Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-07-07
Buyer: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Awarding Authority requires the successful contractor to recruit assessors and to manage the process of assessing schools for the NQA, from the nomination of the school through to providing a final assessment report.
Public Health Wales are seeking a supplier to undertake the assessment of achievement for the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes National Quality Award.
The Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes (WNHSS) is a grant funded initiative whereby local health boards employ healthy school practitioners to work directly with schools, helping them identify health improvement needs within the national framework. Schools then implement actions, addressing one or more of seven health topics.
The Client requires the successful contractor to recruit assessors and to manage the process of assessing schools for the NQA, from the nomination of the school through to providing a final assessment report.
— Organise and manage the assessment process including the allocation of assessors within required standards.
— Provide support and advice on the assessment process to schools; local healthy school practitioners as required.
— Undertake the assessment according to the assessment process agreed with the client; feedback and reporting.
— Participation in the development of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes processes to ensure learning from assessment is shared.
— Collect and prepare monitoring data and attend regular communication and engagement with the client to facilitate monitoring of this contract.
The contract will have a duration of 3 years with the option to renew for a period of up to 24 months.
Public Health Wales requires the successful contractor to recruit assessors and to manage the process of assessing schools for the NQA, from the nomination of the school through to providing a final assessment report.
— Organise and manage the assessment process including the allocation of assessors within required standards.
— Provide support and advice on the assessment process to schools; local healthy school practitioners as required.
— Undertake the assessment according to the assessment process agreed with the client; feedback and reporting.
— Participation in the development of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes processes to ensure learning from assessment is shared.

Eligibility requirements: Public Health Wales requires the successful contractor to recruit assessors and to manage the process of assessing schools for the NQA, from the nomination of the school through to providing a final assessment report. In delivering this contract the successful contractor will be required to: — Organise and manage the assessment process including the allocation of assessors within required standards. — Provide support and advice on the assessment process to schools; local healthy school practitioners as required. — Undertake the assessment according to the assessment process agreed with the client; feedback and reporting. — Participation in the development of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes processes to ensure learning from assessment is shared. — Collect and prepare monitoring data and attend regular communication and engagement with the client to facilitate monitoring of this contract. The successful contractor will work to and demonstrate achievement against the following quality standards. — Allocate an assessor to the nominated school within 20 working days of receiving the nomination form. — Write to the school confirming the assessment date and the name of the assessor within two working days of allocating an assessor to the school. — Following the assessment visit a final report should be submitted to the Client within eight working days. (For schools that have been assessed in Welsh, a Welsh and English final report must be provided). — Ensure that all assessors meet the following criteria: — Knowledge and understanding of the model and context of healthy school schemes in Wales. — Relevant background in health and/or education sectors. — Experience and/or involvement in conducting assessments/audit/inspection cycles against set criteria and/or formal standards. — Ability to communicate at all levels and to all age groups. — Ability to produce professional, concise reports. — Possess DBS Certification and official identification. — Ensure that for each first NQA assessment, the assessor will be accompanied by an individual who has previous assessment experience. — Provide all services bilingually meeting the requirements set out in relevant policy and legislation.

Award value: 500000