FUNDING SUPPORT FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS IN HISTOPATHOLOGY

1. Title: FUNDING SUPPORT FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS IN HISTOPATHOLOGY2. Awarding Authority: Health Education England, Crawley Hospital, 3rd Floor, Red Wing, Crawley, GB, West Sussex, RH11 7DH. Tel: 01489779600. Email: Laura.Devine@hee.nhs.uk. (Laura Devine)3. Contract type: Service contractPIN4. Description: The Awarding Authority are putting out this notice as a PIN (Prior Information Notice) with a view to completing a Direct Award. Please note the contracting authority intends to direct award the contract to Institute of Biomedical Science. The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal. The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) is the leading professional body for scientists, support staff and students in the field of biomedical science. This professional body supports the upskilling of healthcare scientists in histopathology through the Diploma of Expert Practice in dissection and the Advanced Specialist Diploma in reporting qualifications. The reporting qualification is in conjunction with the Royal College of Pathologists. IBMS are the only providers of these training programmes in England. As HEE does not currently fund training of scientists in histopathology, the IBMS in conjunction with the Royal College of Pathologists developed in-service modular histopathology training courses for scientists to undertake and these are the only pathways currently recognised in the NHS to train biomedical and clinical scientists in these advanced dissection and reporting skills. The financial envelope for the contract is £500,000 in year one, £300,000 in year two, and £250,000 in year three, exclusive of VAT. All communications should be made via the messaging function on the ProContract E-Tendering portal. If any provider has concerns with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice. The closing date of this PIN is midnight on the 28th September 20205. CPV Code(s): 80000000, 85000000, 85100000, 731100006. NUTS code(s): UKJ, UKJ2, UKJ28, UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKK, UKL, UKM, UKN7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Region(s) of supply: NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)EAST OF ENGLANDLONDONYORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBERSOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Opportunity Id: DN4959579. Estimated value of requirement: The financial envelope for the contract is £500,000 in year one, £300,000 in year two, and £250,000 in year three, exclusive of VAT10. Expression of Interest End Date 28.9.2020 (23:59:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: Please log in or register at the following portal Web: advertId=863b473c-72e8-ea11-8104-005056b64545 to participate.12. Other information: Keywords Biomedical Scientists , healthcare scientists , HistopathologyKey datesEstimated contract datesStart date: 06/10/2020End date: 31/10/2025Please visit the website above for documentation# funding opportunity