# Quality Framework, Functional Skills Provision, North West England

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST](/buyers/salisbury-nhs-foundation-trust/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £15,000,000
- Published: 6 July 2020
- Planned start: 1 September 2020
- Planned end: 31 August 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8abe26ef-6a8d-48bc-9db9-f1b955d703cc-368542
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-90dee5a0-0d11-4dbd-97c8-33364f6c1290

## Description

Functional Skills are a key underpinning requirement for successful education, including workplace education and apprenticeships\. On behalf of North West employers and learners, Health Education England are creating a Quality Framework for the provision of Functional Skills training and exams\. Those who are successful at getting onto the framework will be included in / added to a digital platform \(yet to be designed\) that will be developed for use by Health and Social Care organisations, staff and prospective staff / leaners to search for and find appropriate Functional Skills and Exam provision which is suitable to their needs\. This is the creation of a Quality Framework and does not represent a commitment to spend by any organisation\. All responses must be via the Bravo procurement portal, link detailed on this Notice\.

## Related contract awards

- [\(AWARD NOTICE\) National CPD/Workforce Education Framework \(Non Apprenticeship\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-91edf243-8cff-4509-b0ca-62fb5fc8fc8d): SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- [\(AWARD, Opportunity now closed\) S10353 Apprenticeships Training & End Point Framework, Final Opening Feb 25](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5900fadd-a888-4378-aedf-95e235a48465): SALISBURY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- [Provision of Window Cleaning - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fd9c5765-5b0b-4759-a41b-fdf790274ef9): Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8abe26ef-6a8d-48bc-9db9-f1b955d703cc-368542)