Somerset Health and Social Care Training, Workforce Development and Innovation Open Framework
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · published 6 Nov 2026
- Deadline
- 16 Dec 2026, 13:00 · questions by 16 Dec 2026, 13:00
- Estimated value
- £5,000,000 excluding VAT where stated
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure · above threshold · sets up a framework
- Contract dates
- 12 Mar 2027 to 11 Mar 2033
- Where
- South West
- Categories (CPV)
- 80000000 Education and training services
- Lots
- 6 lots
- Non-Accredited Context-Specific Training for Social Care and Carers — £1,000,000
- Accredited Training for Social Care — £1,000,000
- Leadership, Management and Workforce Development for Health and Care — £1,000,000
- Integrated Health and Care Training and Development — £1,000,000
- Digital, Data and Technology-Enabled Workforce Development — £1,000,000
- Education Pathways, Apprenticeships and Career Progression — £1,000,000
- Small businesses
- The buyer marks this as suitable for SMEs.
- Award criteria
- See Tender documents (quality)
See Tender documents
Description
Somerset Health and Care Academy (“the Academy”) is a strategic partnership established through a contractual joint venture between Somerset Council (SC), Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (SFT), and NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board (ICB). The purpose of the Academy is to establish a high-quality, flexible and scalable provider base to deliver training, workforce development, and innovation services aligned to system-wide workforce priorities, with a particular focus on providing high quality social care training programmes. SFT is running this procurement on behalf of the Academy.
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