--- title: "Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-040734" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-040734" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-040734.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-040734.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" published: "2023-10-02" --- # Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040734 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-040734) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-040734.json) ## Summary The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has initiated a tender for the provision of a Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic qualification. The tender is in the services category and has a value of £110,000. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the deadline for submission is on November 13, 2023. The contract will be for a duration of 720 days, with the option to increase the number of staff in the future. The location of the procurement is in Brierley Hill, United Kingdom. This tender by the West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust presents an opportunity for UK Higher Education Institutions to provide formal education and qualifications for paramedics specializing in mental health crisis care. Businesses in the medical education services sector or those providing adult education services at the university level would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The contract aims to enhance ambulance clinicians' understanding of mental health and introduce mental health response vehicles, aligning with the NHS Long Term Plan objectives to improve care for patients with mental health needs. ## Notice WMAS are seeking to introduce and develop a new paramedic development and career pathway to enable a specialism in mental health crisis care within the pre-hospital ambulance setting which will see paramedics working autonomously as mental health professionals. In doing so it has identified a requirement for formal education and qualification, provided by a UK Higher Education Institution, to ensure that clinicians have sufficient knowledge to support specialist clinical practice. ### Lot Information Lot 1 West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS), working in partnership with West Midlands Integrated Care Boards, is committed to delivering improvements in the delivery of care to patients presenting with mental health needs. The NHS Long Term Plan identifies an intent to both further ambulance clinicians understanding of mental health and introduce mental health response vehicles. In delivering against the above national strategic objections, WMAS are seeking to introduce and develop a new paramedic development and career pathway to enable a specialism in mental health crisis care within the pre-hospital ambulance setting which will see paramedics working autonomously as mental health professionals. In doing so it has identified a requirement for formal education and qualification, provided by a UK Higher Education Institution, to ensure that clinicians have sufficient knowledge to support specialist clinical practice. The Authority (WMASUNHSFT) is procuring a single supplier for the provision of delivering a Post-Graduate Diploma (PgDip) Specialist Mental Health Paramedic qualification. This will be for seventeen (17) staff 'students' with the option to increase in future with the needs of the Authority. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029010-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 2 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | 13 Nov 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £110,000 | | Lots value | £110,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | | Locality | BRIERLEY HILL | | Post town | Dudley | | Postcode | DY5 1LX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG36 Dudley | | Local authority | Dudley | | Electoral ward | Brierley Hill & Wordsley South | | Westminster constituency | Stourbridge | | Delivery location | TLG3 West Midlands | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80300000 - Higher education services - 80320000 - Medical education services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services - 80430000 - Adult-education services at university level ## Release History - 2 Oct 2023 at 15:07 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029010-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://wmas.nhs.uk/ - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/4T22K297MK - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Brierley-Hill:-Medical-education-services./4T22K297MK ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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