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title: "Culture of Care: Ward Manager Leadership Development"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04288d"
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# Culture of Care: Ward Manager Leadership Development

Buyer: NHS ENGLAND  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04288d

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## Summary

NHS England is currently engaged in a public procurement process for the Culture of Care: Staff Training and Support Offer & Ward Manager Leadership Development. This procurement involves creating a standard training for staff across inpatient wards to improve culture and relational skills. The total contract value is £4.3 million GBP. The procurement is divided into Lots, allowing bids for one or both intervention areas. The deadline for submission was 12th February 2024. The procurement stage is currently active.

This tender opportunity by NHS England presents significant business growth potential for suppliers of health training services and health services. Companies with expertise in delivering interventions in the mental health sector and promoting co-production and partnership working are well-suited to compete. The successful bidder for Lot 1 is The PSC, while for Lot 2, it is the Foundation of Nursing Studies. The procurement method is an open procedure, providing equal opportunities for suppliers to participate and contribute to the mental health, learning disability, and autism quality transformation programme.

## Notice

A national Ward Manager Leadership Development Programme. It forms part of the Culture workstream of the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Quality Transformation programme, delivering on one of the six interventions of this workstream. The Ward Manager Leadership Development Programme (PS750k in year 1 and PS750k in year 2) is focused on developing the leadership skills to foster person-centred, compassionate and therapeutic cultures of care within MHLDA inpatient staff teams.

### Lot Information

Lot 1 Staff Training and Support Offer

A national Ward Manager Leadership Development Programme. It forms part of the Culture workstream of the Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Quality Transformation programme, delivering on one of the six interventions of this workstream. The Ward Manager Leadership Development Programme (PS750k in year 1 and PS750k in year 2) is focused on developing the leadership skills to foster person-centred, compassionate and therapeutic cultures of care within MHLDA inpatient staff teams. This investment will fund a supplier or partnership of suppliers with expertise in: successful delivery of interventions across the MHLDA inpatient sector; meaningful co-production; and multi-disciplinary partnership working to achieve measurable outcomes in staff and patient experience.

Lot 2 Ward Manager Leadership Development

Only complete if you are bidding for Lot 2

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018007-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Feb 2024 |
| Future notice date | 10 Jan 2024 |
| Award date | 27 May 2024 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,300,000 |
| Lots value | £4,300,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £4,098,433 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active, Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | Hunslet & Riverside |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | FOUNDATION OF NURSING STUDIES; THE PSC (A TRADING NAME OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE CONSULTANTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80561000 - Health training services
- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 11 Jun 2024 at 13:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018007-2024
- 3 Jun 2024 at 15:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017195-2024
- 11 Jan 2024 at 16:13 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001009-2024
- 20 Dec 2023 at 11:04 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037427-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.fons.org
- http://www.thepsc.co.uk
- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.england.nhs.uk//
- https://www.judiciary.uk/

## Provenance

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