The Health Service Executive (on behalf of all Publicly Funded Health Agencies) invites tenders from suitably qualified parties capable of offering post-graduate nurse and midwife education in Ireland, to develop and deliver education programmes at NFQ Level 9 for advanced nursing and advanced midwifery practice for up to 110 nurses and midwives per academic year.
This tender exercise will be conducted with the HEI’s that offer nurse/midwife education, to select a provider(s) that can offer both a 1 year graduate certificate education programme and a 2-year part-time option for a broad based masters level education programme – advanced practice nursing and advanced practice midwifery to commence in September 2020.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-17.
The procurement was published on 2019-12-09.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title:
“Broad Based Masters Level Education Programme – Advanced Practice (Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) and Advanced Midwifery Practice (AMP))
HSE 13283”
Products/services: Higher education services📦
Short description:
“The Health Service Executive (on behalf of all Publicly Funded Health Agencies) invites tenders from suitably qualified parties capable of offering...”
Short description
The Health Service Executive (on behalf of all Publicly Funded Health Agencies) invites tenders from suitably qualified parties capable of offering post-graduate nurse and midwife education in Ireland, to develop and deliver education programmes at NFQ Level 9 for advanced nursing and advanced midwifery practice for up to 110 nurses and midwives per academic year.
This tender exercise will be conducted with the HEI’s that offer nurse/midwife education, to select a provider(s) that can offer both a 1 year graduate certificate education programme and a 2-year part-time option for a broad based masters level education programme – advanced practice nursing and advanced practice midwifery to commence in September 2020.
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 6 000 000 💰
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Additional products/services: Medical education services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement:
“The Health Service Executive (on behalf of all Publicly Funded Health Agencies) invites tenders from suitably qualified parties capable of offering...”
Description of the procurement
The Health Service Executive (on behalf of all Publicly Funded Health Agencies) invites tenders from suitably qualified parties capable of offering post-graduate nurse and midwife education in Ireland, to develop and deliver education programmes at NFQ Level 9 for advanced nursing and advanced midwifery practice for up to 110 nurses and midwives per academic year.
This tender exercise will be conducted with the HEI’s that offer nurse/midwife education, to select a provider(s) that can offer both a one year graduate certificate education programme and a 2 year part-time option for a broad based Masters level education programme – Advanced Practice Nursing and Advanced Practice Midwifery to commence in September 2020.
The Department of Health published a new model for developing advanced nursing and advanced midwifery practice with the publication of ‘A Policy on the Development of Graduate to Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice’ in July 2019: https://assets.gov.ie/19260/f49c5ea1a19843b0aae20151aeaf694d.pdf
The implementation of this policy will be critical to the implementation of the Sláintecare health reform programme and expanding the contribution of advanced nurse and advanced midwife practitioners in delivering the objectives of the health reform programme. https://webarchive.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/futureofhealthcare/oireachtas-committee-on-the-future-of-healthcare-slaintecare-report-300517.pdf
The evidence shows that when advanced practitioners are located in sufficient numbers in specific areas they can have a real impact on some of the key challenges in the health service.
The new model goes a long way towards ensuring that care is delivered to the right person, at the right time and in the right place – as close to home as possible. Importantly, it also puts in place a career pathway for nurses and midwives, which is a key element in recruitment and retaining staff.
The aim of the policy is to have 2 % of the nursing and midwifery workforce working as advanced n
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Quality criterion (name): Demonstrated merit of the programme delivery
Quality criterion (weighting): 50 %
Quality criterion (name): Application process
Quality criterion (weighting): 5 %
Quality criterion (name): Deferral/repeat examinations/attrition
Quality criterion (name): Communication processes
Quality criterion (name): Geographical ease of use for trainees
Quality criterion (weighting): 10 %
Cost criterion (name): Costing of education programmes
Cost criterion (weighting): 25 %
Scope of the procurement
Estimated total value excluding VAT: EUR 6 000 000 💰
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 36
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2020-01-17
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Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: Irish 🗣️
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2020-01-17
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Complementary information Review body
Name: Four Courts
Postal address: Ground Floor (East Wing)
Postal town: Inns Quay
Postal code: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886000📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Fax: +353 18886125 📠
Source: OJS 2019/S 240-589219 (2019-12-09)