Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme.
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Denmark Hill, Camberwell
For the attention of: Julian Soden
SE5 9RS London
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2032994505
E-mail:
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.3)Main activity
Health
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Guy's Hospital, Gt Maze Pond
SE1 9RS London
UNITED KINGDOM
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services
Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services
NUTS code UKI
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Range: between 400 000 and 500 000 GBP
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 36Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:Range: between 400 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Educational software package. Administrative educational services. Education and training services. Higher education services. Adult and other education services. Adult-education services at university level. Design, delivery and commissioning of an Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme for a suite of Organisation Leadership Development interventions in support of outstanding leadership development and enhancement of NHS Staffs delivery of care to patients.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
48190000, 75121000, 80000000, 80300000, 80400000, 80430000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Design, delivery and commissioning of an Organisation Development Practitioners Post Graduate Certificate Programme for a suite of Organisation Leadership Development interventions in support of outstanding leadership development and enhancement of NHS Staffs delivery of care to patients. The programme will be designed for the following objectives:
- The overarching outcome will be to build the capability and capacity of OD in the London NHS system through providing an accredited Post Graduate practitioner programme that:
- Enhances the capability of existing OD Practitioners and
- Develops annual cohorts of qualified OD Practitioners who can use OD tools and approaches effectively in their organisations.
Learning outcomes for programme participants must include but not be limited to:
- A broad understanding of the underpinning theory base of OD and how organisations function, with a particular understanding of organisations as complex social processes and the implications of this perspective for their practice as leader, manager or internal consultant.
- A heightened awareness of self - how they engage with and impact on other individuals, groups and relational processes in the organisation context and in their role as change agent and/or internal consultant.
- Increased ability to work effectively with group and power dynamics in health care settings.
- An enhanced sense of personal presence and confidence, enabling them to respond appropriately in uncertain and emerging change situations.
- An increased competence in using all aspects of the contracting cycle and particularly in designing change processes and facilitating small and large scale interventions.
The target audience will be existing members of the Leadership and OD community in London; individuals who are currently practicing in OD and have real-life examples that they can bring to the programme.
The successful provider will have an existing accredited Post Graduate Certificate programme that can be tailored to reflect the context of the NHS in London, refining modules and delivery to the target audience.
This tender is for a contract of up to a maximum of 3 years, with committment to annual periods only. Commitment to year 2 will be wholly dependent on the effectiveness and success rate of year 1 cohort and commitment to year 3 will be wholly dependent on the effectiveness and success rate of year 1 and year 2 cohorts. It is anticipated that each annual cohort will of between 20 and 30 participants per year and the programme is expected to start in March 2014 and be spread over 9-12 months per cohort.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 400 000 and 500 000 GBP
- The overarching outcome will be to build the capability and capacity of OD in the London NHS system through providing an accredited Post Graduate practitioner programme that:
- Enhances the capability of existing OD Practitioners and
- Develops annual cohorts of qualified OD Practitioners who can use OD tools and approaches effectively in their organisations.
Learning outcomes for programme participants must include but not be limited to:
- A broad understanding of the underpinning theory base of OD and how organisations function, with a particular understanding of organisations as complex social processes and the implications of this perspective for their practice as leader, manager or internal consultant.
- A heightened awareness of self - how they engage with and impact on other individuals, groups and relational processes in the organisation context and in their role as change agent and/or internal consultant.
- Increased ability to work effectively with group and power dynamics in health care settings.
- An enhanced sense of personal presence and confidence, enabling them to respond appropriately in uncertain and emerging change situations.
- An increased competence in using all aspects of the contracting cycle and particularly in designing change processes and facilitating small and large scale interventions.
The target audience will be existing members of the Leadership and OD community in London; individuals who are currently practicing in OD and have real-life examples that they can bring to the programme.
The successful provider will have an existing accredited Post Graduate Certificate programme that can be tailored to reflect the context of the NHS in London, refining modules and delivery to the target audience.
This tender is for a contract of up to a maximum of 3 years, with committment to annual periods only. Commitment to year 2 will be wholly dependent on the effectiveness and success rate of year 1 cohort and commitment to year 3 will be wholly dependent on the effectiveness and success rate of year 1 and year 2 cohorts. It is anticipated that each annual cohort will of between 20 and 30 participants per year and the programme is expected to start in March 2014 and be spread over 9-12 months per cohort.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 400 000 and 500 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: NHS Standard Terms & Conditrions for the Supply of a Service.
Description of particular conditions: NHS Standard Terms & Conditrions for the Supply of a Service.
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
Please see and complete PQQ document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see and complete PQQ document.
(b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established.
(c) A statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.
Please see and complete PQQ document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see and complete PQQ document.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
Please see and complete PQQ document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see and complete PQQ document.
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking's managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
Please see and complete PQQ document.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see and complete PQQ document.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
Z.023.14
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
25.2.2014 - 17:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
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GO Reference: GO-2014124-PRO-5413279VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
24.1.2014