effectively"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02b1d7"
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published: "2021-05-17"
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# Support for Trusts to Work Collaboratively Effectively

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02b1d7

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## Summary

NHS England is undertaking a tender process for a contract titled "Support for Trusts to Work Collaboratively Effectively" aimed at enhancing collaboration among NHS trusts across the UK. The tender is currently at the award stage, with the contract valued at £1,180,000 and was signed on 10th May 2021. The procurement falls under the category of business and management consultancy services, targeting critical areas of system transformation and addressing health inequalities. Suppliers were required to submit their proposals, and the contract has now been awarded to NHS Providers.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses with expertise in consultancy, especially in areas related to healthcare transformation and management. Companies that can demonstrate a strong understanding of NHS structures, possess the ability to facilitate collaborative efforts among agencies, and offer tailored training and insights would be particularly well-positioned to compete. The focus on rapid progress and addressing systemic health issues opens avenues for innovative service solutions within the healthcare sector.

## Notice

NHS England & Improvement intend to award a contract to NHS Providers for services to support trusts to make rapid progress on collaboration across four critical areas

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The services relate to supporting and progressing trust collaboration across four critical areas (system transformation, collaboration at scale, collaboration at place, addressing radical and wider health inequalities) and are required at pace to meet the local and system wide NHS needs in the post covid landscape and deliver the NHS long term plan. Successful services will be able to define, support and deliver the following: - Research to identify good practice and barriers where trust boards need support - Exploration as to how communities of practice can make rapid progress - Engagement activities with board leaders to embed NHSEI guidance - Promotion of insights from NHSEI and other organisations to trust boards - Peer learning, bespoke development sessions, training and knowledge sharing targets at trust board leaders

### Procurement Information

NHS Providers are recognised as the voice of the Trust sector. They are the only membership organisation solely dedicated to supporting trusts throughout the wider NHS Provider Sector with 100% of trusts signed up as members. They are uniquely placed with this relationship and are able to deliver the outputs at a pace and to a level other organisations would not be able to without significant work to develop the necessary relationships, skills and knowledge networks

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010854-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 May 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 9 May 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,180,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ENGLAND |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 6LH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | St George's |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NHS PROVIDERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

## Release History

- 17 May 2021 at 14:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010854-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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