# Life Support Training

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust](/buyers/kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: a\+a training Ltd
- Award value: £71,000
- Award date: 24 June 2018
- Published: 22 August 2018
- Contract start: 2 September 2018
- Contract end: 1 September 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5538dbe2-4051-4f2c-8c44-512be035588c-236823
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-88c67d95-8dd2-495b-b052-422e3ec81c31

## Description

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust \(KCHFT\) invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified training providers to undertake the provision of our immediate life support, paediatric immediate life support and specialist basic life support sessions\. KCHFT's Education and Workforce Development department manages the training programme for some 5,500 members of staff employed across the whole of Kent, parts of East Sussex and London\. The life support training is monitored in line with guidelines from the Resuscitation Council\. Our non-specialist Basic Life Support training programme is provided via in house resources, however, for business continuity we would like to request any potential providers be able to cover this provision of training as a contingency also\. Additional information: This contract opportunity has been advertised on the Supplying to NHS portal https://procontract\.due-north\.com and can only be accessed via this portal\. Once the expression of interest stage has closed we will release the tender documents to all bidders\. The expression of interest window will open from 2 PM on the 6th March 2018\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5538dbe2-4051-4f2c-8c44-512be035588c-236823)