The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training and Lived Experience Leaders

NHS Kent and Medway (the "Authority"), on behalf of the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System ("K&M ICS"), have appointed a suitably skilled, experienced, qualified and collaborative Supplier to lead a project to: Part A: Develop the systems infrastructure and capacity to sustainably deliver The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism™; and Part B: Grow and support our current and future generations of lived experience leadership.

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust ("KMPT") acted on behalf of the Authority and the K&M ICS to procure this contract following an Open Procedure under the UK Public Contract Regulations 2015 and KMPT's Standing Financial Instructions.

The Supplier has entered into a contract with the Authority.

Both Part A and Part B services will run concurrently for an initial period (with a further option to extend at the absolute discretion of the Authority) as stated below: Part A services: 24 months, with an option to extend for a further period of 12 months; and Part B services: 12 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months.

The Contract is therefore awarded for an initial term of two (2) years, with an option to extend for a further period or periods up to a maximum of one (1) year, subject to performance and the absolute discretion of the Authority.

The maximum duration of this Contract shall be no longer than three (3) years in total.