Contract notice: Higher education services Tender, Ireland - 38867756

Procurement Summary

Country : Ireland

Summary : Contract notice: Higher education services

Deadline : 17 Jan 2020

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 38867756

Document Ref. No. : 589219-2019

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE (HSE)
Office Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Address: Head Office Millennium Park
Town: Naas

Contact Point: Rita O Connell

Phone: +353 51842687
Ireland
Email :rita.oconnell@hse.ie
URL :http://www.hse.ie

Tender Details

Object of the contract
Higher education services

Description: Contract notice: Higher education services

Authority Type: Body governed by public law
Contact Nature: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
Document: Contract notice
Regulation: European Union, with participation by GPA countries
Award criteria: The most economic tender
CPV code: 80300000, 80320000, 80300000, 80320000
CPV Description: Higher education services.

Medical education services.

Broad Based Masters Level Education Programme Advanced Practice (Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) and Advanced Midwifery Practice (AMP))

Reference Number : HSE 13283

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.

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 Slaintecare 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


Internet address (URL): http://www.hse.ie

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