# Health Education England - Digital Leadership Research Study

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Health Education England
- Tender value: £30,000
- Published: 21 December 2021
- Planned start: 31 January 2022
- Planned end: 31 March 2022
- Stage: open_tender
- Notice ID: a79c0a59-a430-4b4d-b09e-1b97d76cd821-495937
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-009717b5-9871-4c52-8b1a-3d45df6f1752

## Description

Health Education England are putting out this notice as a PIN \(Prior Information Notice\) with a view to completing a Direct Award to Make It Happen Solutions \(MIH\) The case for direct award can be found on the tender portal\. Heath Education England \[HEE\] believe that MIH is the only organisation capable of providing support such as to meet specific requirements of the HEE national Digital Readiness programme HEE believes that it is highly unlikely for any other supplier to be able to provide the following skills/tools provided by MIH as a current supplier for the following reasons: • The only supplier who has immediate access to the networks and databases relating to the digital leadership programmes • Ability to work at pace and on demand to meet the urgent needs of researching the programmes to understand the direction for future delivery In the event that MIH are unable to provide dedicated services, there will be a detrimental impact on HEE service delivery for a number of reasons: • Significant delay to the delivery of projects where MIH is the only supplier, due to their positioning within the community and expertise\. This might include the delivery of service improvement projects\. This will result in the loss of important information which could contribute to improving both education and training and quality of care now and in the future\. • NHS organisations will be met by increased pressure as the digital agenda continues to grow in importance and relevance to the workforce, quality of care could be affected if appropriate leadership is not in place to support and devlop the digital workforce\. • Stakeholder engagement will be adversely impacted if HEE are unable to utilise the contacts and networks owned and facilitated by MIH\. For the Specification, Contract and the Case for Direct Award please access the portal at: https://health-family-contract-search\.secure\.force\.com/?SearchType=Projects All communications should be made via the messaging function on the Health Family eTendering 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 midday on 20 January 2022

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a79c0a59-a430-4b4d-b09e-1b97d76cd821-495937)